Exercise Research #1

 

1.                  Please turn to 51a 1 “Thinking about your Purpose.”  What will be your purpose in your Research Paper?

2.                  The answer to number one is a mixture of summarizing and, in the last paragraph, arguing for your opinion.  You are also welcomed to select your own purpose, as long as you clear it with me first.

3.                  Please see 51a2 “Thinking About Your Audience.”  According to your assignment sheet, who is your audience (see the assignment sheetJ)?

4.                  At home, please skim the sample Research Paper on Barbie, which is titled “Plastic Girls” and is located in the MLA section of the Handbook, 58d.   Put a smilie here once you do that.

 

 

Exercise Research #2

 

  1. Please read 51b, “Understanding Why Plagiarism is Wrong.” According to the blue print at 51b, what goes in these blanks?  Please record the entire sentence on your exercise sheet.   “Plagiarism results when a ________ fails to _________ a _________ so that the ______ and ______ of someone else are presented as the writer’s own work.”
  2. According to the first paragraph of 51b1, “________is _______, both from others and from yourself.” 
  3. Continue filling in the blanks.  “To ________ is to include someone else’s ______, ______, or _______ in a paper and _______ to ________ what you took by indicating whose ______ it is.”
  4. According to the editors of our HB, plagiarism is both an ________ act and an _______ act, as well.
  5. Summarize the information in the Hint box at 51b. 
  6. According to 51b2, what are the two reasons it is easier to detect plagiarism on college campuses now than it used to be?
  7. According to the third paragraph of 51b2, is learning the ins and outs of documentation a skill we should all have?
  8. According to the fourth paragraph of 51b2, why is plagiarism so tempting?

 

 Exercise Research #3

 

1.                  Please turn to HB56 “Using Sources & Avoiding Plagiarism.”  Then see 56a, “Recognizing Plagiarism.”  Summarize the first hint box at 56a.

2.                  Do you get it? J

3.                  What are the three types of plagiarism? (hint:  see 2nd Hint Box)

4.                  Note that our exercises are exercises in plagiarism:  you copy stuff out of the book w/out citations!  When it is done for the purposes of classroom instruction, as it is in our case, it is cool.  Put a smilie here if you get the difference between what we are doing now and doing something like this in a paper and then turning it in.

 

 

Exercise Research #4

 

  1. Please turn to 56a1, “Common Knowledge:  Information that does not require documentation.”  According to the first two sentences, what is “common knowledge”?
  2. Does common knowledge information in your research paper in our class have to be documented?
  3. Would birth and death dates, numbers of records sold or records broken, years movies were released, or any dates such as those be documented?
  4. According to the Hint box, it needs to be easy for a reader to identify what?
  5. According to the Hint box, is a paper that is “a string of quotations” a good thing?
  6. Please see 56b, “Summarizing without Plagiarizing.”  What, according to the blue lettering, is summary?  Where will you use summary in our Project?
  7. Please see 56c, “Paraphrasing without Plagiarizing.”  What, according to the blue lettering, is paraphrase?  Where will you use paraphrase in our Project?
  8. Please see 56d, “Using Quotation Marks to avoid Plagiarizing.”  What, according to the blue lettering, is a quotation?  Where will you use quotations in our Project?
  9. According to the Hint box, what are three situations wherein we use quotations?
  10. In your research paper, how many paraphrases and how many quotes will you have?

 

 

Exercise Research #5

 

  1. Please turn to 56d4, “Punctuation of Quotations.”  Which pieces of punctuation are covered in 56d4 (hint:  answer will be six items long)?
  2. If you use the word “that” to work in a quote (i.e. to integrate it) do you put a comma before the quote?
  3. The answer to the above question is “We do not use a comma if we integrate a quote into our sentence with the word that, unless the sentence happens to need one based on the basic comma rules.”  Draw a smilie on number three if you just wrote those words down for number 2!
  4. When would you use a colon to introduce a quote?
  5. What can be found at 58d?  Tell me the topic of this item.  Can looking at this item help you see how to handle quotes?

 

 

Exercise Research #6

 

1.                  Please turn to 56e, “Using Signal Words and Phrases to Integrate Sources.”  According to the first two sentences, what are the two purposes of signal words?

2.                  So, in other words, signal words “help you ______ the material [you are quoting] ________ and ________ in to your writing.”

3.                  What, according to this first paragraph, happens if you do not use signal words (hint:  answer is three items long)?

4.                  What six considerations does the HB offer for creating your transitions into quoted material (hint:  look at the six diamonds)?

5.                  Examine the list of signal words listed in 56e.  Are these words interchangeable; in other words, can you just slap any of them into your paper, or should you pick carefully?

6.                  List at least ten of the signal words that you are completely comfortable with using.  Remember this list when you type up your research paper—because I will J

 

 

 

Exercise MLA Documentation #1

 

1.                  Please turn in your HB to section ten, chapter 58, “Documenting in MLA Style.”  Looking at the first paragraph of the introductory matter in chapter 58, please complete this sentence:  “The process of ____________ requires that you acknowledge everyone whose work you have _____, ______, and _______ in your research paper so that readers of your work can _______.”

2.                  Looking at the second paragraph of this introductory matter, documentation formats can vary based on what two factors?

3.                  Our class will use MLA style for our papers.  Place a smilie on number three if you just read it.

4.                  According to the fourth paragraph of the introductory matter, what are the major features of MLA style (answer should have four items)?

 

 

 

Exercise MLA Documentation #2

 

1.                  According to the introductory information at 58a “In-Text Citations,” what is the purpose of in-text citations? 

2.                  Are they the same as footnotes?  (getting this answer right is important!)

3.                  According to this passage, which of these pieces of advice is best for your handling of in-text citations?  A.  be brief   B.  be clear  C. remember to use signal words and phrases  D. all of these

4.                  See the list of signal words at 56e.  Say everyone to yourself.  How many are there?

5.                  Still looking at 56e, tell me if all these signal phrases are interchangeable.  Are there enough here that you should have to plenty for your small research paper so that you are clear but also varied in your vocabulary?

6.                  Now look back at 58a, at the helpbox.  List each of the 14 examples of MLA in-text citations.

 

 

 

Exercise MLA Documentation #3

 

  1. According to the first sentence of the first paragraph of 58c, your Works Cited page will include what?
  2. Do you include works that you looked at but did not use as a source of summary, paraphrase, or quotation? 
  3. Are we preparing a Works Cited for our Portfolio or an Annotated Bibliography? (Be prepared for an oral quiz on the difference between these two items)
  4. According to this first paragraph, how do you arrange the items on a Works Cited, and on an Annotated Bibliography?
  5. What do you do if there is no author?
  6. Copy down every word of paragraph two of 58c b/c it will affect your grade on the term project—and you may find yourself being asked about this passage in conference.
  7. What are the four areas of examples listed in the green help boxes in 58c?  Be prepared for me to quiz you orally on where to find what.

 

 

 

Exercise MLA Documentation #4

 

1.                  Please turn to 58c number 34 “Materials Accessed through an Online Database or Service.”  According to this passage, does MLA have formats documenting most types of Internet sources?

2.                  What do you do if your source doesn’t fit one of the examples exactly?

3.                  What are these two main guidelines for all in-text citations?

4.                  What is the address for MLA’s website?

5.                  What are some of the standard pieces of information that should be included in citations—whether you are preparing a Works Cited or an Annotated Bibliography (hint:  answer is 14 items long)?

6.                  Please turn way back in the HB to 53a 1 “MLA Format.”  Look at those white boxes.  Can this page help you even more with your Annotated Bibliography?