Scavenger Hunt
1. (Use the Textconnex topics inside the back cover) In e-mail, why is it good
“netiquette” to assume that your emails might be reproduced and sent to
others?
We are living in time where social networks are the order of the day (face book , twitter , yahoo )people tend to use this sites without much care and the sites aren’t policed . One someone adds or puts anything online its considered published we may be shooting ourselves in the foot adding something we don’t mean or care for.
Some websites like www.bubbl.us allow individuals or groups to generate ideas in that one email may be sent to a cluster that consists of a couple of individuals.
2. What chapters are specifically aimed at the Multilingual Writer?
Part 12 (64,65,66)
37 D Grammar connections
36 I Problems with Pronouns
20 B Researching
1C Learning in a multilingual World
3. Find and explain what the Latin abbreviation e.g. means. (Include page #!)
Page 711 e.g. Stands for the Latin words Meaning for example
4. Briefly describe the two topics (on each side) of the pullout guide in Ch. 30.
On a sentence written we need to examine it carefully to ensure its correctly phrased or if there’s a way we can have it written correctly to ensure there isn’t misinterpretation.
Direct translation could be an issue for multilingual writers. In their view, they might not see it and may think what they’ve written is correct, however more scrutiny should be done to ensure that what’s written is in correct Wordage
5. To find resources to work on spelling, look up the difference between the
words except and accept in the Handbook and give those definitions.
Page 829
Accept (To take willingly)
Except( To leave Out; but for)
6. You’ve been told to review and work on “comma splices.” Besides the Index,
what are three other tools or aids in the Handbook you can use to find this
Contents ..
Skimming the Book. Going through the book.
Glossary of Key Terms
Abbreviations Symbols for editing and proofreading
topic? How would you fix the comma splice in #1 from Exercise 33.2 on page
530?
7. Where can you find help for wordy sentences, and what is a suggested
pages 95, 612-620
Rephrasing sentences beginning with it is , there is or there are . (Expletive Constructions) to begin with a subject or a stronger verb
8. List five example signal phrases besides “according to” that you can use in a
Paper for variety.
Implies that, holds to
Reports of, observes that, suggests that, considers that, argues, adds, admits
9. Which three countries border Suriname?
Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil
10. If your instructor asks you to use MLA format for documenting sources in a
research paper, in what chapter can you find the information, and what color
Chapter 23 ; Green
Are the edges of the pages in that section?
Yes.
11. How do you handle a long quotation of more than four lines in a paper? How Begin each subsequent paragraph with quotation marks. Not inserting closing quotation marks till the end of the quotation.
Should you format a long quote? Yes
When citing two or more paragraphs, use block quotation format, even if the passage from the paragraphs is less than four lines. Indent the first line of each quoted paragraph an extra quarter inch.
12. What should you do when you are quoting an indirect source, a quote or
Paraphrase you found in someone else’s work?
1 . We should put qtd before the name of the source. MLA
2. On a APA use the source as cited followed by the author of the source you read and the year of publication
13. What is the subject of the sample MLA style paper included in the Handbook?
More Than Meets The eye.
14. Name four things you should do when putting together the Works Cited
a Page.
Begin on a new page with the centered title “ Works Cited “
Include an entry for every source cited in your text
Include author, title, and publication data. Leave one space after the periods.
Abbreviate all months except May, June and July.
Double space within entries and between them.
15. True or false: You must include the full URL address in the Works Cited
page.
This is False.
Is there any case when you should do so?
You Only include the URL where your reader wouldn’t be able to locate the source on a search engine.
It depends on the source, if its articles from database then we do, or if the source is from the Internet including visual audio and video.
16. Name one example of a fallacy covered in the Handbook.
An emotional Fallacy. This is when a writer expresses sympathy at the expense of reasoning.
Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940. The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. Wangari Maathai obtained a degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964). She subsequently earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (1966). She pursued doctoral studies in Germany and the University of Nairobi, obtaining a Ph.D. (1971) from the University of Nairobi where she also taught veterinary anatomy. She became chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy and an associate professor in 1976 and 1977 respectively. In both cases, she was the first woman to attain those positions in the region. Wangari Maathai was active in the National Council of Women of Kenya in 1976-87 and was its chairman in 1981-87. It was while she served in the National Council of Women that she introduced the idea of planting trees with the people in 1976 and continued to develop it into a broad-based, grassroots organization whose main focus is the planting of trees with women groups in order to conserve the environment and improve their quality of life. However, through the Green Belt Movement she has assisted women in planting more than 20 million trees on their farms and on schools and church compounds.