Research Test/Midterm

Question 1

Why do we do research?

Answer 1

Research is done to learn.

Question 2

Why do we write research papers?

Answer 2

Research papers are made to pass on the knowledge.

Question 3

How many ways are there to incorporate information into a research paper?

Answer 3

There are three ways to incorporate information that is learned from research into the research paper.

Question 4

What are the ways to incorporate information into a research paper?

Answer 4

Quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing.

Question 5

What is quoting?

Answer 5

Quoting is a word-for-word copy of an original source that is used in a paper.

Question 6

How to summarize a source being written about in a research paper?

Answer 6

Summarizing touches on the main points of the information that is in the original source. It is written in one’s own words. Typically, a summary of a source is shorter than the original source.

Question 7

What is paraphrasing and why is it used in papers?

Answer 7

Paraphrasing is a literal translation of someone else’s words from a passage of a source used in a paper. A paraphrased source will be as long as, if not longer than, the original. The purpose of paraphrasing is to clarify information from different sources to make it easier for the reader to understand.

Question 8

What should be paraphrased from a source to include in a paper?

Answer 8

Not everything should be paraphrased, however, all major words need to be paraphrased/changed and the sentence structure has to be rearranged. Proper pronouns, prepositions, articles, coordinating conjunctions (but, yet, so, for, and, nor,), etc. do not need to be changed.

Question 9

Paraphrasing typically is?

Answer 9

As long or if not longer than the original text. If it is not as long as the original it might now be correctly paraphrased and would be considered plagiarized.

Question 10

What is considered plagiarism?

Answer 10

If there are three or more words in a row that are not paraphrased or put in quotation marks indicating that they are not one’s own words, it is considered plagiarism. No matter the method used to incorporate the information in a paper, the original source needs to be included in the Works Cited.

Question 11

What is a short quote?

Answer 11

A short quote is less than four lines of typed text.

Question 12

What is a long quote?

Answer 12

A long quite is more than three lines of typed text.

Question 13

Where does the end punctuation go in a short quote and does it use quotation marks?

Answer 13

The end punctuation in a short quote goes after the parenthetical citation. Example: (Shorts 36). Short quote does use quotation marks.

Question 14

Where does the end punctuation go in a long quote and does it use quotation marks?

Answer 14

The end punctuation in a long quote goes before the parenthetical citation. Example: .(Shorts 36) Long quotes do not use quotation marks as the whole quote is indented.

Question 15

How many types of in-text citations are?

Answer 15

There are two types.

Question 16

What are the types of in-text citations?

Answer 16

Attribution and parenthetical citation.

Question 17

What is an attribution?

Answer 17

This type of citation puts the author or title of the work and credentials in a sentence. An attribution is typically included in the introductory part of a sentence in a paper.

Question 18

What is a parenthetical citation?

Answer 18

It is information the reader needs in order to find the original source that is being cited in a paper. Example: (qtd. in Brooks 92).

Question 19

What is a Works Cited page?

Answer 19

A Works Cited page is a list of all the sources and their authors used in a paper separated by a hanging indent. The Works Cited page includes the author’s last name, first name, title of the source, publisher, editor (not all the time), and copyright date.

Question 20

Where Does the Works Cited Page go?

Answer 20

The Works Cited is the last page of a paper as it gets its own page. Works Cited is centered at the top of the page.

Question 21

What type of indentation is used on the Works Cited page?

Answer 21

On the Works Cited page, a hanging indent is used.

Question 22

In what order are the sources listed on the Works Cited page?

Answer 22

Sources are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name, if there is no author, it is listed by the first major word of the title of the source.

Question 23

What needs to be italicized on the Works Cited page?

Answer 23

On the Works Cited page, the items that need to be italicized are containers (magazines, books, journals, films, anthologies, newspapers, album
names, poems, symphonies, and websites). Pieces in the container such as articles, chapters, scenes, song titles, and web pages are in quotation marks not italicized.

Question 24

What needs to be included on the Works Cited page?

Answer 24

Any source used in the body of the paper must be cited on the Works Cited page.

Question 25

How to cite two sources with the same author?

Answer 25

I am using two sources by Lester Bang. One is “Where Were You When Elvis Died?” and the other one is “Thank You, Thank You Very Much!”). I am quoting from page 623 of “Where Were You…?” The citation would be (Bang “Where Were You” 623).
Or Bang argues that he sees Elvis Presley not “as a tragic figure… [but] more like the Pentagon, a giant armored institution nobody knows anything about except that its power is legendary” (“Where Were You” 623).

