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Journal entries promote active listening due to an emphasis on _______.
a. recording the statistics perfectly 
b. questioning the source 
c. recording as much data as possible 
d. building up note-taking speed 


Focused Web crawlers _______.
a. update more frequently than Google 
b. limit their searches to academic subjects 
c. offer less thorough search results 
d. do not appear in online directories 


Most academic writers in humanities and social sciences document sources by using in-text citations in __________.

a. footnotes 
b. end notes 
c. parentheses 
d. superscript 


Writers easily avoid plagiarism by _______.
a. changing a few words from the original author's material 
b. changing the order of words from the original author's material 
c. changing slightly the meaning or mood of the original author's material 
d. adding quotation marks around the original author's exact words 


Failure to properly cite others' spoken or written material in a student's paper constitutes _______.
a. syllogism 
b. favoritism 
c. plagiarism 
d. solipsism 


The editing process includes _______.
a. simplifying 
b. brainstorming 
c. surveying 
d. researching 


Transitional paragraphs help the reader understand a relationship among topics. The words _______ help to add emphasis.
a. in fact, without a doubt 
b. immediately, previously 
c. nevertheless, in spite of 
d. first, second, third 


A background paragraph can be expected to _______.
a. transition the paper from one idea to the next 
b. furnish details which will enhance the reader's understanding 
c. present a conclusion or summary of information up to a certain point 
d. introduce the thesis or research question of the work 


During the drafting stage of the writing process, place emphasis on
a. grammar 
b. punctuation 
c. citation rules 
d. organization 



A flexible, informal outline uses _______ to guide the writer.
a. roman numerals 
b. numbers 
c. phrases 
d. lower case