Why Use MLA?
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The document provides an overview of MLA (Modern Language Association) style, which is commonly used for research papers in colleges. MLA style allows writers to cite sources in their papers and provide attribution for ideas that did not originate with them. It establishes conventions for in-text citations and bibliographies that make it easy for readers to locate the sources used. While MLA format may seem complex, learning it in high school prepares students for college, where professors expect papers to follow MLA guidelines and provide little instruction on the style themselves.
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NoodleTools Notecards Note Presentation
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NoodleTools Notecards for Students
NoodleTools is a digital organizer that helps students stay organized while researching and writing essays and other projects. It allows students to build a bibliography, take notes on notecards by copying and pasting quotes and adding their own ideas, tag and sort notecards into piles representing subtopics, and create an outline to organize their thoughts. All of the student's work is saved and accessible from any device so they can continue working across different locations. The program provides tools to help students engage closely with source texts through activities like marking up quotes, paraphrasing information, and adding their own analysis and questions.
Death by PowerPoint
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Annotated Bibliography
The document provides guidance on creating an annotated bibliography, which consists of bibliographic citations accompanied by descriptive and evaluative paragraphs. An annotation includes a summary of the key points of the source material as well as the reader's response. It aims to support research on a topic by replacing the need to reread sources. The annotation should critically analyze the source through considering questions about the author, publication, and arguments, and include a 75-150 word summary and a 50-75 word response paragraph.
Research paper writing (abbreviated version)
Brief intro to writing a research paper. Abridged from the original version for high school use. Covers purpose and post-writing.
Using Websites and MLA
The document discusses how to properly cite web sources using MLA format. It provides examples of citing different types of web sources, including articles with authors, articles without authors, and websites. The key components of a MLA citation for a web source are listed as the author, article name, name of site, publisher or sponsor, date of publication or last update, and date of access.
Research Paper Writing
1) Writing research papers is an important skill that can improve one's career and impact.
2) It is best to start writing early in the research process to help crystallize ideas and get feedback from others.
3) The introduction should clearly state the problem and contributions while the body provides evidence to support the claims.
Making the "Quote Sandwich"
The document explains how to construct a quote sandwich, which is used to analyze a quote from a text. A quote sandwich has three parts: context, the quote itself, and analysis. The context provides background on where the quote is from and what is happening. The quote should not be too long and must include proper punctuation and citation. The analysis interprets the quote and explains how it supports the overall point being made. An example quote sandwich is provided to illustrate these three components.
Why use MLA? (from Purdue University)
This document from the Purdue University Writing Lab provides an overview of using MLA format for cross-referencing sources. It explains that MLA format allows readers to easily cross-reference sources, provides consistency, establishes credibility, and helps avoid plagiarism. The document outlines the two main components of MLA style - the works cited page and parenthetical citations. It provides examples and guidelines for creating a works cited list and using parenthetical citations for different source types like books, articles, interviews and websites. Additional help resources for MLA style are also listed.
MLA Citation Styles
This document provides an overview and guidelines for formatting a paper according to the MLA (Modern Language Association) style. It covers 2009 updates to MLA, general formatting guidelines including font, margins, headings, and page headers. It also reviews guidelines for in-text citations, formatting quotations, and constructing a Works Cited page including entries for different source types like books, articles, web pages, and more. The document aims to instruct readers on all aspects of MLA formatting and citation.
Annotated bibliography
The document discusses what an annotated bibliography is and how to write one. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations for sources on a topic that includes a descriptive and evaluative paragraph for each citation. The annotation summarizes the source and the reader's response. To write an annotation, critically read the source by asking questions about its purpose, content and conclusions. Then write a summary paragraph of the source's main points and a response paragraph evaluating the source and its relevance to the topic.
Point of view Presentation
This document discusses different points of view (POVs) that can be used in writing:
1) First person POV uses pronouns like "I", "me", "my" and tells the story from the perspective of a main character. Benefits include seeing events through an important character, but the narrator may be unreliable.
2) Second person POV uses "you", presenting commands or speaking to oneself. It is rare and uses "you".
3) Third person POV can be omniscient, where the narrator knows everything, limited omniscient where the narrator can see into one character's mind, or objective where the narrator only describes without entering characters
Inductive v. deductive
This document discusses and provides examples of deductive and inductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning starts with a general premise and uses logic to draw a specific conclusion. Inductive reasoning uses specific observations to draw a general conclusion that is probable but not certain. An example is provided that demonstrates deductive reasoning by concluding what pants Smith is wearing based on known facts about his pants ownership.
AP Poetry Explication
This document provides guidance on how to explicate a poem through a short analysis. It recommends closely examining the poem's language, form, themes, and dramatic elements to understand the relationships between its parts. The analysis should start with identifying the speaker and main conflict, then discuss design elements like rhetoric, syntax and patterns line by line to develop an interpretation while incorporating discussion of rhyme, meter and other poetic techniques. The goal is to connect the poem's small parts to illuminate its overall meaning and relationships.
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- 2. What Is MLA? In every career, there is a special way that research is written into a paper. It can look like a jumbled code. This format allows the writer to show where he/she got help with their ideas. In most colleges, the most often used format is that belonging to the Modern Language Association, or simply “MLA” style.
- 3. MLA Vocabulary Citation: Using an outside source in your paper Bibliography: A list of sources read for a paper Works Cited: A list of sources used in a paper Annotation: A note made about a source for later use Library of Congress Page: A place in a book to find most MLA information, usually near the front Plagiarism: Using another person’s information but not saying where it came from; it can ruin your career
- 4. Why Use MLA? MLA offers several benefits: 1.The author can show the difference between his/her ideas and another’s ideas easily. 2.The author can show that he/she has researched a topic well. 3.The research sources can be found easily by a reader. 4.You don’t need to use complete sentences to cite sources.
- 5. Why Use MLA? MLA does have some downsides: 1.To people who don’t know it, it looks like a foreign language. 2.You have to plan to use it in advance.
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- 7. What is In MLA? MLA shows where research is used in two places in a paper: 1.In the paragraph where the source is used, this is called an in-paragraph citation. 2.At the end of the paper, this is called a Works Cited Page.