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Writing a reader can trust

Languages · Language Learning · ages 17-18
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What fixed order does a lab report follow after the abstract?

    • Discussion, method, results, introduction
    • Results, discussion, introduction, method
    • Introduction, method, results, discussion

  2. What belongs in the closing of an academic piece?

    • The answer to the question
    • A brand-new claim for next time
    • A list of favorite words

  3. Every borrowed claim needs an in-text marker plus a full reference entry.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which details must a reference entry name?

    • Font, margins, and page color
    • Author, date, title, place
    • The reader's name and address

  5. An argument essay opens with a thesis. What should the middle do?

    • Support it with referenced points in order
    • Repeat the thesis in longer words
    • Introduce a different topic entirely

  6. What is the read-close-write-check habit for?

    • Learning to type without looking
    • Avoiding patch copying and close paraphrases
    • Memorizing the alphabet faster

  7. You must turn rough field notes into a 500-word report. What is your first move?

    • Paste the notes in and change the font
    • Write the closing paragraph first and stop
    • Plan the skeleton first

  8. A draft paragraph mirrors its source sentence by sentence with no citation, and the writer calls it original. What is wrong?

    • Short paragraphs never need any citation
    • It is a close paraphrase needing a quote or rebuild plus a cite
    • Changing two words makes any text original
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Writing a reader can trust W1-mt_Yt0K5UuNSK-s1

  1. Introduction, method, results, discussion · Lab reports run introduction, method, results, discussion in order.
  2. The answer to the question · The closing answers the opening question and adds no fresh claims.
  3. True · Both pieces let any reader find and check the source.
  4. Author, date, title, place · Those four details let any reader track the source down.
  5. Support it with referenced points in order · The middle walks through evidence step by step toward the thesis.
  6. Avoiding patch copying and close paraphrases · Writing from memory forces the point into your own words.
  7. Plan the skeleton first · A planned skeleton keeps several hundred words holding together.
  8. It is a close paraphrase needing a quote or rebuild plus a cite · Sentences you cannot defend as yours must be quoted or rebuilt and cited.
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