Exresise
1.
Last summer, my family and I traveled to
Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the
dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East. A: Sited Correctly
2.
Americans want to create a more perfect union;
they also want to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty for everybody. A: Not sure of
the context of this excerpt, If it is all personal opinion then it is fine. But
If they are paraphrasing say a politicians speech or written address, then
proper citation is needed.
3.
I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school
students think their teachers assign too much homework. A: Needs to cite source
of research quoted.
4.
Martin Luther King was certain that nobody would
want to be contented with a surfacy type of social analysis that concerns
itself only with effects and doesn't deal with root causes. A: Needs to be
cited, they are paraphrasing Dr. Martin Luther King’s Thoughts in the letter.
5.
Martin Luther King wrote that the city of
Birmingham's "white power structure" left African-Americans there
"no alternative" but to demonstrate ("Letter from the Birmingham
Jail" para. 5) A: needs to get rid of the two pair of quotes and combined
the whole sentence as one
6.
In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail,"
King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the
demonstrations taking place in Birmingham, your statement fails to express a
similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."
A: There is no word for word Quote, to the letter, so the quotes need to go,
but citation is needed for the sentence.
7.
My friend Kara told me that she loves living so
close to the ocean A: None needed
8.
Americans are guaranteed the right to freely
gather for peaceful meetings. None Needed command knowledge to most
I
I I actually learned quite a bit in this exercise, I thought I had a pretty good grasp on when to cite things but turns out I was missing a few key things, like the Arguable Assertions and Im pretty sure that I mess up on how I am citing my Paraphrasing and summaries.
