How do I write a paperessay

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How do I write a paper/essay?

• Some tips

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Rules to follow?

• APA (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION)
• MLA ((Modern Languages Association)

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Right, we will follow MLA

• Format!!!
• Thesis stament
• Body
• Conclusion
• Cited works

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First of all get ready with the format!!!!!!

• Heading (right corner Cid 1-)
• Margins, left alignment,12 fonts, space
• Personal data
• Jesús Cid
• Proff. María Jordano
• Literatura Inglesa IV
• 4 May 2005
• http//www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA.pd
  f

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Whats a thesis statement?

• is a single declarative sentence that states
  what you want your readers to know, believe, or
  understand after having read your essay.
• is only one sentence, not two or three or
  more.
• http//daphne.palomar.edu/handbook/thesis.htm

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Body

• Use outlines (http//webster.commnet.edu/mla/outl
  ines.shtml )
• First, write something very briefly about each
  text
• Then relate all of them
• Use of formal linkers and other matters
  http//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/ind
  ex.html

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How do I have to quote?

• Short quotes inverted commas
• Long quotes indented, no inverted commas page
  number
• http//webster.commnet.edu/mla/quotations.shtml
  (commet)

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Cited works?

• Books (one author, two, more than two)
• Articles
• Website
• Exampleshttp//webster.commnet.edu/mla/sample.sht
  ml

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And last but not least

• Be careful with plagiarism!!!!
• "the act of passing off as one's own the ideas or
  writings of another."
• If you use someone else's ideas, you should cite
  the source.
• If the way in which you are using the source is
  unclear, make it clear.
• If you received specific help from someone in
  writing the paper, acknowledge it.
• http//www.georgetown.edu/honor/plagiarism.html