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Dr. Cargile - FHU - Test 1
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Undergraduate 1
02/08/2012

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Term
The three steps of the writing process
Definition
prewrite, Draft, Revise
Term
What prewriting strategy involves writing in fragments?
Definition
listing
Term
What prewriting strategy involves writing in paragraphs?
Definition
freewriting
Term
What prewriting strategy involves freewriting, then finding a special word, phrase, or sentence, then freewriting again
Definition
looping
Term
What prewriting strategy involves freewriting on one side of an arguable topic, then freewriting on the other side?
Definition
boomerang
Term
What prewriting strategy involves putting information in circles connected by lines?
Definition
clustering
Term
What is another word for clustering?
Definition
mapping
Term
What prewriting strategy involves looking at all angles (including investigating different types of essays) before deciding how to write on a topic?
Definition
cubing
Term
What prewriting strategy involves bouncing ideas off another person?
Definition
interviewing
Term
What prewriting strategy involves bouncing ideas off yourself?
Definition
cross-examination
Term
What prewriting strategy involves drawing a picture?
Definition
sketching
Term
What prewriting strategy involves assigning actors, setting, plot, etc?
Definition
dramatizing
Term
What is the name for the “hook” that grabs the reader's attention?
Definition
lead-in
Term
What is the name for the main idea of an essay?
Definition
thesis
Term
What is the name for a list of supporting points for the thesis?
Definition
essay map
Term
What is the name for the main idea of a
paragraph?
Definition
topic sentence
Term
What is the name for the sentences that follow the topic sentence in a paragraph?
Definition
supporting details
Term
What should the conclusion of an essay
provide?
Definition
a sense of closure
Term
What type of essay tells a story?
Definition
narration
Term
What type of essay draws a picture in words?
Definition
description
Term
What type of essay gives illustrations?
Definition
examples
Term
What type of essay is the “how to” essay?
Definition
process analysis
Term
What type of process analysis essay is meant to be copied?
Definition
directional
Term
What type of process analysis essay is not meant to be copied?
Definition
informational
Term
What type of essay shows how two things are alike or different?
Definition
comparison-contrast
Term
What type of essay shows how three or more things are alike or different?
Definition
division/classification
Term
Which one (division or classification) must account for every member of its group?
Definition
division
Term
What type of essay shows a relationship
between things?
Definition
cause and effect
Term
What type of essay appeals to the head or the heart on a controversial topic?
Definition
argumentation/persuasion
Term
Which one appeals to the head and which to the heart?
Definition
argumentation - head
persuasion - heart
Term
What type of essay is called the “borrowing” essay?
Definition
definition
Term
What type of essay order involves time?
Definition
chronological
Term
Which two types of essays must use
chronological order?
Definition
narration
process analysis
Term
What type of essay order involves placement?
Definition
spatial
Term
Which type of essay must use spatial order?
Definition
description
Term
What type of essay order involves rising levels of importance?
Definition
climactic
Term
Which type of essay must use climactic order?
Definition
argumentation/persuasion
Term
List (in order) the 3 steps in revision
Definition
global revision
editing
proof reading
Term
What step in revision deals with the “big stuff”?
Definition
global revision
Term
What step in revision deals with sentence-level
stuff
Definition
editing
Term
What step in revision deals with word-level stuff
Definition
proofreading
Term
If every sentence in an essay relates to the thesis, the essay has____.
Definition
unity
Term
If all the sentences in an essay flow well with no major organizational flaws, the essay has____.
Definition
coherence
Term
If an essay does not have unnecessary padding, it has____.
Definition
conciseness
Term
Repetition for no good reason is called____.
Definition
redundancy
Term
Repeating the same words from the end of one
sentence to the beginning of the next is called
the____ ____.
Definition
hiccup syndrome
Term
List (in order) the 5 parts of the SQ3R method of reading.
Definition
survey
question
read
recite
review
Term
To be able to read critically, one should be able
to distinguish between____and____.
Definition
fact and opinion
Term
To read critically, one must read for ____meaning, which involves reading ____ the lines. This is the____ level of reading.
Definition
literal
on
lowest
Term
To read critically, one must read to make ____, which involves reading ____ the lines. This is the____ level of reading.
Definition
inferences
between
middle
Term
To read critically, one must read to ____, which involves reading ____ the lines. This is the____ level of reading.
Definition
evaluate
beyond
highest
Term
List (in order) the 4 types of response essays. Consider a juicy research.
Definition
content
analytic
judgment
research
Term
Comments on an author's writing should be written in the____tense.
Definition
present
Term
The first reference to James R. Lester, Ph.D., in a critical article should be written as____.
Definition
James R. Lester
Term
Subsequent references to James Lester, Ph.D., in an essay should be written as____.
Definition
Lester
Term
What two words should always be capitalized in a title or subtitle?
Definition
first
last
Term
What words should not be capitalized in a title or subtitle (unless they are the first or last)?
Definition
articles
FANBOYS
prepositions
Term
Give the Cargile one-hour rule for using quotation marks or italics.
Definition
If you can read it, watch it, or listen to it in one hour or less, use quotation marks. If not, use italics.
Term
How can you indicate italics when
handwriting?
Definition
underlining
Term
How many dots are in an ellipsis?
Definition
3
Term
Periods and commas go____the closed
quotation marks.
Definition
inside
Term
Colons and semicolons go____the closed
quotation marks.
Definition
outside
Term
When a bibliography contains a two- to threesentence content summary of each entry, it is called a(n)____ bibliography.
Definition
annotated
Term
List (in order) the 6 stages in writing a research paper.
