Week 7 Review

Week 7 - Friday

Week 7

​In-text referencing

• Your citation must contain an author and a year!

• Your citation may be author-first or information-first​

• Make sure you use the surname, not the first name​

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are correct citations?

• Zheng (2021) notes that...

• According to Zheng (2020), ...

• Here is some text (Zheng, 2020).

• Here is some text (Zheng, 2020, p. 3).

Multiple Select

Which of the following is an author-first citation?

• Here is some text (Jones, 2020).

• Jones (2020, p. 2) notes that...

• According to Jones (2020), ...

Multiple Select

Name: Stephen Jones

Year Published: 2021

Which of the following are correct citations?

• Jones (2021) notes...

• Stephen (2021) notes....

• Blah blah blah (Jones, S., 2021).

• Blah blah blah (Jones, 2021).

• Blah blah blah (Stephen, 2021).

Multiple Select

Name: Wu, Chen-yi

Year published: 2019

Which, are correct citations?

• According to Wu (2019, p. 1), ...

• Chen-yi (2019) argues that...

• Blah blah blah (Wu, Chen-yi, 2019).

• Blah blah blah [Wu, 2019].

• Blah blah blah (2019).

Parallelism...

This is not maths :-)

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​​It's all about making sure that the forms of words, phrases, and clauses match (or work alongside each other) in a text.

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1 - Ideas should be balanced

• Academic writing is linear --->

• Our results/ideas can be surprising but out writing style shouldn't be

• Readers expect a series of ideas to appear in a consistent, predictable way

​Examples:

Joan likes studying, bushwalking, and ​to play video games.

Joan likes studying, bushwalking, and playing video games. ​

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2 - Pairs should be balanced

When joining two ideas (e.g. with "and, or, yet, either...") you need to keep the same grammatical structure ​

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3 - Tense & voice...

... should be balanced... AND intentionally selected. Shifting tense/voice can change meaning​. Make sure it's intentional

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Multiple Choice

Which statement is balanced?

• A) Workplace leaders are responsible for selecting team members, providing training, and resolution of conflict.

• B) Workplace leaders are responsible for selecting team members, providing training, and resolving conflict.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is balanced?

• Few organisations understand the benefits of team sport for their employees, though research indicates it could include fewer sick days, improved organisational outcomes and a stronger work ethic among staff.

• b. Few organisations understand the benefits of team sport for their employees, though research indicates it could include fewer sick days, improved organisational outcomes and staff have a stronger work ethic

Multiple Choice

How about this one?

• At university, academic misconduct may result in a grade of zero for the assignment or even being given a grade of zero for the course.

• At university, academic misconduct may result in a grade of zero for the assignment or even a grade of zero for the course.

Multiple Choice

and this one...

• According to Williams (2017) teams can be classified into those who put team success ahead of individual glory, and the others care more about individual success over the team.

• According to Williams (2017) teams can be classified into those who put team success ahead of individual glory, and others, who prioritise individual success over the team.

Multiple Choice

What do you think about this one?

• The research was first published in a journal article, and is later published in a book.

• The research was first published in a journal article, and was later published in a book.

Multiple Choice

Is the meaning in these two statements the same, similar, or different -

a. Plastic causes a great deal of pollution in our oceans and accumulates in massive, floating dumping grounds (Corroncho, 2020).

b. A great deal of pollution is caused by plastic in our oceans, and this accumulates into massive, floating dumping grounds (Corroncho, 2020).

• Same

• Similar - just a change in focus

• Different - change in meaning

Multiple Choice

Same, similar, or different?

a. We went to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In this play all the main characters die.

b. We went to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, in which all the main characters die

• Same

• Similar

• Different

Multiple Choice

Same, similar, or different?

a. Reich (2016) argues that mass media influenced 20th century ideas about the environment

b. Reich once argued that mass media influenced 20th century ideas about the environment (Reich, 2016).

• Same

• Similar

• Different