Question 1. What is the BEST reason to compose "healthy paragraphs" based on an article?
To reinforce your assumptions
To record only the claims you support
To document essential ideas you want to expand upon
To capture data or statistics
Question 2. Which of the following is NOT a great demonstration of scholarly writing material?
Lecturing readers on common knowledge
Making an argument
Criticizing another writer's method
Borrowing expert authority
Question 3. What can a coherent question provide for you?
Broad access to a large community of scholars
Agreement amongst scholars of the truth of a particular issue
An area of controversy in need of clarification
Open-ended questions for further research
Question 4. When taking notes to avoid plagiarism, which of the following is NOT suggested?
Enclose all words from a source in quotation marks.
Integrate your ideas with your source material without citing.
Record all data about the source for your references page.
Attribute all words and ideas to their correct author with in-text citations.
Question 5. Which of the following BEST describes why researchers should review the "Cited by" link in Google Scholar during the early stages of a research project?
The link helps researchers avoid repeating the same topics as others.
The link shows that other researchers have considered an article significant.
The link shows the popularity of an academic author.
The link proves the accuracy of the cited information.
Question 6. An outline is a final product that requires an audience analysis.
True
False
Question 7. Which of the following is the LEAST useful type of source?
One that includes other researchers' analysis
One that offers just facts or information
One that offers you new perspectives
One that includes at least one of the BEAM elements
Question 8. The concept of "affordances" offers all but one of the following to writers in the research process:
Affordances provide qualities that enable researchers.
Affordances create a productive environment for a researcher.
Affordances create false starts and can direct researchers away from the central topic.
Affordances are relative to particular situations only.
Question 9. Once a writer has completed the first stages of the research project, which of the following is MOST recommended?
Writers should follow a strict schedule and not skip around.
Students should avoid locating new sources and be satisfied with what has been written.
Writers should review their work and revise periodically.
Students must work ahead and complete upcoming stages early.
Question 10. Synthesizing helps writers with WHICH of the following skills?
Reading to understand a fact
Memorizing important data
Selecting the correct option
Seeing connections between sources
Question 11. Synthesizing tables are most helpful for WHICH of the following reasons?
Noting the variety of alternate views on the topic
Capturing areas of disagreement
Noting sources of agreement
Citing examples of writer's main thoughts
Question 12. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a thesis?
To respond to one or more researchers' positions
To prove a point
To present a straightforward definition of the topic
To cite relevant evidence to support your argument
Question 13. While researching the impact of technology on teen social life, Emma uses supporting questions to do all of the following EXCEPT
to locate open-ended questions for further consideration.
to find new ways to gather and interpret data.
to discover new questions to ask.
to uncover new relationships.
Question 14. Supporting questions are distinct from essential questions because supporting questions provide which of the following?
Definitive answers
External concepts not used as evidence
Theories and alternative perspectives
A different view of an issue unrelated to essential questions
Question 15. Which of the following steps do not help writers develop research topics into appropriate lines of inquiry?
Identify the parent, sibling, and child topics
Construct a central, one-dimensional topic
Develop a set of essential and supporting questions
Define the scope of your project
Question 16. A parent topic is a good starting point for ALL BUT ONE of the following reasons:
Parent topics provide a general framework from which to get started.
Parent topics provide a context for the debate.
Parent topics show how your topic relates to larger issues.
Parent topics create boundaries and limitations to maintain focus.
Question 17. When starting a writing project, researchers should approach their research topic as
an interesting problem to be solved.
a potential affirmation of faith and beliefs.
an area with limited perspectives and little to uncover.
a randomly selected topic being researched by force.
Question 18. The correct order for Roman Numerals is:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII...
I, II, III, IIII, X, XI, XII, XIII...
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Question 19. When writing a thesis paragraph, you should AVOID
explaining the significance of your thesis.
claiming other authors' ideas as your own.
establishing your own perspective in a scholarly debate.
articulating your thesis as a response to established research.
Question 20. Which of the following types of sources is LEAST likely to meet your research needs?
A source whose primary function is to establish fact
A source that considers alternative explanations
A source that takes a different position than the one you hold
A source that treats readers as fellow researchers.