Advanced Composition Final

Multiple parenthetical references are

If your heart breaks at the sight of a shivering, homeless cat or a hungry stray dog, you’ll surely support . . .

What is a thesis? Check all that apply.

Of the forms of rhetoric/appeal, which relies solely on the reputation of the speaker to persuade?

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Which of the following is true about block quotes:

As a compassionate citizen of the Planet Earth, you can surely find time to volunteer at your local recycling center.

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses.

Which is most likely an example of pathos?

When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.

When you plagiarize something you __________ someone else’s work.

Join the band or the choir today and bring a little extra harmony to your life.

Which is the correct way to cite a website?

What is the purpose of a Rogerian argumentative essay versus a classical argumentative essay?

Give only the first city listed for the place of publication & don't list state names, regardless how obscure the city.

What is a hanging indent? Click all that apply.

American Association for Artificial Intelligence. 17 Mar. 2001 .<http://www.aaai.org>.

Using your brother’s English term paper for your English class is not considered plagiarizing:

Which of these is a valid excuse for plagiarizing?

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2003.

Studies conducted at Columbia University School of Education suggest that music helps students develop greater . . .

Indirect sources are cited by

Which is true of a Works Cited page? Click all that apply.

In MLA style, block (long) quotations should be

An informal survey found that 16/20 middle school students agreed with the statement, “Cell phones are a distraction."

Which is most likely an example of logos?

You should underline the title of a text, but not the period at the end in the Works Cited page.

What is a conclusion?

To cite an anonymous source in-text, what information should be included in parentheses?

What does an MLA in-text citation incl. in parentheses when the source is quoted directly & author's name isn't in text?

You only use “et al.” when you are citing a text with three or more authors.

Author’s names are listed alphabetically in reverse order on the Works Cited page.

Which is true of a Works Cited page? Click all that apply.

Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?

Who can help you if you don’t know how to cite an article? (circle all correct answers)

When you paraphrase you:

Alphabetize your Works Cited page including “A”, “An”, or “The” as the first word of a title.

Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text.

Which is true of a Works Cited page? Click all that apply.

Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, short stories, essays).

When an advertisement appeals to your feelings, and not to your logic, which persuasive strategy is it using?

You should not use the authors’ last names in the citation if the authors’ names appear in the text.

What is a primary source?

When a piece of literature appeals to your mind and explains things to you logically, which persuasive strategy is used?

What is a secondary source?

For multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, separated by commas.

MLA prefers Times New Roman font.

What could happen to you if you plagiarize?

What is a narrative?

You only use block quotes when quoting 4 or more lines (not sentences) of text. 

Which is true of a Works Cited page? Click all that apply.

When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?

What is a claim?

When should et al. be used in MLA style?

You should capitalize every word in a title.

What is a counterclaim?

Which of these is considered common knowledge?

Which is an example of ethos?

According to environmental activist Michelle Weber, 14 million pounds of trash are dumped into the ocean yearly.

You should use 1st person voice sparingly (if at all), and 2nd person voice (if at all) even more sparingly in an essay.

The Center for Disease Control recommends that children receive a total of 14 vaccines before the age of 6.

When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?

Which of these is a citation style? (circle all correct answers)

Take your children to the pediatrician today and make sure their vaccinations are up-to-date.

It is certainly true that cell phones are a distraction in many situations.

Bernstein, Barton J. “Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Diplomatic History. 28.3 (1991): 126-29.