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QUESTION 1 It is important for you, the writer-researcher, to "document quotations, paraphrases, summaries, and information that is unlikely to be known by nonexperts." True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 2 You do not have to document common knowledge even if you learned the information from a source. True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 3 A citation "restates someone else's ideas in fresh words and sentences." True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 4 "An effective summary briefly restates the main claims and supporting evidence of a source." True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 5 According to Donald Murray, "writing is thinking, and thought begins not with a conclusion but with an itch, a hint, a clue, and question, a doubt, a wonder, a problem, and anser without a question, an image that refuses to be forgotten." True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 6 Donal Murray argues that effective writing is not the product of instructive failure and that failure is not essential in producing effective and good writing. True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 7 Donaly Murray contends that "When writing, you are more aware of the world and your own reaction to it. As a writer, you relive your life hundred of times..." True False 10 points Saved QUESTION 8 Who is the author of this statement? "If one wants to write, one simply has to organize one's life in a mass of little habits." a. Mark Twain b. Shakespeare c. Graham Greene d. James Baldwin 10 points Saved QUESTION 9 Who is the author of the following words below: "Your opportunites are limited only by the depth of your resolve and the height of your ambition...You are our American dream for a better tomorrow." a. Martin Jischke b. Paul Krugman c. W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm d. Shikha Dalmia 10 points Saved QUESTION 10 Who is the author of the following words: "There's no denying that our system allows some American to become much richer than others. We must accept that, even celebrate it. Opportunity, not equality of income, is what made the U.S. economy grow and prosper." a. W. Michael Cox b. Martin Jischke c. Shikha Dalmia

Answer 1

1) The statement is FALSE. It is all about how you perform your job and how professional you are. All the quotations, paraphrases, summaries, and information included in your work must be documented despite the fact that the source is not well known or common.
2. TRUE. If the information is common and, for example, relates to historical events, (which means that many sources provide the same info) you don’t have to cite it. But if you use the information that was found in just one source, you must document it.

3. FALSE. A citation is an act of quoting, that repeats all the words said by someone. The statement “Restates someone else's ideas in fresh words and sentences." is looks more like paraphrase of a piece of information.

4. TRUE. The main function of a summary is to represent the main ideas of the previous source in a precise and concise way. One of the characteristics of an effective summary is the presence of main claims and supporting evidence.

5. TRUE. Donald Murray was absolutely right. When we come up with something, we only have an image in our head which we have to develop in order to make a conclusion of the idea. Words are our tool to reach the conclusion, they take this image and form a real shape to it.

6. FALSE. Donal Murray always stated that writing is built on instructive failure as you attempt to say what you do not yet know in a way you have never said it before. His advice to future writers looks like this: 1. Fail 2. Fail again. 3. Fail better.

7. TRUE. Donald Murray contends that "When writing, you are more aware of the world and your own reaction to it. As a writer, you relive your life hundred of times...". By these words he means that when you are published - you expose your private thoughts and feelings and share them with people. And when it is released, you afraid to appear foolish or not to be understood.

8. The author of this statement is c. Graham Greene. The real name is Henry Graham Greene. He is an English novelist who is considered to be one of the great writers of the 20th century. All his works discuss on moral and political topics of the modern world.


9. The words below belong to Martin Jischke. He is famous for his inspiring speeches for students and being a higher-education administrator the tenth president of Purdue University he poses a role model for everyone.

10. The author of the following words is a. W. Michael Cox. These words are extracted from his book “Myths of rich and poor”. He documented all the American progress and free markets the book, that is considered to be very successful.