3/8 Quiz Retake Study Guide

True or false: If you put the evidence into your own words, you don't need an in-text citation.

• True
• False

Read the following sentence. It is missing an in-text citation. Early basketball fans "strongly opposed the change" to wooden backboards. The quote in the sentence is from A Concise History of Basketball by Ralph Thomas, chapter 8, page 64. Which answer rewrites the sentence correctly, with a properly formatted MLA citation?

• Early basketball fans "strongly opposed the change" to wooden backboards (Thomas 8, 64).
• Early basketball fans "strongly opposed the change" to wooden backboards (Thomas 64.)
• Early basketball fans "strongly opposed the change" to wooden backboards (Thomas 64).
• Early basketball fans "strongly opposed the change" to wooden backboards. (Thomas 64)

thesis = ________ + reasons.

• claim
• reasons
• fact
• introduction

Is the thesis strong or weak? Being physically active is good for you.

• Strong
• Weak

You write the thesis statement in the last sentence in the conclusion paragraph.

• True
• False

Relevant means:

• factual; able to be reliably proven
• clearly connected to the claim (not a random statement)
• enough for the claim

True or False: The thesis statement is like a mini-outline of your essay.

• True
• False

In the following passage, which sentence is the claim? Schools have a responsibility to offer students nutritious food. A 2015 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a research group of experts from across the sciences, stated that young people eat nearly all of their food while at school. The report also emphasized that the eating patterns students develop at school influence their diets as adults. Clearly, if schools truly care about students' long-term well-being, they will provide kids with healthy food options.

• Schools have a responsibility to offer students nutritious food.
• A 2015 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a research group of experts from across the sciences, stated that young people eat nearly all of their food while at school.
• The report also emphasized that the eating patterns students develop at school influence their diets as adults.
• Clearly, if schools truly care about students' long-term well-being, they will provide kids with healthy food options.

In the following passage, which sentence is the evidence? Schools have a responsibility to offer students nutritious food. A 2015 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a research group of experts from across the sciences, stated that young people eat nearly all of their food while at school. The report also emphasized that the eating patterns students develop at school influence their diets as adults. Clearly, if schools truly care about students' long-term well-being, they will provide kids with healthy food options.

• Schools have a responsibility to offer students nutritious food.
• A 2015 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a research group of experts from across the sciences, stated that young people eat nearly all of their food while at school.
• The report also emphasized that the eating patterns students develop at school influence their diets as adults.
• Clearly, if schools truly care about students' long-term well-being, they will provide kids with healthy food options.

In the following passage, which sentence is reasoning? Schools have a responsibility to offer students nutritious food. A 2015 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a research group of experts from across the sciences, stated that young people eat nearly all of their food while at school. The report also emphasized that the eating patterns students develop at school influence their diets as adults. Clearly, if schools truly care about students' long-term well-being, they will provide kids with healthy food options.

• Schools have a responsibility to offer students nutritious food.
• A 2015 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a research group of experts from across the sciences, stated that young people eat nearly all of their food while at school.
• Clearly, if schools truly care about students' long-term well-being, they will provide kids with healthy food options.