Handbook Scavenger Hunt

On what page of Everyday Writer can you find an answer to each of the following questions?  Team up with two partners if you want.

_____ 1. I’ve been warned that misuse of the spell-checker can make my paper look silly.  Where can I find tips for using the spell-checker?

_____ 2. What kinds of materials do I NOT need to cite when I decide to include them in my research paper?

_____ 3. My teacher keeps telling me to paraphrase the author’s argument.  What’s a paraphrase?

_____ 4. People also warn me that there’s a lot of garbage out there on the Internet.  Where can I get some direct, practical tips for evaluating electronic sources?

_____ 5. What is a run-on sentence, anyway?  I thought it was just a very long sentence.

_____ 6. What are some ways to make my paragraphs flow?

_____ 7. What is a clause?  What difference does it make whether a clause is dependent or independent?

_____ 8. When you use “lie” and when do you use “lay”?  I can never remember this.

_____ 9. I want to put a sign on my house that says, “The Boardman’s.”  Is there anything wrong with a sign like that?

____ 10. When you’re using a question mark along with quotation marks, which comes first, the quotation marks or the question mark?

____ 11. I need to know what a good resumé looks like.  Where can I find an example?

____ 12. I’m planning to become a research biologist.  Should I start learning the APA documentation style?

____ 13. My high school teacher told us never to start a sentence with “but” or “and.” But one of my writing group members does this all the time and says it’s OK.  Who’s right?

____ 14. Tell at least three methods you have used to find information in The Everyday Writer:

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