EAPP 1st Quarter Notes: Reading, Writing, and Evaluation Flashcards

Flashcards covering paragraph development, rhetorical patterns, language style features, plagiarism types, note-taking conventions, APA 7th edition rules, and critical evaluation/review concepts from the lecture notes.

What is paragraph development?

The techniques writers use to expand and elaborate on a central idea within a paragraph.

What does the Definition pattern do in a paragraph?

States the meaning of a term using other words and distinguishes denotation from connotation.

What are denotation and connotation?

Denotation is the dictionary meaning; connotation is the figurative or implied meaning.

What is Illustration in paragraph development?

Explains or clarifies a subject by presenting examples to support a general statement, often using markers like for example.

What is the role of Description in paragraph development?

Uses vivid details to help readers visualize the subject and form a dominant impression.

What is Process Analysis?

Shows how to do something or how something works by analyzing and presenting steps in order.

What is the purpose of Comparison and Contrast?

Explains two ideas/objects by showing their similarities and differences.

What is Cause-and-Effect analysis?

Analyzes why something happened and what the consequences are, focusing on cause–effect relationships.

What is Classification in paragraph development?

Clusters objects, people, or events into categories based on shared qualities.

What helps readers get the main idea of a passage efficiently?

Understanding both content and structure and recognizing organizational patterns to identify information quickly.

What are the four features of language use in academic writing?

Formality, Objectivity, Explicitness, and Caution.

How can Formality be achieved in writing?

Using expanded modal forms, avoiding contractions, choosing expanded terms over abbreviations, and avoiding colloquialisms.

How is Objectivity achieved in writing?

Writing should be impersonal, with minimal personal pronouns and emotive language.

What does Explicitness require in academic writing?

Use signposts to show relationships between parts of the text.

What does Caution involve in academic writing?

Avoid generalization and use careful, precise language.

What is Direct Plagiarism?

Copying someone else’s work word-for-word without citation and presenting it as your own.

What is Self-Plagiarism?

Reusing your own previously submitted work without proper acknowledgment or permission.

What is Collusion?

Unauthorized collaboration between students to produce work submitted as one’s own.

What is Paraphrasing Plagiarism?

Changing words to synonyms while keeping the structure and ideas largely intact without attribution.

What is Mosaic (Patchwriting) Plagiarism?

Blending phrases or ideas from multiple sources into a new work without proper citation.

What is Accidental Plagiarism?

Unintentional failure to give proper credit due to sloppy paraphrasing, copying, or citation errors.

What is Direct Quotation in note-taking?

Quoting statements exactly as written, enclosed in quotation marks, with author and page numbers.

What are Quotation Marks used for?

To enclose direct quotations and include the author’s name and page numbers.

What is Ellipsis in note-taking?

Omitting parts of a quoted text and replacing them with three dots; if the omission is at the end, add a fourth dot.

What is Interpolation in editing quotes?

Inserting notes within a directly quoted passage using brackets to aid understanding.

What is the 20% rule for direct quotations?

Direct quotations should not exceed 20% of the total length of the work (e.g., about 200 of 1000 words).

What is Paraphrasing?

Restating the main and supporting details in your own words.

APA 7th edition: How many authors can be listed before using an ellipsis?

Up to 20 authors; if more than 20, list the first 19, then an ellipsis, and then the last author.

What is the general APA format for journal article references?

Author, A. (Year). Title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pages. Retrieved from URL.

What is an Anonymous Author entry in APA referencing?

If authorship is known but not revealed on the title page, the name is given in brackets.

How should journal titles be formatted in APA 7th edition?

Italicize the title of the journal and capitalize each word.