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| What are the three main parts of a body paragraph? |
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| Topic sentence, supporting details, clincher |
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| What is the purpose of a topic sentence? |
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| Tells the reader the topic of the paragraph. |
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| What are the four types of supporting details? |
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| Facts, incidents, reasons and examples |
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| Which type of supporting detail answers the question why? |
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| Which type of supporting detail tells a story? |
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| What is the purpose of a clincher |
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| How do transitions help to improve your writing? |
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| Connect you're ideas and make it flow. |
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| What must be included in an introductory paragraph? |
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| List three types of introductions you can use when writing an essay? |
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| Funnel, quotation, contrast, question |
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| List three types of conclusions you can use when writing an essay. |
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| What is the proper spacing when typing in MLA format? |
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| Write a sample heading for this class. Where is the heading located? |
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Nicholas Tiwari Located in the top left hand corner
Mrs. Johnson of the page.
Writing Lab
26 January 2012 |
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| Certain information needs to be included in the header when your essay continues onto a second page. Write an example of a header for an essay written by you that goes onto a second page. |
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Tiwari 2
Title
(Header should go all the way to the right, have last name, space and page number) |
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| When writing in a formal style, what should you avoid? |
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| Contractions, I, slang and personal stories |
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| Besides the fact/quote/statistic, what two other pieces of information need to be included on a note card? |
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| Source and label or heading. |
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| What is the benefit of using a database, as opposed to the internet (Google), when researching a topic |
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| What is the purpose of a thesis statement |
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| States the writer's opinion on the topic |
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| Where does the thesis statement typically appear? |
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| Last sentence of the introduction. |
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| What is the purpose of a parenthetical citation? |
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| To document where you found your information, to give credit to the authors for using their works and to refer the reader to your Works Cited page. |
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| When should you use a parenthetical citation? |
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| When you directly quote from the article, and when you paraphrase the article. |
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| Where is the correct placement for a parenthetical citation? |
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| The correct placement is after the statement which is a direct quote or paraphrase. |
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| Punctuate the following parenthetical citation: |
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| In 2004, the number of uninsured Americans rose by eighteen percent (Jones). |
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| What does it mean to paraphrase? |
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| It means to express the meaning of a writers works in your own words. |
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| Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. |
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| In an essay, a rebuttal is something that contradicts the point of view expressed in the essay, but is used in the end to back the writers point of view. |
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| How should the Works Cited page be arranged? |
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| The Works Cited should be arranged alphabetically? |
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| I your Works Cited page, what do you do to indicate the name of a book, magazine, newspaper, journal, web site, or database? |
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