Style Manual Scavenger Hunt

Style Manual Scavenger Hunt

Name ______________Per____

Directions: Using the Style Manual as a source of information, answer the following questions.

1. Should you lose this manual, how much will it cost you for a new one?_____

2. What are the important notes on the NOTES page? #1_______________________________ , #2______________________________ , and #3___________________________________

3. On what page would one find guidelines for works cited cards?___________________

4. In guidelines for all essays and formal papers, can you have a title page?____________

5. What is the spacing for paper?____________Font size?_______________

6. What size font should the title of the paper be?__________________

7. What is included in the header?__________________________________________________
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8. What is the margin for the works cited page?____________________

9. What is the difference between a works cited page and a bibliography?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What are the 3 tips under miscellaneous? #1_______________________________________

#2___________________________________ #3__________________________________

11. What is the thesis statement of the sample essay in the manual?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. In the section, “How to create focus aspects from a controlling purpose,” can simply be called?

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13. What are the 6 steps to write a research paper?

A. __________________________________

B. __________________________________

C. __________________________________

D. __________________________________

E. __________________________________

F. __________________________________

14. Brainstorming is useful to _______________________________________________________________________________________________.

15. What is another name for the works cited cards?_____________________

Why are these cards created?____________________________________

On the note cards, what does the number in the right hand corner represent?____________________________________.

How many facts or quotes should be on each

note card?____________________________________.

17. What goes on the bottom of the note cards?________________________

18. In, “How to Create a Research Thesis...,” your research paper must support a __________________________________ in a ______________________. A thesis statement can be _________________________________in length.

19. Where should the thesis statement be located?_____________________.

20. When creating an outline from your note cards, what is the first step you do?_________________________________________________________________________________________.

What should you do with the unneeded cards?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________.

21. What should the basic parenthetical citation look like? a._____________________________

b.__________________________________________ c.____________________________.

22. Write the citation example for an encyclopedia.____________________.

23. When citing in your text, where does the period go to end the sentence?_____________________________________________________.

24. What are “Works Cited Forms”?_________________________________.

25. Using the pages from the Works Cited Forms, Put the following works in proper entries.

A. The geography book, World Geography, written by Richard G. Boehm, was published in 2000 by Glencoe in New York.

Proper Entry___________________________________________________

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B. I used the 2000 Culturegram about Afghanistan that was created in 1999 by Brigham Young University located in Orem, Utah.

Proper Entry______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. When I was looking online, Cox @ home, on the June 25th, the article, “How to Coach Soccer,” by Peter Gansler, gave me helpful information for my paper. It was recently placed online in May of this year. If you want to find more information on soccer, try http://www.US soccer. org

Proper Entry______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________