Transcript Documenting Your Sources

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Quiz
What goes into the introduction of a narrative
essay?
2. What does Maya Angelou mean on page 112 “My
race groaned”.
3. What is the moment of climax in the story by Maya
Angelou?
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Quiz answers…
What goes into the introduction of a narrative
essay? A thesis
2. What does Maya Angelou mean on page 112 “My
race groaned”. Joe Louis was about to lose the
fight.
3. What is the moment of climax in the story by Maya
Angelou? When Joe Louis is named the
winner.
Once these are added to the grade book you
will get them back, this class or the next
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7 minute write
 Please turn to page 113 in your Bedford Reader.
 Please read the journal writing question on the
middle of the page.
 Please respond to the question for 7-8 min.
Documenting Your Sources
MLA STYLE
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y
What Should Be Documented
 Direct quotations
 Surveys, scientific experiments, and research studies
 Ideas or opinions that are not your own (even if written in
your own words)
 Facts that are not common knowledge – ones that a general
audience might not know
 Information which may be questioned
What Does Not Need to Be Documented
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Factual information or opinions which are widely accepted.
Example: American Civil War began at Ft. Sumter.
(a commonly known fact)
Example: A nuclear war would result in vast destruction.
(a commonly held theory)
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Familiar sayings or proverbs
Example: “A stitch in time saves nine.”
Preparing Parenthetical
Citations
GUIDELINES
 A work by one author: Put the author’s last name
and page number with NO comma.
Example:
One of the major problems in our cities today
is the “cultural deficiency in the lower economic
areas” (Heber 326).
 A work by one author with author’s last name
mentioned in your sentence: just put the page
number.
Example:
Heber said that the main problem in our cities today is the
“cultural deficiency in the lower economic areas” (326).
 Two or more works by the same author: put the
author’s last name and the first word or two of the
title and the page number.
Example:
One of the most pressing world problems is overpopulation (Heber, Problems 49).
 A work by two authors: put both authors’ last names
and the page number.
Example:
Many of William Faulkner’s works deal with ordinary
working people (Campbell and Foster 65).
 A work by more than two authors: put the first
author’s last name and the words “and others”
(or et al).
Example:
In the use of computers in modern society, we must realize
their potential and their weaknesses (Horn, and others
422).
OR (Horn, et al 422)
 A magazine, newspaper or encyclopedia article, or
internet article: put the author’s last name (if given)
and the page number. If it is an unsigned article, put a
shortened form from the article title and the page
number.
Examples:
American Indians’ problems are not considered important by
very many people (Navakov 22).
…from an article called “Mayan Indians”
Mayan children matured quite fast (“Mayan”45).
Using Quotes Correctly
HOW TO QUOTE, PARAPHRASE AND SUMMARIZE
Quotes
 Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment
of the source.
 They must match the source document word for word and must
be attributed to the original author.
Example:
Rond said her drama teacher insisted “each student needs to dress up
once a week" (Harrison, 26). (put the period after the source
info)
 If you are not using a whole sentence you must put three dots in front
of the first word you use.
Example:
Billy Joel said we didn’t “…start the fire” (Joel 2).
Martha Stewart stated “cooking is a good place to start…” (Martha 15).
 A long quotation of more than four lines: put a colon at the end of the
text material and begin a new line. Indent ten spaces from the left
margin for each line, double spaced. Do not use any quotation marks.
Put citation at the end.
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Example:
It would be wrong, though, to say that other family members are not affected, as Nick, Ryan Farrell’s
little brother, says:
Sometimes I feel mad at my family because Ryan gets so much of the attention. I know my
family loves me, but I still get mad at Ryan’s Tourette because if he didn’t have it, he wouldn’t
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get the attention of our mom and dad. I also get mad at Ryan’sTourette because sometimes he
isn’t very nice to me. He says he’s sorry when he’s mean to me, and most of the time I forgive
him. I love my brother, even though it’s hard, so I put up with his Tourette. (Fowler 107)
Paraphrase and Summarize
 Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source
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material into your own words.
A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source.
Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original
passage, taking the original info and stating the
facts/basics.
Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your
own words, including only the main point(s).
You must include source information for a
paraphrase or summary at the end like a quote.
Work Cited Page
Compiling the Works Cited Page
 Work Cited page starts on its own new page after the essay.
 The Works Cited page contains information about each of
the references you used. Sources that you consulted and
rejected should not be included, nor should you list
references that you did not cite in your paper.
 The Works Cited page appears at the end of your research
paper and gives complete information about where you
found your material.
 http://easybib.com/
Reading Activity to Support Narrative Writing
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Read pages 114-115 where Angelou discusses her writing.
Answer questions 1-2 on page 115 with a partner.
Both of you will discuss your answers, then write your
response in your notebook (please write these after the
7min write on Angelou).
Then you will read “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan pages 116118.
On a new page in your notebook answer ?s on
meaning#2, ?s on Writing#2and4, and ?s on
language#1.
Lastly, you will answer question#5 in Suggestions for
Writing on page 114.