Eng201 midterm Jersey College Test Questions and
Correct Answers
working thesis
A preliminary answer to your main research question, the focus of your research.
Primary sources
Original sources that give firsthand knowledge on a topic
secondary sources
Present secondhand information on your topic. Journal articles documentaries
and non-fiction. Books are typical examples of such secondary sources. Sources
that are at least once removed from the original; sources that provide secondhand.
Tertiary sources
Sources that provide third hand information, such as wikis; discouraged for college
research projects.
Library of Congress Classification System
A system of classification used in most academic and research libraries
artifact
Any object made, or modified by human culture in later discovered
,Two paraphrase means to
Put a couple of sentences at the most into your own words.
A website is
A group of related web pages posted by the same sponsor or organization.
A working bibliography
list of the sources that you have used and/or intend to use to support your
research paper
Abstracts are . . .
summaries of resources or a summary of a written academic work.
Documentation
Is the actor of crediting sources of information through the use of In-text citations,
or and a corresponding works cited for a reference list
The Internet is
A worldwide network of connected computers that allows sharing of information
A web page is
a page viewable as a single unit on a web site.
, annotate
Underline or highlight important passages in a text and make notes in the margins
Summarize
To condense in your own words, the main point in a passage
Paraphrase
to put a whole passage in your own words
Quotation
A word for word, statement or passage from an original source
Ellipsis
A set of three periods with one space, proceeding, and following each; a
punctuation mark that indicates deletion of material.
Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Connects Words And Phrases; Always Followed By A Comma
Correct Answers
working thesis
A preliminary answer to your main research question, the focus of your research.
Primary sources
Original sources that give firsthand knowledge on a topic
secondary sources
Present secondhand information on your topic. Journal articles documentaries
and non-fiction. Books are typical examples of such secondary sources. Sources
that are at least once removed from the original; sources that provide secondhand.
Tertiary sources
Sources that provide third hand information, such as wikis; discouraged for college
research projects.
Library of Congress Classification System
A system of classification used in most academic and research libraries
artifact
Any object made, or modified by human culture in later discovered
,Two paraphrase means to
Put a couple of sentences at the most into your own words.
A website is
A group of related web pages posted by the same sponsor or organization.
A working bibliography
list of the sources that you have used and/or intend to use to support your
research paper
Abstracts are . . .
summaries of resources or a summary of a written academic work.
Documentation
Is the actor of crediting sources of information through the use of In-text citations,
or and a corresponding works cited for a reference list
The Internet is
A worldwide network of connected computers that allows sharing of information
A web page is
a page viewable as a single unit on a web site.
, annotate
Underline or highlight important passages in a text and make notes in the margins
Summarize
To condense in your own words, the main point in a passage
Paraphrase
to put a whole passage in your own words
Quotation
A word for word, statement or passage from an original source
Ellipsis
A set of three periods with one space, proceeding, and following each; a
punctuation mark that indicates deletion of material.
Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Connects Words And Phrases; Always Followed By A Comma
