MLA formatting Quotation marks When to use quotations in research Prewrite What is your purpose for writing? How are you going to achieve this purpose? Who is your reader? Use journalistic questions Freewriting Cubing Webbing/clustering Listing More prewriting questions - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/673/0 3/
Prewrite, Plan
Why create an outline? Helps to keep track of large amounts of info Helps organize ideas Presents material in logical form Shows relationships among ideas Defines boundaries and groups
Prewrite Plan Drafting Rough draft, early version of final copy
Prewrite Plan Drafting Proofread Peer review grammar and process Apply all grammar lessons Make checksheet if necessary!
Prewrite Plan Print Proofread Publish All done! Final copy
Must be typed, double-spaced, one sided, paperclipped I want typed, double-spaced, double sided, stapled Only one space after punctuation 1 inch margins, Times New Roman, 12 point font Title centered Include heading Your name Instructor name Class Due Date Page number in upper right hand corner http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/200 90701095636_747.pdf
Used to document sources to avoid plagiarism Consult OWL at Purdue for up-to-date formulas http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Bibliography generators are like Word and dont always catch errors Demonstrate CCAC bib generator
Entries are arranged alphabetically by author, or by title if there is no author Each entry includes medium of publication of source (Print, Web, DVD, etc) It there is more than one entry per author, works are arranged alphabetically by title For second and all additional entries, type three hyphens and a period in place of the authors name Link to example on Owl at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
Every source on Works Cited must be mentioned in body of paper Every source cited in an in-text citation must be included on Works Cited page First word in each entry of Works Cited must also appear in the in-text citation
The following is an excerpt from an essay:
This disenfranchisement over his marginalization in Anglo society [affected] his individual psyche (Delgadillo 99). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanko 17 Works Cited Delgadillo, Theresa. Forms of Chicana Feminist Resistance: Hybrid Spirituatlity in Ana Castillos So Far From God. Modern Fiction Studies 44.4 (1998):79 102. Print.
In-text citations contain two elements Last name of author Page number of quoted or paraphrased passage Information can be placed in parentheses immediately after the material being cited The Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina women, who had been able to do business, get divorced, and sometimes become village chiefs (Karnow 41). Or place authors name in an attributive tag at the beginning of the source material and the page number in parentheses at the end According to Karnow, the Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina women, who had been able to do business, get divorced, and sometimes become village chiefs (41). Using the article on page 360 in your Behrens text, create a citation for a works cited page. Create two in-text citations for this source: one with an attributive tag and one without
Knapp, Robert. A Psychology of Rumor. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Ed. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. New York: Pearson Longman, 2013. 360 - 362. Print. In groups, use the packet to create a works cited page. Your works cited page should follow MLA format. There are 4 sources Your essay is 5 pages in length
Formatting Header Title Double spacing Hanging indent Alphabetical order Order of citation information did you correctly identify type of source? Did you put information in correct order according to the formula provided in the packet? Baldwin, Gayle. World War Z and the End of Religion as We Know It. Cross Currents 57.3 (2007): 412 425. Print
Coombs, Marian. Unraveling the Undead. American Conservative 11.2 (2012): 40 42. Print.
Dhar, Michael. Survive a Zombie Apocalypse? Just Do the Math. Live Science. NBCNews.com 30 July 2013. Web. 13 Sept 2013. <URL is at discretion of instructor>.
When do you use quotation marks??? What is a direct quotation? Exactly repeats what someone said or wrote
When are quotation marks used? Use quotation marks around direct quotations Lina asked, Do you think we should ask a question? Quotation marks always appear in pairs Use quotation marks around titles of poems, song titles, short stories, magazine or newspaper articles, essays, speeches, chapter titles, and episodes of TV or radio shows Just Like a Woman, by Bob Dylan ITALICIZE/UNDERLINE titles of magazines, novels, books, newspapers How is a quotation within a quotation punctuated? With single quotation marks The man said, Im sorry, officer, but did I hear you correctly when you said, Drive into that ditch? What is an indirect quotation? Restates what someone said or wrote, but not word for word Rachel told the security guard that she needed to enter the building for official business. DO NOT USE QUOTATION MARKS FOR INDIRECT QUOTATIONS!!!
Punctuation & Quotation marks Place periods and commas inside The name of the short story is Hills Like White Elephants. Put question marks and exclamation points inside quotation marks unless they apply to the whole sentence Bedtime at my house is marked by Mommy, can I tell you a story now? Have you heard the old proverb Do not climb the hill until you reach it? Punctuation & Quotation marks Put colons and semicolons outside Harold wrote, I regret that I am unable to attend the fundraiser for AIDS research; his letter, however, came with a substantial contribution Punctuation & Quotation marks Dont be this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E- PIidaqCyU Do not use quotation marks to draw attention to familiar slang, to disown trite expressions, or to justify an attempt at humor It was a ballpark figure. 1. As for the advertisement Sailors have more fun, if you consider chipping paint and swabbing decks fun, then you will have plenty of it. fun, if 2. Even after forty minutes of discussion, our class could not agree on an interpretation of Robert Frosts poem The Road Not Taken. correct 3. After winning the lottery, Juanita said that she would give half the money to charity. Omitits an indirect quote
4. After the movie,Vicki said, The reviewer called this flick trash of the first order. I guess you cant believe everything you read. flick trash of the first order. I 5. Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing, quipped Phyllis Diller, is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. correct 6. Thats the most beautiful seashell Ive ever seen!, shouted Alexa. Omit comma before shouted 7. Get your head in the game, and the rest will come advised the coach just before the whistle. come, advised
8. Gloria Steinem once twisted an old proverb like this, A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. correct 9. Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, says Fran Lebowitz, children tend to be sticky. correct 10. Have you heard the Cowboy Junkies cover of Hank Williamss Im So Lonesome I Could Cry? Cry?
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Length, Punctuality, Accuracy, Concept Instruction Practice Worksheet Reinforcement Activity Creativity
Use sparingly Too many quotes causes a loss of ownership Also makes readers question your knowledge of the topic Quoting memorable language Worded so eloquently or powerfully that summarizing/paraphrasing would sacrifice impact and meaning Quoting clear and concise language To summarize/paraphrase would make it too wordy Quoting authoritative language Lends authority and credibility to your essay Quote only part of sentence or paragraph needed. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Avoid freestanding quotations Use attributive tags Shakespeare insists that Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, Shakespeare insists, but bears it out even to the edge of doom. Shakespeare insists that true lovers are persistent: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Incorporate the quotation into the flow of your own sentence In Sonnet 116, true lovers [bear] it out even to the edge of doom. Use...ellipses... Shakespeares description of true love argues that love is not love which alters when it alteration finds...but bears it out even to the edge of doom. Read Behrens Chapter 1 pgs. 3-24 Find and read five scholarly sources on a topic of your choice Create a works cited page for the sources