Question

Elaine is writing a research essay on the effects of children learning a foreign language. She has created a working thesis, and is now thinking about how and where to find sources of information. She makes a list of effective search strategies.

Choose the action that is NOT an effective way to locate source materials.

• Conduct an advanced search on Google Scholar

• Glance only at the first page of results

• Search a library's online catalogue

• Ask if the library has an interlibrary loan program

Select the action that would be considered an unethical use of a source.

• Using a quotation out of context so that its meaning changes.

• Acknowledging that the source’s ideas differ from your own.

• Choosing to use only part of a quotation to avoid a grammatical error.

• Paraphrasing technical language so that it is more easily understood.

Select the true statement about using your prewriting during drafting.

• Advanced writers rarely use prewriting activities since these types of activities are primarily useful for beginner writers.

• Doing prewriting activities, such as creating an outline, bibliography, or research notes, guarantees that you will avoid plagiarism during drafting.

• Once you create an outline and bibliography during prewriting, you should not deviate from it during drafting.

• Prewriting can be an effective way to help get past writer's block and can help a writer keep focus during drafting.

Answer 1

1. Glance only at the first page of results

2. Using a quotation out of context so that its meaning changes

Unethical use of the source also called plagiarism means using the ideas, words, or organization of ideas of others without giving credit. Misrepresenting or distorting a source to make your argument look better or because of confusion over the use of sources within the source itself.

3. Prewriting can be an effective way to help get past writer's block and can help a writer keep focus during drafting.

Prewriting is anything we do before we write a draft of our document. It includes thinking, taking notes, talking to others, brainstorming, outlining, and gathering information. Although prewriting is the first activity we engage in, generating ideas is an activity that occurs throughout the writing process. It increases efficiency by helping the writer map, plan, or brainstorm about their writing before beginning the first draft. It helps a writer organize their thoughts and helps process the order of those thoughts so they can organize them effectively for their audience.