Transcript Citation Basics

* Pick up a “Peer Editing” sheet from
the front table and take out your
rough draft
* Persuasive Essay due MONDAY!!!
* 7AM Turnitin.com
* Highlighted
* Bolded
* Underlined
* In class – in this order:
* Rubric
* Rough draft
* Peer edit
* Sources – at least 2 (highlighted)
* Receipt
* Highlight the following
items on your final draft
that you submit to
turnitin.com.
Pathos--Yellow
Ethos--Green
Logos--Blue
Thesis/Claim--Bold
Opposing Viewpoint-Underline
*
*Font size 12 pt
*Times New Roman
*Double-spaced
*1” margins
*Indent the first line of all paragraphs
*Use italics throughout your essay for the titles
of longer works and, only when absolutely
necessary, providing emphasis.
*
*No title page (unless requested)
*In the upper left-hand corner of the first page,
list your name, your instructor's name, the
course, and the date (all double-spaced).
*Double space again and center the title. Do not
underline, italicize, or place your title in
quotation marks
*Create a header that numbers all pages in the
upper right-hand corner .5” away from top of
page
*
**Notice that
there are no
extra spaces
between the
heading and
title, the title
and paper, or
between
paragraphs!
*
* DOES need to be 12 point font, times new roman, with 1”
margins still
* DOES need to continue the last name/page # in the right
header
* DOES NOT need a new left header with your name,
instructor’s name, course, etc.
* DOES need a hanging indent for the second and following
lines of citation
* DOES need a centered title, Works Cited – do not underline,
bold, or italicize the title
*
**The page
number on
your WC page
corresponds to
the last page
of your written
work. For
example, if
you write a
three page
paper, then
your WC page
is number four.
[This student
wrote a 22
page paper.]
**Notice that there are no extra spaces
between citations.
*
*MLA style requires brief citation information
to be included in the text of the paper OR in
parentheses following a quotation, summary,
or paraphrase.
*Check out the OWL PURDUE WRITING LAB if
you want to double-check your works cited
page and/or essay citations.
*
* Author is quoted or paraphrased but not named in your sentence
(MLA Handbook 6.2).
* It may be true that “in the appreciation of medieval art the
attitude of the observer is of primary importance…” (Robert 136).
* Author is quoted or paraphrased and is named in the text (MLA
Handbook 6.3).
* Quote: Sigmund Freud states that “a dream is a fulfillment of a
wish” (154).
* Paraphrase: Smith developed the argument in his 1997 book (18591).
* Author is quoted or paraphrased and is named in the text but the
quoted work has no page numbers (MLA Handbook 6.4.1).
* Mr. Chan, professor of Asian studies at the University of Texas,
considers the same topic in the context of Hong Kong cinema.
* A work with no author (listed by title) is quoted or paraphrased (MLA
Handbook 6.4.4).
* New York Times editorial called Ralph Ellison “a writer of
universal reach” (“Death” 18).