EOC Skills Review

Question 1

In MLA Citation, you put the page number only if the author is mentioned in the sentence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is a bias?

Accepted Answer

A preference for one side of an issue

Question 3

When is a statement considered objective?

Accepted Answer

When it does not take a side

Question 4

What 2 things do you use to make an inference?

Accepted Answer

The context clues, prior knowledge

Question 5

In MLA citation, what is the order for a book with one author?

Accepted Answer

Surname, first name. Title of book. Publisher, Year of publication.

Question 6

In what kind of writing do you find objective statements?

Accepted Answer

Expository

Question 7

A secondary source is second hand information

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

In MLA citation, you must put the author's surname and page number in parentheses if the name is not in the sentence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

In what kind of writing do you find biased statements?

Accepted Answer

Persuasive

Question 10

Denotation refers to the

Accepted Answer

Literal meaning of the word

Question 11

Connotation and Bias can both be positive and negative in meaning

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

An example of a secondary source is

Accepted Answer

A newspaper article

Question 13

An example of a primary sourceis

Accepted Answer

An artifact

Question 14

A primary source is called first hand evidence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Context clues are the words the writer uses to help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or to identify tone

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Connotation refers to:

Accepted Answer

The meanings we associate with certain words based on our emotions

Question 17

A source is considered credible if it is:

Accepted Answer

Reliable and believable

Question 18

The word" inference" is defined as:

Accepted Answer

An educated guess

Questions 18