English Composition II - Workshop 6-2023

WORKSHOP 6

English Composition II

Feb. 4, 2023

Multiple Choice

Instead, Grady et al. (2019) suggest that "when children are read storybooks that represent characters from ethnic or racial groups other than their own, [they] may receive a wider array of emotion learning opportunities than when they are read storybooks with characters that represent only their own race or ethnicity" (p. 215).

• Narrative Citation

• Parenthetical Citation

Multiple Choice

One study found that ethnicities of protagonists in children's fiction correlated with differences in types of emotions displayed by those characters (Grady et al., 2019).

• Narrative Citation

• Parenthetical Citation

Multiple Choice

You have to create an in-text citation whenever you quote another work, or whenever you paraphrase another work in your own words.

• YES

• NO

• SOMETIMES

Multiple Choice

In-text citations prevent

• a low score.

• plagiarism.

Multiple Choice

Is the following in-text citation correct or incorrect?

According to Cook-Gumperz (1986), “The systematic development of literacy and schooling meant a new division in society, between the educated and the uneducated” (p. 27).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

Multiple Choice

Is the following in-text citation correct or incorrect?

As mentioned by Carr (2008), “As we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence” (Chapter 3, para. 3).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

Multiple Choice

Is the following in-text citation correct or incorrect?

Some educational theorists suggest that schooling and a focus on teaching literacy divided society into educated and uneducated classes (Cook-Gumperz, 1986).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

Multiple Choice

Is the following citation from a WEBSITE correct or incorrect?

...(Dunn, 2016, Plant-Based Foods section, para. 10).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

​CITING WEB PAGES

If you can’t find an individual author, but you can find an organization or group that is responsible for the content of a web page, then cite that group, organization, corporation, university, government agency, or association as the author.

Multiple Choice

Is the following citation from a WEBSITE correct or incorrect?

...("Policies and Procedures for Patrol," 2018, p. 3).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

​CITING WEB PAGES

No Author

If your web page does not include any author, include the article title within quotation marks (""). If there is no clear article title, include the web page title within quotation marks (“”). If the title is very long, just use the first few words.

Multiple Choice

Is the following citation from a WEBSITE correct or incorrect?

...(Thompson, n.d., Teaching for Success section, para. 12).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

​CITING WEB PAGES

No Date

You can often find the publication date of a web page at the top or bottom of the page. If no date is available, use n.d.

(for no date).

Multiple Choice

Is the following citation from a WEBSITE correct or incorrect?

A collapse of the main ramp into the San Jose mine leaves 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground for two months ("All 33 Chile Miners," 2010).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

​CITING WEB PAGES

Citing No Author

If your text does not include an author, include the web page or article title within quotation marks (" ")and using title case capitalization (if the title is long, just use the first few words of it).

Multiple Choice

Is the following citation from a WEBSITE correct or incorrect?

Andragogy is the method and practice of teaching adult learners (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2005).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

​CITING WEB PAGES

If you are citing a book or eBook with no author, include the book title in italics and use title case capitalization (if the title is long, shorten it to its first several words) 

Multiple Choice

Is the following citation from a WEBSITE correct or incorrect?

Andragogy is the method and practice of teaching adult learners (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2005).

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/apa-citing-within-your-paper

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best fits in an academic composition.

• I found interesting things in their website.

• I found interesting facts in their website.

The "thing" is the one eye green monster in academic writing.

I learned many things....

Many things are better nowadays...

Avoid using "thing" in your paper.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best fits in an academic composition.

• When you are pregnant, you sometimes experience strange food cravings.

• When women are pregnant, they sometimes experience strange food cravings.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best fits in an academic composition.

• In fact, almost all the students were motivated to continue writing poetry.

• Actually, almost all the students were motivated to continue writing poetry.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best fits in an academic composition.

• All the students were motivated to continue writing poetry.

• Almost all the students were motivated to continue writing poetry.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best fits in an academic composition.

• The resources were inadequate.

• The resources were bad.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best fits in an academic composition.

• In my personal opinion, cats are better pets than dogs.

• Cats are better pets than dogs.

Writing should get to the point, communicate confidently, and provide new information.

Phrases such as “in my opinion,” “I think that,” and “I believe” create three problems for writers.

1. They delay the writer’s message.

2. They demonstrate insecurity.

3. They tell the reader what he already knows.

​ https://blog.prepscholar.com/argumentative-essay-examples

​Activity 1:

Argumentative Essay Examples

​Activity 2:

Analyzing Argumentative Essay Structure

​Activity 3:

Citations and References

​ https://libguides.jcu.edu.au/apa/reference-list

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY CRITERIA

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REMINDERS

✔       Period to send the Essay to a classmate you choose and check the essays: Saturday, February 4^th to Tuesday, February 7^th, 2023.

REMINDERS

✔       Period to Edit, Proofread, and submit your essay: From Wednesday February 8^th, to Saturday, February 11^th, 2023.

REMINDERS

​✔       Last day to submit your Argumentative Essay: February 11^th, 2023.

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