Exam 19: Strengthening an Essay With Research

Read the paragraph below and then answer the questions that follow by selecting the letter of the correct response. Playing video games can be a fun and relaxing hobby. For some players, though, this activity can become an addiction that's as harmful as gambling. That's why gamers who play two or more hours a day should be aware of the signs of addiction. One of these signs is abandonment of other hobbies. Someone who stops participating in all other leisure time activities or social events to play video games may be in the grip of a harmful addiction. Another sign of possible addiction is constantly thinking or talking about a game even while doing other things. If thoughts about the next gaming session prevent someone from paying attention to other tasks or people, that player could be addicted. A final warning sign is fighting with or lying to loved ones about the amount of time spent playing. Neglecting relationships with family members and friends is a classic sign of video game addiction. This paragraph was written for an audience of

Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. American Cancer Society. 1 Feb. 2012. Guide to Quitting Smoking . www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco/GuidetoQuittingSmoking/index.

Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. ____ of a web site involves studying it to determine whether the information it presents seems accurate, up to date, and fair.

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. Seeking answers to questions in sources outside yourself is called

(2015, October 15). "A Brief History of the Selfie." The Huffington Post.

Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. According to MLA guidelines, a correct ____ should appear in two places in your essay: in parentheses inside the essay and in a Works Cited list at the end of the essay.

Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. McCallum, Jack. Dream Team Ballentine Books, 2012.

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. Which of the following is not something a correct source citation should do?

For each Works Cited page entry below, select the answer "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines. Select the answer "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Miller, Peter. "Weather Gone Wild." National Geographic , 2012.

Read the paragraph below and then answer the questions that follow by selecting the letter of the correct response. Playing video games can be a fun and relaxing hobby. For some players, though, this activity can become an addiction that's as harmful as gambling. That's why gamers who play two or more hours a day should be aware of the signs of addiction. One of these signs is abandonment of other hobbies. Someone who stops participating in all other leisure time activities or social events to play video games may be in the grip of a harmful addiction. Another sign of possible addiction is constantly thinking or talking about a game even while doing other things. If thoughts about the next gaming session prevent someone from paying attention to other tasks or people, that player could be addicted. A final warning sign is fighting with or lying to loved ones about the amount of time spent playing. Neglecting relationships with family members and friends is a classic sign of video game addiction. The purpose of this paragraph is to

Identify each of the following statements as true or false. The author's last name is usually the first piece of information in a Works Cited entry.

Each question below is an entry for a References page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to APA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Bensinger, G. (2016 December 22). Uber Moves Self-Driving Car Test to Arizona after Regulatory  Defeat in California. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from Http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-moves-self-driving-car-test-to-arizona-after-regulatory-defeat-in-  California-1482442732

Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Isaacson, Walter. "Keep It Simple." September 2012 Smithsonian , p. 42.

Wilson, J. Q., & DiIulio, Jr., J. J. (2004).   American government (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. "Save Money, Save the Environment" by Maura Judkis, U.S. News & World Report , April 2010, pp. 58-61.

Select the letter of the correct answer. The step of the writing process during which writers think, jot down ideas, and plan the paper is known as

Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. The ____ provides all of the sources you summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted in your essay, in alphabetical order by the author's last name.

Select the correct term for the following statements. A method of putting source information in the footnotes or endnotes, rather than in the body of the essay is called ____.

Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. To find information on the Internet, a researcher can use a ____ such as Google.

Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Barack Obama. The Audacity of Hope , 2008.