Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Avoid “textspeak” in your college writing.
2. Effect is almost always used as a noun meaning result.
3. To decide what information is essential to your narrative, you will need to consider the story’s parts, or structure.
4. A summary is an actual copy of the research material that you want to use in your essay.
5. The reader’s potential objections to your thesis, and viewpoints that are different from your own, are called counterarguments.


1. True. Most people are used to abbreviating when they text or e-mail their friends; however, you must be careful not to let any nonstandard spelling creep into your academic papers.
2. True. Effect is almost always used as a noun meaning result.
3. True. To decide what information is essential to your narrative, you will need to consider the story’s parts, or structure.
4. False. A summary is not an actual copy of the research material that you want to use in your essay.
5. True. The reader’s potential objections to your thesis, and viewpoints that are different from your own, are called counterarguments.

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