Practice Quiz Chapter 07

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. A summary does not analyze or evaluate an argument. Instead, what does it do?

a) Reproduces an argument's supporting details correct incorrect

b) Represents the ideas of an author in condensed form correct incorrect

c) Discusses whether an author's ideas are effective correct incorrect

d) Synthesizes another's ideas with your own correct incorrect

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. Writing a successful précis-style summary involves which of the following?

a) Following the same order as the original correct incorrect

b) Distinguishing between major and minor supporting points correct incorrect

c) Avoiding repetition, even though an author may repeat points correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What is a good strategy for preparing an accurate summary of an article?

a) Generate lists of associations about the topic of discussion correct incorrect

b) Make general notes on the article's areas of discussion correct incorrect

c) Outline the article's use of supporting evidence correct incorrect

d) Record each of the article's topic sentences correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about annotated bibliographies?

a) They may appear in an appendix of a longer work. correct incorrect

b) They may appear at the beginning of an essay. correct incorrect

c) They include the title of a source and a brief summary of it. correct incorrect

d) Both a and c correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT an example of a summary?

a) An introductory paragraph correct incorrect

b) A précis correct incorrect

c) A literature review correct incorrect

d) An annotated bibliography correct incorrect

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. What does the acronym SPACE, as related to summary writing, stand for?

a) Special, precise, accurate, clear, energetic correct incorrect

b) Specific, precise, accurate, clear, efficient correct incorrect

c) Special, perfect, accurate, conscious, efficient correct incorrect

d) Scientific, practical, accurate, concise, efficient correct incorrect

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. Summary writing plays a minor role in academic writing.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The skills involved in writing a précis do not include which of the following?

a) Comprehending the key ideas of the piece correct incorrect

b) Distinguishing between major and minor points correct incorrect

c) Identifying possible bias on the part of the writer correct incorrect

d) Writing concisely, yet clearly correct incorrect

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. Academics summarize the work of others in order to achieve which of the following?

a) Add support to their own arguments correct incorrect

b) Provide an explanation of a key theory or concept correct incorrect

c) Disagree with the findings of other scholars correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. An abstract is a condensed summary which indicates the intended audience, purpose, and methods of research.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect