TueEng100 MLA Parentheticals WorksCitedActivity

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ENG 100BCEvaluating S

In-text (parenthetical) ci

in Writing Lab - AlleyCat & Works cited a


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Activity

Groups

Decide whether each source is reliable or not

Give a brief reason

Write answers on board

There are 7 sources


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Define the term Peer Review

Highly prized concept in academia

Refers to rigorous and competitive selection process by whichscholarly manuscripts are chosen for publication

Judged on rigor and accuracy of research and significance andvalue of argument


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How should sources, specifically

web sources, be evaluated?

Authority

Objectivity

Coverage

Accuracy

Currency


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Evaluating Sources

Authority

Is the document author or site sponsor

clearly identified?Does the site identify the occupation,

position, education, experience, orother credentials of the author?

Does the home page or a clear link fromthe home page reveal the authors orsponsors motivation for establishing thesite?

Does the site provide contact

information for the author or sponsorsuch as an email or or anization


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Evaluating Sources

Objectivity

Is the sites purpose clear?

Is the site explicit about declaring itspoint of view?

Does the site indicate whether theauthor is affiliated with a specificorganization, institution, or association?

Does the site indicate whether it isdirected toward a specific audience?


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Evaluating Sources

Coverage

Are the topics covered by the site clear?

Does the site exhibit a suitable depthand comprehensiveness for its purpose?

Is sufficient evidence provided tosupport the ideas and opinionspresented?


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Evaluating Sources

Accuracy

Are the sources of information stated?

Do the facts appear to be accurate?

Can you verify this information bycomparing this source with othersources in the field?


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Evaluating Sources

Currency

Are dates included in the Web site?

Do the dates apply to the materialitself, to its placement on the Web, orto the time the site was last revised andupdated?

Is the information current, or at leaststill relevant, for the sites purpose? Foryour purpose?


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Web SourcesWho placed this piece on the Web and why?

Each kind of website has a different purpose

.com

Commercial site

Purpose is to promote the view of acorporation or business

.org

Nonprofit organizations or advocacygroups

Purpose is

To provide accurate, balanced

information related to organizations


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Web Sources .edu

Associated with a college or university

Purpose varies to include schoolpromotion, strong advocacy on studentissues, objective and scholarly research

.gov or .mil

Sponsored by a government agency or

military unitProvide basic data about government

policy, bills in Congress, economicforecasts, census data, etc.

Purpose varies to include objectiveinformation or romotion of a enc s


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Activity Review


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Web Sources What is Google Scholar?

Attempts to duplicate services of licenseddatabases

Doesnt make public names of journals itindexes

Unsure whether source is current orthorough

Useful substitute for researchers who donthave access to online databases licensed byuniversity libraries


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What is a Licensed Database?

Index articles appearing in thousands ofperiodicals

Restricted to fee-paying customers Cant be accessed through web search

engines

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)

LexisNexis JSTOR


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Complete AlleyCat activity Tutorial worksheet available on Weebly

print completed worksheet


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Eng 100BCMLA

In-text (parenthetical) citations

Works cited activity


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What is MLA?

Modern Language Association (1883)

Style most commonly used to write papers and cite sources witand humanities

Foundation for other styles such as APA

Not every source type has a formula in APA; therefore, mustknowledge

Specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the Elanguage in writing


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Why use MLA?

Builds writers credibility by demonstrating accountability to so

Provides writers with a system for referencing sources (uniform

Protects writers from accusations of plagiarism All of the following are considered plagiarism:

turning in someone else's work as your own

copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit

failing to put a quotation in quotation marks

giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation

changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving c

copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of you give credit or not

http://www.checkforplagiarism.net/plagiarism-consequence
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What is a Works Cited page?

Alphabetical list of sources found at the end of a research-base

Entries are listed alphabetically by authors or editors last name of the work if no author/editor is available

Author names are written last name, first name, middle name (or

Burke, Kenneth

Levy, David M.