Question 26

How to quote from a newspaper article?

Answer 26

Include the section letter and actual page number where the quote comes from. example (Ratliff E6).

Question 27

How to cite a source with multiple authors?

Answer 27

The first author is listed and is followed by et al. Indicating the source has multiple authors. Example: (Frommm et al. 57).

Question 28

How to cite from a source with two authors?

Answer 28

Both of the last names of the authors must be included in the parenthetical citation. Example: (Guralnick and Wolk 281).

Question 29

How to quote two sources with two different authors?

Answer 29

Both authors need to be listed in the parenthesis, they are separated by a semi-colon. Example: (Gates; Santoro)

Question 30

How to cite a source with no known author, which includes the page number of the source?

Answer 30

If there is no author, the title of the source is put in quotation marks inside the parenthesis along with the page number. Example: The band’s hard-living lifestyle makes “some pietistic Christian… question the band’s beliefs” (“U2’s Spiritual Journey” 12).

Question 31

How to cite an encyclopedia or dictionary entry?

Answer 31

The term being defined or written about is put in quotation marks inside of the parenthesis. Example:(“Happiness”).

Question 32

How to cite from a source that includes an interview with an individual?

Answer 32

In the paper, it needs to be indicated in the in-text citation that those words come from someone other than the author of the piece of source being used. Example: (qtd. in Orlean 136).

Question 33

True or False: Any source mentioned in the body of the paper must be listed on the Works Cited page

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or False: Need have to give the city where the publisher is located in the citation.

Answer 34

False

Question 35

True or False: Need to give the city where the publisher is located in the citation.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

The student is quoting and paraphrasing the following wiki entry: “Riot Grrl.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2004, Web. 8 May 2004.

a. Wikipedia notes the term riot grrl “became an almost meaningless media catchphrase” that was rarely used by artists themselves (Anonymous).
b. Wikipedia notes the term riot grrl “became an almost meaningless media catchphrase” that was rarely used by artists themselves ( “Riot Grrl”).

Answer 36

B. Wikipedia notes the term riot grrl “became an almost meaningless media catchphrase” that was rarely used by artists themselves ( “Riot Grrl”). It is a parenthetical citation.

Question 37

A dictionary definition for a word from Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Happiness

a. (Merriam-Webster).
b. (Happiness).
c. (“Happiness).

Answer 37

C. (“Happiness). It is a parenthetical citation.

Question 38

A quote from Susan Sanders being quoted in an article entitled “My Life as a CEO” written by Mel Brooks found on page 92.

a. (qtd. in Brooks 92).
b. (Brooks 92).
c. (Sanders 92).

Answer 38

A. (qtd. in Brooks 92). It is a parenthetical citation.

Question 39

An attribution in a book written by Pete Fromm entitled Indian Creek Chronicles, quoting from page 157.

a. According to Fromm, he quickly regretted his decision to go out into the wilderness (157).
b. According to Fromm, he quickly regretted his decision to go out into the wilderness. (157)

Answer 39

A. According to Fromm, he quickly regretted his decision to go out into the wilderness (157). End punctuation goes after the parenthesis.

Question 40

An essay entitled “Love in the Afternoon,” with no author published in an anthology, edited by Susan McAlarney and Emma Thompson.

a. “Love in the Afternoon” explores the idea that humans require love and laughter.
b. In an essay with no known author, Susan McAlarney and Emma Thompson explore the idea that humans require love and laughter.

Answer 40

A. “Love in the Afternoon” explores the idea that humans require love and laughter.

Question 41

Fromm, Pete. Indian Creek Chronicles. Picador Press, 2003.

note: Indian Creek Chronicles is supposed to be italicized since it is the title of the book

Answer 41

Example of a book with one author

Question 42

Harris, Muriel. “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers.” A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben Rafoth, Heinemann, 200, pp. 24-34.

note: A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One is supposed to be italicized since it is the title of the book.

Answer 42

Example of an essay or anthology

Question 43

Brubaker, Bill. “New Health Center Targets County’s Uninsured Patients.” Washington Post, 24 May 2007, p. LZ01.

note: Washington Post is supposed to be italicized since it is the name of the newspaper the article is from.

Answer 43

Example of a newspaper article