English II Research Paper Project

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English II Research Paper Project

• MLA Citations
• Correctly Documenting Sources

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Review of Research Paper

• Thesis Statement
• Primary Source
• Secondary Sources minimum of 5
• Outline
• Quotations
• Transitions
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

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Direct Quotations

• Quote Introduction
• Quote Abandonment
• In F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel Gatsby finally
  professes his feelings for Daisy to the narrator
  by saying, I cant describe how surprised I was
  to find out I loved her, old sport (157).
• Punctuation sport!(157).

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Poetry and Paraphrasing

• When quoting poetry line divisions are
  represented with a /
• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,
  weak and weary/Over many a quaint and curious
  volume of forgotten lore (Poe 900).
• Paraphrases should summarize the main ideas of a
  source.
• Absolutely no direct copying when paraphrasing.

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Direct Quotation Rule

• Rule If a citation is longer than 3 sentences or
  poetic lines you must set off the quotation.
• Example
• Edgar Allan Poe is known to express fear,
• dread, and paranoia in his poems which can
• be seen in The Raven
• Once upon a midnight dreary

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Works Cited

• Book Citation
• Internet Citation
• Anthology Citation
• Citations should be in alphabetical order!

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Book Citation

• Authors Last Name, First Name. Title.
• City of Publication The Publisher, Year of
  Publication.
• Example
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
• New York Scribner, 1991.
• Example with an Editor
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
• Ed. Kate Fornini. New York Scribner, 1991.

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Internet Citation

• Author Last Name, Author First Name.
• Site Title. Editors. Date of latest update.
  Date you accessed the site. ltthe urlgt.
• A Research and Writing For College and High
  School Students. Kathryn L. Shwartz. Dec. 1,
  2007. Dec. 5, 2007.
• lthttp//www.ipl.org/div/aplus/gt.

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Anthology Citation

• Author of Selection Last Name, First Name.
  Title of Selection. Anthology Title. Editor.
  City of Publication Publisher, Date of
  Publication. Page s.
• Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven. Anthology of
  American Litearture. Ed. George McMicheal et
  al. Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson,1993.
  900-903.

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Figure It Out

• Gullivers Travels
• New York
• 2006
• Stephen Greenblatt
• Norton Co.
• 2301-2462. ,
• The Norton Anthology of English Literature
• . . . . . . Ed.
• Jonathan Swift

• Swift, Jonathan.
• Gullivers Travels.
• The Norton Anthology of
• English Literature.
• Ed. Stephen Greenblatt.
• New York
• Norton Co.,
• 2006.
• 2301-2462.

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Final Thoughts

• Swift, Jonathan. Gullivers Travels. The
  Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed.
  Stephen Greenblatt. Norton Co. 2006,
  2301-2462.
• http//www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/