Wallace, David Foster

DO NOT list titles (Dr., Sir, Saint, etc.) or degrees (PhD, MA, DDS,

John Smith, PhD appears as Smith, John

DO include suffixes (Jr., II., etc.)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appears as King, Martin Luther, Jr.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

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https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/


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Works Cited page basics One-inch margins, same header as rest of essay, double spaced

spaces between citations)

Works Cited (do not italicize, underline, bold, or put inside quo

centered at top of page First line of each entry is NOT indented. The second and subse

indented (hanging indent).

Page numbers are hyphenated, not separated by a dash

For every entry, indicate the medium of publication (Print, We

URLs for Web entries are no longer required (instructor/publish .

Use italics (do not underline) titles of larger works (books, mag

If citing a source originally issued in print form but was retrievonline database, type the online database name in italics

W k Ci d b i


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Works Cited page basics

It there is more than one entry per author, works are arrangedby title

For second and all additional entries, type three hyphens and a

place of the authors name

Stanko, Jeannine. I Like Belly Dancing. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014

---. I Like Cats. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014. Print.

H t t W k Cit d


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How to create a Works Cited page

First, adhere to all of the basics as outlined in the previous slid

Second, determine the type of source (book, periodical, electrother [interview, lecture, visual art, film, audio, digital file) be

Third, find the appropriate formula to document the necessaryof the source

OWL@Purdue https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/74

Online Bib Generators - WARNING

Not always correct Inaccurate information

Not up-to-date with current MLA

User error

MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WORK FOR ERRORS

Electronic Sources
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/


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Electronic Sources Author and/or editor names (if available)

Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)

Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Printpublications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may,

for example, include the additional information or otherwise modifiedinformation, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)

Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, orissue numbers.

Publisher information, including the publisher name (n.p. if unavailable) andpublishing date (n.d. if unavailble).

Take note of any page numbers (if not available n.pag.).

Medium of publication.

Date you accessed the material.

URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require aURL).

Wh t i i t t ( th ti l) it ti


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What is an in-text (parenthetical) citatio

Sources listed on Works Cited page must be referenced in the ein-text (parenthetical) citation

Sources referenced in an in-text (parenthetical) citation must a

Works Cited page

Information listed in parenthetical citation depends upon

Sources medium of publication

Sources entry on Works Cited page

Whatever signal word/phrase used in parenthetical must be the first Works Cited page source citation


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Example

The following is an excerpt from an essay:

This disenfranchisement over his marginalization in Anglosociety [affected] his individual psyche (Delgadillo 99).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Stanko 17

Works CitedDelgadillo, Theresa. Forms of Chicana Feminist Resistance:

Hybrid Spirituatlity in Ana Castillos So Far From God.Modern Fiction Studies 44.4 (1998):79-102. Print.

MLA in text citations (regular & attributive tag)


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MLA in-text citations (regular & attributive tag)

In-text citations contain two elements

Last name of author

Page number of quoted or paraphrased passage

Information can be placed in parentheses immediately after thebeing cited

The Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina women, who had been abbusiness, get divorced, and sometimes become village chiefs (Karnow 41).

Or place authors name in an attributive tag at the beginning ofmaterial and the page number in parentheses at the end

According to Karnow, the Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina wombeen able to do business, get divorced, and sometimes become village chief

Works Cited Activity


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Works Cited Activity

Use http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ to create a workscited page.

Your Works Cited page should follow MLA format.Four sources will circulate around the room.

Create a citation for each source.

Select a quote from each source.

Write the quote without using an attributive tag.Then write the quote with an attributive tag.

Email Works Cited pages [email protected] andprint a copy

Works Cited Activity Format
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Works Cited Activity Format

Insert Header Here

Something Goes Here

Source citation

Quote without using an attributive tag

Quote using an attributive tag

Source citation

Quote without using an attributive tagQuote using an attributive tag

*continue until all sources cited

Pl i


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PlanningI. Thesis statement

II. Citations & Annotations

A. Citation #1

1. Reason #1 (why are you using this source?)

a. explanation

b. explanation

2. Reason #2

a. explanation

b. explanation3. Reason #3

a. explanation

b. explanation

Complete for all 5 citations


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For Tuesday

Essay #4 Annotated Bibliography rough draft

Read chapter about definition writing

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TueEng100 MLA Parentheticals WorksCitedActivity