Definition
1. Select and limit.
2. Focus and plan.
3. Gather sources.
4. Read and think.
5. Organize and draft.
6. Revise, edit, and format correctly.
Term
List 5 types of topics to avoid in a research paper.
Definition
1. topics that are irrelevant
2. topics that are too broad
3. topics that are too narrow
4. topics that produce a strong emotional response in you
5. topics that are too technical
Term
A research paper must examine a ____issue.
Definition
significant
Term
A research paper must have a____purpose.
Definition
serious
Term
A research paper demands____of the
issues.
Definition
analysis
Term
A research paper must argue from a____.
Definition
position
Term
A research paper must explain complex____.
Definition
details
Term
A research paper must address a____reader and take that reader to another____of knowledge.
Definition
knowledgeable, plateau
Term
List the 4 parts of the research proposal.
PART
Definition
purpose
audience
role
thesis
Term
List the 3 possible purposes for a research paper.
Definition
1. explain
2. analyze
3. argue
Term
List the 2 possible audiences for a research paper.
Definition
1. general
2. specialized
Term
List the 2 possible roles (voices) for the writer of a research paper.
Definition
1. informer
2. advocate
Term
What does OPAC stand for?
Definition
Online Public Access Catalog
Term
What is FHU's Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) called?
Definition
LIONET
Term
What has OPAC replaced?
Definition
card catalog
Term
What computer program lists our library's book holdings?
Definition
OPAC (LIONET)
Term
What computer program lists our library's video holdings?
Definition
OPAC (LIONET)
Term
Where in the library do you check out books for extended periods of time?
Definition
circulation desk
Term
Where in the library do you check out highly used books for short periods of time?
Definition
reserve desk
Term
List the 4 most common ways to search for a
book on OPAC.
TASK
Definition
title
author
subject
keyword
Term
What system for cataloging books uses mostly numbers?
Definition
Dewey Decimal
Term
What type of schools frequently uses the Dewey Decimal system?
Definition
secondary schools (middle schools
and high schools)
Term
Name the other system for cataloging books (used often by universities, including FHU).
Definition
Library of Congress
Term
List the 2 types of microform.
Definition
1. microfilm
2. microfiche
Term
A type of microform that uses a reel of tape is called ____.
Definition
microfilm
Term
A type of microform that uses a small flat sheet is called____.
Definition
microfiche
Term
What is the general topic of ERIC articles?
Definition
education
Term
Other than on databases, where may most
ERIC materials be found in our library?
Definition
Either in bound periodicals or on
microfiche—stored in Lawhorn
Term
In what form are the issues of the New York Times stored in our library?
Definition
Microfilm—stored in Lawhorn
Term
What does URL stand for?
Definition
Uniform Resource Locator
Term
What does http stand for?
Definition
hypertext transfer protocol
Term
What does html stand for?
Definition
hypertext markup language
Term
What does FAQ's stand for?
Definition
frequently asked questions
Term
List the 2 most common Internet browsers
Definition
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Term
The 2 most common Internet browsers mark frequently used URL’s with____or____.
Definition
Bookmarks (Mozilla Firefox)
Favorites (Microsoft Internet
Explorer)
Term
What is the name for a vehicle that searches multiple search engines simultaneously?
Definition
metasearch engin
Term
The symbols +. -, and t: are all examples of____operators.
Definition
Boolean
Term
Which is usually more scholarly—an article from a database or one from a website?
Definition
database
Term
Which is usually more scholarly—a magazine article or a journal article?
Definition
a journal article
Term
What type of book is published to further the knowledge in a given field?
Definition
a scholarly book
Term
What type of book is published simply to make money?
Definition
a trade book
Term
What type of source includes the original works of an author, such as the texts of novels, speeches, eyewitness accounts, interviews, letters, autobiographies, and the results of original research?
Definition
primary
Term
What type of source includes material about an original work, such as an analysis of a novel or
speech?
Definition
secondary
Term
List the 6 ways to collect data outside the library.
LOGIC
Definition
1. lectures
2. original research
3. government documents
4. interviews
5. correspondence
6. mass media
Term
When planning a research paper, the writer needs to start with a research____.
Definition
proposal
Term
In a research paper the thesis usually comes near the end of the____.
Definition
introductory paragraphs
Term
A search to locate an author who has written extensively on a subject and, therefore, is considered an authority on the subject is called a____.
Definition
citation search
Term
Identify the following domain abbreviations:
.com, .edu, .gov, .mil, .net, .org
Definition
.com = commercial
.edu = educational
.gov = government
.mil = military
.net = network organization
.org = nonprofit organization
Term
Which two of these domains are usually least scholarly?
Definition
.com
.net
Term
Where in the library are the A's and B's?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 1st floor
Lawhorn
Term
Where in the library are the C's-Z's?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 2nd floor
Term
Where in the library are the fiction and biographies?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 2nd floor
Term
Where in the library are the microform
(microfilm and microfiche) readers?
Definition
Lawhorn
Term
Where in the library are the reference books?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 1st floor
Term
Where in the library is the Video Encyclopedia of the Twentieth Century?
Definition
Library Annex
Term
Where in the library are the juvenile books?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 2nd floor
Term
Where in the library is the West Tennessee Area Library Union List of Periodicals?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 1st floor
Term
Where in the library are the current
periodicals?
Definition
Loden-Daniel 1st floor
Term
Where in the library are the bound periodicals
(both religious and secular)?
Definition
Lawhorn
Term
Where in the library are the paper indexes for all bound periodicals?
Definition
Lawhorn
Term
What is the name of our library's only paper newspaper index?
Definition
the New York Times Index
Term
Where in the library is the New York Times on microfilm?
Definition
Lawhorn
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