How to use in Text Citation

Using your research

• While conducting research– Look for a sentence

that you would like to use in your paper.

– Copy and Paste it into your notes

OR– Handwrite it into your

notes

Using your research

• Once your research is complete– Open the word

template and start typing your biography

OR– Copy and paste your

work onto the template

Using your research

• Using what you have learned – Type or write a

bibliography about your god/goddess/

monster/hero– Each of the 3

paragraphs has a job to do

Using your research

• You need to find a quote from the database and from a book for your paper

• The quotes need to be in separate paragraphs

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Using your research

• Paragraph one should give the basic information about your person– Be sure to use some type of

introduction to the paper– Do not use “I” or “YOU” in this

part– Be formal in your tone– Have a “flow”

Using your research

• Paragraph two should give family information– Give the information that you

have found using a formal tone– If you did not find out some part

of the family, skip that small piece– If the information seems very

short, write about how the person was born or created

– Have a “flow”

Using your research

• Paragraph three should tell a myth or story about your person– This paragraph should link to

the creative piece in some way– Your person is famous for

something, write about it here– One of your quotes must go

here– This should be interesting– Have a “flow”

Formatting your work

• Please run spell check

• Re-read your work• Make sure you have

no run-on sentences or fragments

Formatting your bibliography

• Once the information is typed– Use spell check – You may adjust the

font size, but you may not change the font style.

– Insert your quotes into the 2 different paragraphs

Citing your quote

• Put the quote in Quotation marks

• Once you have put your 2 quotes into your paper, each must have a parenthetical citation.

Citing your quote

• After the quotation mark, but before the period– Open a parenthesis– For a book

• Write in the author’s last name and page number

– For a database• Write in the first word from the

database name

– Close the parenthesis and put a period

Citing your sourse

• Both of your quotes must have parenthetical documentation

Now what?

You are not done1. Create a creative piece that

goes with your myth or story

2. Create a works cited piece for your pamphlet

3. Transfer your notes to your pamphlet

4. Create the cover of the pamphlet

5. Sign your Honest Contact

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Create a creative piece that goes with your myth or story– Please use your imagination and creativity while

still linking back to the biography

2. Create a works cited piece for your pamphlet– Review your notes from the MLA presentation– Copy and past information– Use the Library Source information notecards

Frequently Asked Questions

3. Transfer your notes to your pamphlet– Use your neatest handwriting – Print your information4. Create the cover of the pamphlet

– Please use your imagination and creativity while still linking back to the biography

– If you use a web site be sure to document and add to your works cited page

5. Sign your Honest Contact – No plagiarism please