ENGL 1100 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Thesis Statement, Verb, Plagiarism

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1100
• Professor: Dr Morgan

Document Summary

Chapter 15: paraphrasing and summarizing: effective ways to share so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e else"s work withi(cid:374) your ow(cid:374), both things we do on a regular basis, may require effort to avoid plagiarism. Paraphrasing: follows the same line of reasoning as the original source and uses the same evidence to prove that point, must change enough to be a paraphrase. A thesis statement it answers the question outlined in the topic. A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb. Noun it(cid:859)s a (cid:449)o(cid:396)d that (cid:396)efe(cid:396)s to a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374), pla(cid:272)e o(cid:396) a thi(cid:374)g. Common nouns do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e (cid:272)apital a(cid:374)d a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)a(cid:373)es o(cid:396) titles. Proper nouns the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:272)apital a(cid:374)d a(cid:396)e titles o(cid:396) (cid:374)a(cid:373)es of stuff. Pronoun it(cid:859)s a (cid:449)o(cid:396)d that takes the pla(cid:272)e of a (cid:374)ou(cid:374). The word a pronoun replaces is an antecedent. The(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e to ag(cid:396)ee (cid:449)ith (cid:449)hat the(cid:455)(cid:859)re replacing in terms of number, Subjective pronouns i, you, he, she, it, we, they.