Transcript Research Skills PPT

Research Skills
Mrs. Pigoni
“You have no say in MLA”
Why Cite?
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To give credit where credit is
due: AVOID PLAGIARISM
To establish your credibility as
an author
To give readers access to the sources you
cite
Provides consistent format within a discipline
Example Source Card
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The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The
Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and
Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.
Notecards
Topic – Sub Topic
Source #
Fact (In-text Citation).
DQ, Para, or Summ
Example Notecard
Purdue University – School Spirit
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The number one school for school spirit in
the country (The Purdue).
Para
MLA Format
Times New Roman – 12 pt. font
Double Spaced
1” Margins
MLA Heading on first page only
Pagination (Last Name Page #) in header, aligned
right
* Centered Title
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* Creative Title
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bigger or different font
MLA Heading
Name
Teacher
Course
Date
Joe Smith
Mrs. Pigoni
American Literature - 1
11 November 2008
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*Double Space
Sample Title Page
Dwyer 1
Barb Dwyer
Mrs. Pigoni - 1
Advanced Freshman English
4 April 2011
Building a Dream: Emily and Homer
Direct Quotes
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Quoting any words (word for word) that are
not your own
Any part of a text can be directly quoted –
not just a spoken quotation
Use Parenthetical Citation
Direct quotes can NEVER stand alone
Summarizing
Take ideas from a large passage of another source
and condense them using your own words
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One chapter (23 pages) about Wheaton North High School’s
extremely high test scores.
Summarized Example:
Wheaton North High School is one of the best schools in the state
(Boyen 22).
Paraphrasing
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Using the ideas from another source but changing the
phrasing into your own words
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Keep the source out of sight as you paraphrase, so you will not be
tempted to use any of the sentence patterns or phrases of the
original.
Do not substitute synonyms for some or most of the words in an
author’s passage. This practice will result in plagiarism.
Use your own sentence structure as well as your own words. Your
writing will be regarded as plagiarized if it resembles the original too
closely in sentence structure as well as in wording.
Check your text against the original source to avoid inadvertent
plagiarism.
Use parenthetical citation
Quote Weaves
3 PARTS
* Signal Phrase/Weave
* Your own words setting up the quotation
* Quote
* Someone else’s words set off by quotation
marks
* Parenthetical Citation
* Source information
Signal Phrase/Weave – Complete
Thought
Punctuation is a colon
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He knew he was grounded when the cop knocked on the
front door: “The tapping was a commanding rap
signaling the death of fun” (Jones 18).
The snow fell earlier than last year: “August is too soon
to sled” (Miller 33).
Holden knew what he did had consequences, and he was
ready to face the music: “Looking through the window
seeing all the boys fence left the feeling of
abandonment” (“Catcher loses”).
Signal Phrase/Weave – Incomplete
Thought
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When blending your thoughts directly into
the quotation, no punctuation is needed.
Example:
Romantic poetry is characterized by the
“spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”
(Wordsworth 263).
Signal Phrase – Speaker’s Tag
Punctuation is a comma
* Use when separating the speaker from what is
being said
* Introducing the speaker of the quote
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Example:
* When awakening from a nightmare, Carol
screamed, “Leave me alone!” (Phillips 6).
* According to Stephanie Bower, “Kids like to
read” (Phillips 8).
Blocked Quotations
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4 or more typed lines of text
Indent the entire quote 10 spaces (1 inch) (Control + M)
Do NOT use quotation marks
Continue Double Spacing
Double space between the signal phrase and the
quotation
Cite the source after the end punctuation of the quote
Blocked Quotations
At the conclusion of Lord of the Flies, Ralph and the
other boys realize the horror of their actions:
The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave
himself up to them now for the first time on the island;
great shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench
his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke
before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected
by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and
sob too. (Golding186)
Ellipses
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Indicates the original passage has material that has
been omitted
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Ellipses are not necessary at the beginning or end of a
quotation when taken from a large passage
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If you use ellipses at the end of your sentence, you
use a 4th dot to illustrate you have finished your
sentence.
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Example:
During English class I learned “Shakespeare was born in
1564 . . . . He died 1616” (Jones 46).
Brackets
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Use brackets when you are inserting material into
sentences that are not originally in the sentence--in
other words, not done by the original author.
Example:
While reading the newspaper “he [unexpectedly] died of
shock” (Kade 83).
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Add brackets in sentences where you need to
clarify information.
Example:
While reading the newspaper “he [Brian] died of shock”
(Kade 83).
Works Cited
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A complete list of every source that you make reference to in your essay
Provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve
any sources cited in your essay
Each entry includes this basic information:
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Author’s name
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Title of work
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Publication information: source of work, date published, volume and
issue numbers, and page numbers
Quick Tip: All sources cited in the paper must be listed on the Works
Cited page. All sources listed on the Works Cited page must have
been cited in the paper itself.
Works Cited
* Center the words Works Cited at the top – no quotes, italics, or
underline
* Pagination continues from your previous paper
* Arrange sources alphabetically with the first letter of the entry – Do
NOT number your sources
* Each Entry Begins with a Hanging Indent (Control + T)
* Each Individual Entry Is Double Spaced
* Within the entry
* Between entries
* Do not put extra spaces in-between each entries
Sample Works Cited Page
Smith 12
Works Cited
Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. 1852-1853. New York: Penguin,
1985. Print.
Miller, J. Hillis. Charles Dickens: The World and His Novels.
Bloomington: U of Indiana P, 1958. Print.
“Squeezing the Poor for Votes.” New York Times on the Web. 18 February
2004. Web. 20 March 2004. <http://www.nytimes.com>.
Zwerdling, Alex. “Esther Summerson Rehabilitated.” PMLA 88 (May
1973): 429-439. Print.
Additional Help
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Purdue Writing Center @ OWL
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