Research & Writing Skills Review

Which of the following conclusions can you draw from the statistics given in this infographic?

• Teens prefer face-to-face communication to media-based forms of communication.
• Sending and receiving tweets makes up the biggest part of teens' digital diet.
• Facebook is main social media site used by teens.
• Teens' digital diets are even more diverse than their food diets.

Citation: "Children, Teens, and Reading." COMMON SENSE MEDIA. Common Sense Media Inc., 12 May 2014. Web. 12 May 2016. (CAPS = underline)
Which of the following properly cites information from this source?

• "One third of fourth graders are at least proficient in national reading tests" (Common).
• According to COMMON SENSE MEDIA, "32% of fourth graders score below basic in national reading tests."
• About 1/3 of 13-year-olds read for pleasure once or twice a year. - Common Sense Media
• "45% of 17-year-olds say they read for pleasure no more than 1-2 times per year" ("Children, Teens, and Reading")

Which sources should your Works Cited include?

• any of the sources you used in the paper and only those sources
• all of the sources you looked at during the research process
• sources readers might consult for additional information but are not used in the paper
• only the sources you used but didn't cite in the body of the paper

How should the citations on your Works Cited page be organized?

• numerically by the order they appear in the paper
• alphabetically by the first word in each citation
• chronologically by the date of publication
• frequency of use - in order of most to least quoted

What is the proper format for research paper citations?

• MLA format
• URL (web address) list format
• Author-Title format
• Bib Master format

There are ways you can make boring tasks more pleasant. __________, bring a portable radio and listen to music on the earphones while you work.
Which of the following transitions best fills the blank in the passage above?

• To summarize
• Likewise
• In contrast
• For example

There are ways you can make boring tasks more pleasant. FOR INSTANCE, bring a portable radio and listen to music on the earphones while you work.
What does the transition (CAPS) indicate about the relationship between the two sentences above?

• contrast
• comparison
• illustration/example
• cause and effect

"72% of adults and 81% of teens use social media." Which of the following ideas does this quote BEST support?

• A majority of adults don't use any type of social media.
• Adults use social media almost as much as teens do.
• Twice as many teens are social media users compared to adults.
• Teens are primarily the only age group using social media.

In an essay about the digital divide, one body paragraph begins with this topic sentence: "Children in higher income families are more likely to have access to mobile devices." Which of these pieces of evidence BEST supports this idea?

• TV is the platform used to view 61% of all educational content.
• Device access in lower-income families has risen from 22% to 65%.
• 46% of lower-income homes have high-speed internet access.
• 63% of higher-income homes have tablets vs. 20% of lower-income homes.