Final Exam of Writing II

Final Exam of Advanced Writing First semester, 2010/2011 IUG English Department Student’s Name: ------Instructor: Dr. K.R. Mourtaga SN: ------

Important note: Please, DO NOT EXCEED the space provided and DO NOT WRITE more than one answer for each question!!

Respond to the following questions

I) Put (T) for true items and (F) for false ones: (11 pts.) ( ) 1. The research paper is written in 12 font size. ( ) 2.The long quotations are written in single space. ( ) 3. Line spacing in all the paper is double. ( ) 4. The coverage can be numbered. ( ) 5. The paper can be written in A3 paper ( ) 6. Page numbering can be on the left of the bottom of the page. ( ) 7. The short quotation is three lines or less. ( ) 8. The in-text citation includes the author's family name and the first initial. ( ) 9. Sources in the bibliography are arranged according to the dates. ( ) 10. It is wrong to leave spaces among sources in the reference section. ( ) 11.In the reference section, references can be numbered. ( ) 12. Paper titles can be in any font size. ( ) 13. It is not wrong to use colors in your research paper ( ) 14. All Titles are to be capitalized. ( ) 15. Titles of articles are not written in italics. ( ) 16. Page numbering is in Arabic ( ) 17. The second section of the research paper is called "literary investigation". ( ) 18. The announcement makes your introduction not attractive. ( ) 19. Tables of results can be divided along pages. ( ) 20. Ellipsis means addition to the quotation in the paper. ( ) 21. Research journal articles are the best sources for your research. ( ) 22. Editing is for the meaning, but revising is for the errors.

1 II). Arrange the following sources (10 pts.)

1. Author: Iona Leki Title: Understanding ESL writers: A guide for teachers Year: (1992). Publisher: Boynton/Cook Publishers, Inc City: NH: ------2. . Author: Larry Madden Title: Improve reading attitudes of poor readers through cooperative reading teams. Year: 1988. Volume: 42, Issue: 2. Page number: 42, 194 – 199. Journal: The Reading Teacher Publishers ------3. Book title: Writing, teaching, learning: A Sourcebook. Year: 1999 Page number: 35 – 43 Editor: R. Graves Article title: On stories and scholarship Aiuthor: R. Murphy Publisher: Boynton/Cook Publishers, Inc. City: NH ------4. Article: Conferencing. An interactive way to teach writing. Year: 1998 Site address: http://Langue.hyper.chubu. ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/98/jul/brender.hml Author: Antony Brender Access date: September 21, 2000 ------

III) Summarize the following paragraphs in one sentence (9 pts.) 1. The central thought or main controlling idea of a paragraph is usually conveyed in what is called a "topic sentence". This crucial sentence which states, summarizes, or clearly expresses the main theme is the keystone of a well-built paragraph. The topic sentence may come anywhere in the paragraph, though most logically and in most cases it is the first sentence. This immediately tells readers what is coming and leaves them in no doubt about the overall controlling idea. In a very long paragraph, the initial topic sentence may even be restated or given a more significant emphasis in its conclusion ------

2 2. In any paragraph, the first sentence should always describe what you will cover in that particular paragraph, and you should have around 3-4 body sentences going into specific detail about the section of material in that paragraph. Then the final conclusion sentence should wrap up the paragraph. If you have trouble, just rewrite the first sentence backwards and change the words. In other words, if there is a comma in the sentence, that means that it's two thoughts combined. Just take those thoughts in that sentence and flip them and change the words using synonyms. ------3. Although most people consider piranhas to be quite dangerous, they are, for the most part, entirely harmless. Piranhas rarely feed on large animals; they eat smaller fish and aquatic plants. When confronted with humans, piranhas' first instinct is to flee, not attack. Their fear of humans makes sense. Far more piranhas are eaten by people than people are eaten by piranhas. ------

IV) Narrow the following topics and then write the thesis statement (Th.S.) (10 pts.) 1. Reading Skills: ------Th. S.: ------2. Macbeth: ------Th. S.: ------. 3. Symbolism: ------Th. S.: ------4. Metaphor: ------Th. S.: ------5. Shakespeare: ------Th. S.: ------

V) What do the following research items mean? Write briefly in the space provided. (10 pts.)

1. Research Sample:

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2. Method of Data Collection: ------3. Data Analysis: ------

4. Literature Investigation: ------

5. Discussion of Results: ------