1. Question 1 5 Points The writing process involves: 1. generating ideas, organizing them, and writing a first draft 2. generating ideas, organizing them, selecting the audience and your purpose, writing a first draft, revising and rewriting, editing and proofreading 3. generating ideas, selecting the audience and your purpose, and writing a first draft 2. Question 2 5 Points Making an outline is another good way to keep track of what you have read. Outlining involves listing major and minor ideas and showing how they are related. 1. True 2. False 3. Question 3 5 Points Why is paraphrasing such a useful skill for so many college courses? 1. It is a way to record an author’s ideas for later use. 2. Paraphrasing helps you clarify an author’s ideas. 3. Because a paraphrase requires you to use different words from those in the reading, writing paraphrases helps you develop your vocabulary. 4. By paraphrasing, you are practicing your own writing skills. 5. All of the above 4. Question 4 5 Points Critical thinking means evaluating and reacting to what you read, rather than accepting everything as ‘the truth.’ 1. True 2. False 5. Question 5 5 Points The ability to think critically offers many benefits. In your college courses, critical thinking allows you to 1. Do well on essay exams, particularly those that ask for analysis. 2. Write effective essays and term papers. 3. Distinguish good information from incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading information. 4. All of the above 6. Question 6 5 Points Good writing requires thinking, involves revision, expresses ideas clearly, and achieves a purpose. 1. True 2. False 7. Question 7 5 Points Active readers are involved with what they are reading. They interact with the author and his or her ideas. 1. True 2. False 8. Question 8 5 Points The transitional phrase such as expresses 1. contrast 2. example 3. cause-effect 9. Question 9 5 Points Which of the following formats is correct in a citation from a newspaper? 1. Author’s Last name, First name. ‘Title of the Newspaper Article.’ Title of the Newspaper Date, edition: SectionPagenumber. 2. ‘Title of the Newspaper Article.’ Title of the Newspaper Date, edition: SectionPagenumber. Author’s Last name, First name. 10. Question 10 5 Points The correct format of the date in MLA is 1. March 29, 2021 2. 29 March 2021 3. 3/29/2021 11. Question 11 5 Points What must appear on the top right corner of each page? 1. 2. 3. 4. just your last name the date your last name and number of the page just the number of the page 12. Question 12 5 Points Which of the following formats is correct in a citation from a book? 1. Title of the Book. Author’s Last name, First name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. 2. Author’s Last name, First name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. 13. Question 13 5 Points The transitional word however expresses 1. cause-effect 2. contrast 3. time sequence 14. Question 14 5 Points Highlighting and annotating important facts and ideas as you read are not effective ways to keep track of information. They are just a waste of time. 1. True 2. False 15. Question 15 5 Points The title of your essay must be 1. centered 2. to the left 3. to the right 4. It does not matter. 16. Question 16 5 Points Select the correct statement. 1. Supporting details do not have anything to do with the topic sentence (thesis statement). 2. Supporting details are everything that we write in a paragraph or essay. 3. Supporting details are facts and ideas that prove or explain the main idea of a paragraph (essay) as expressed in the topic sentence (thesis statement). 17. Question 17 5 Points Transitions are linking words and phrases that connect the details and pull the paragraph together. 1. True 2. False 18. Question 18 5 Points The transitional word after expresses 1. contrast 2. comparison 3. time sequence 19. Question 19 5 Points The transitional word therefore expresses 1. cause-effect 2. contrast 3. comparison 20. Question 20 5 Points A paraphrase is a restatement, in your own words, of a paragraph, passage, or reading selection. It is a condensed (shortened) rewording of each sentence or key idea in the order in which it appears in a reading. 1. True 2. False Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 20 Questions Tags: communications Student has agreed that all tutoring, explanations, and answers provided by the tutor will be used to help in the learning process and in accordance with our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.