REVIEW

WOC REVIEW

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General review

Netiquette, author's intention & writing

Multiple Select

Good netiquette habits are:

• Using clear and concise language.

• Using slang terms such as “ wassup?” and texting abbreviations such as “ u ” instead of “ you ”

• Using WhatsApp for communication

• Being respectful of others ’ opinions even when they differ from your own.

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When writing emails:

• Add attachments, even if the reader cannot see them

• Use the “ subject” to indicate your name and the issue you ’d like to discuss

• Sign your message with your nickname

• Always acknowledge having received an email.

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The following are characteristics of post-secondary education/assignments:

• Outside of creative writing courses, most writing assignments are expository.

• Depending on the course, you may be asked to master new forms of writing and follow standards within a particular professional field.

• Students are expected to memorize vast amount of knowledge and to recite them in written and/or oral tests

Multiple Select

Academic writing entails:

• Cohesive paragraph/essay structure

• High register

• Use of contractions

• Proper punctuation

Multiple Select

A complete essay contains:

• A thesis statement

• three paragraphs or more

• A beginning, middle and end

• topic sentences that relate to the thesis statement

Multiple Select

According to what was covered in class: author's purpose entails:

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

Multiple Select

The purpose of the SoP is:

• to tell who you are

• to tell what you want...

• to tell about the impact of your work in your community is/will be

• to describe your favorite movies and TV shows

MLA, and writing strategies

Are you ready?

Poll

When doing the paraphrasing/summarizing homework, I did the following:

• Included in-text citations (correctly) = (author's last name + page # for quotations) - (author's last name only for paraphrasing)

• I used signal phrases

• I added references in MLA format (correctly)

Poll

When adding references to the homework, I double or triple checked if the references were following MLA format

• Yes, I double checked my reference's format, and it was correct (I already received feedback).

• No, I used the first link I found online.

• Yes, I double checked my reference format, but it was still incorrect (I already received feedback)

MLA model

Carlson, Erika N., et al. “You Probably Think This Paper’s about You: Narcissists’ Perceptions of Their Personality and Reputation.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 101, no. 1, 2011, pp. 185–201. doi: 10.1037/a0023781.

Silvana Neshkovska, and Sonja Kitanovska-Kimovska. “Some Key Pitfalls in Literary Translation.” Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and Flt, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 55–67. 

MLA model

Carlson, Erika N., et al. “You Probably Think This Paper’s about You: Narcissists’ Perceptions of Their Personality and Reputation.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 101, no. 1, 2011, pp. 185–201. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023781.

Tardy, Christine M. “The Potential Power of Play in Second Language Academic Writing.” Journal of Second Language Writing, vol. 53, no. 100833, ser. 1060-3743, 23 July 2021, pp. 1–12. 1060-3743, doi: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/

S1060374321000485.

MLA model

Carlson, Erika N., et al. “You Probably Think This Paper’s about You: Narcissists’ Perceptions of Their Personality and Reputation.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 101, no. 1, 2011, pp. 185–201. doi: 10.1037/a0023781.

Tardy, Christine M. “The Potential Power of Play in Second Language Academic Writing.” Journal of Second Language Writing, vol. 53, Sept. 2021, p. 100833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100833.

DOI format

• YES 😐: doi: 10.1037/a0023781.

• BETTER 🥰: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023781.

Google is your best friend :)

Add the name of the article you are interested in here. Use Google to your advantage! make sure to check in at least two other places if the references are OK.

Check the doi - this is MLA 8th edition not 9th edition

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Multiple Choice

When adding in-text citations, which is correct?

• It is important to keep our heads up and "shine bright like a diamond" (Fenty 34)

• It is important to keep our heads up and "shine bright like a diamond" (Fenty, 34)

• It is important to keep our heads up and "shine bright like a diamond" (Rihanna Fenty 34)

Multiple Choice

When adding in-text citations, which is correct?

• It is important to keep our heads up and as Rihanna says "shine bright like a diamond" (Fenty 34)

• It is important to keep our heads up and as Fenty says "shine bright like a diamond" (34)

• It is important to keep our heads up and as Rihanna says "shine bright like a diamond" (Fenty)

Multiple Choice

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which reference follows MLA format?

• Almenara, J. C., & Gimeno, A. M. (2019). Las TIC y la formación inicial de los docentes. Modelos y competencias digitales. Profesorado, Revista de Currículum y Formación del Profesorado, 23(3), 247-268.

• Cabero Almenara, Julio, and Almudena Martínez Gimeno. “Las TIC y La Formación Inicial de Los Docentes. Modelos y Competencias Digitales.” Profesorado, Revista de Currículum y Formación Del Profesorado, vol. 23, no. 3, Sept. 2019, pp. 247–68. https://doi.org/10.30827/profesorado.v23i3.9421.

Multiple Choice

You should add "date accessed" for all sources you consult online.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Summarizing and Paraphrasing

a brief quizz

Multiple Choice

Paraphrasing is:

• Using the exact language from the original text

• Using information from the original text and restate that using your own words

• Some phrases that come from a source mixed in with a writer's own language

Multiple Choice

Paraphrased text should have quotation marks around it

• FALSE

• TRUE

Multiple Choice

Paraphrased text should always be cited

• FALSE

• TRUE

Multiple Choice

What should come in the body of the essay before a writer paraphrases?

• Uh?

• A quotation

• Signal phrases or Introductory phrases

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an appropriate paraphrase of this original language from a source? Original Language: "Small dogs make more aggressive companions because they see themselves as personal protectors, while large dogs see the entire property as their domain." From an article titled "Why Your Dog is Yippy" by writer John Brown, published in Dog Magazine, on page 27

• John Brown says that small dogs are aggressive because they see themselves as body guards, but large dogs see the entire property as their domain (Brown 27)

• John Brown says that small dogs see themselves as personal protectors, and not guards of the entire property (27).

• According to John Brown, unlike big dogs, smaller dogs see themselves as bodyguards, devoted to an individual (27).

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence:

A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.

• A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.

• It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.

• Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.

Synthesizing

Let's practice

Synthesizing... some steps to consider.

• when reading several sources, identify what the main topic is.. also check for main ideas

• decide how to present the topic

• organize your ideas... draw an outline

• underline key ideas from each sources, identify if these support each other, if they are against each other, if they expand on the topic, etc.

• Start writing! state your idea (much like a topic sentence) and add the other sources info (quotations or paraphrasing)

• these sources should serve to strengthen your view of something, use the sources to your advantage.