MLA Citations/ Format
Four things required in an MLA citation.
What is an Author, Title, Publisher, and Year of publication
An Annotated Bibliography is
what is notes and evaluating the source
A reliable source
Graff's three categories to responding to an author
What is agree, disagree, agreeing and disagreeing at the same time
“In a culture like America’s, which prizes originality, independence, and competitive individualism, writers sometimes don’t like to admit that anyone else has made the same point (…) In our view, however, as long as you can support a position taken by someone else without merely restating what was said, there is no reason to worry about being ‘unoriginal’” (Graff et al. 67)
The purpose of a hanging indent in an MLA Works Cited page?
What is separating the sources and annotated bibliographies
A summary is
what is a concise overview of the main points or arguments of the source.
The main takeaway or approach of They Say/ I Say
What is writing is a conversation
“when it comes to constructing an argument (whether orally or in writing), we offer you the following advice: remember that you are entering a conversation and therefore need to start with ‘what others are saying,’ (…) and then introduce your own ideas as a response” (Graff et al. 20)
The proper heading for MLA format is....
What is my first and last name, teacher, class, and date
An explanation/evaluation is
what is a description of how the source is relevant to your research, its purpose, or how it contributes to your understanding of the topic.
This ensures the information is accurate and reliable and strengthens the validity of your research by providing well-supported evidence.
What is to include at least two reliable sources, such as a book or a database.
OR
What is peer-reviewed
The words or phrases you use to distinguish what you say from what they say
The words or phrases that you use to indicate this are called many things such as “voice markers”, “sign posting”, “road markers”, etc,. (Graff et al. 75)
The order the date in a MLA heading goes in
What is the Day, Month, Year
The organization of an annotated bibliography
What is alphabetical order
How you can effectively use personal stories in academic writing
Stories can help with: engagement, writer credibility, dramatize They Say/ I Say
“personal stories need to be used with care (…) [they] will not be appropriate for every academic assignment (…) they cannot take the place of abstract scholarly claims, references to established research, or statistics (…) At the same time, personal stories can be an appealing way to enliven standard scholarly content and even to shape such content” (Graff et al 98)
MLA stands for...
What is Modern Language Association
The length of the evaluation should be
what is a paragraph
The order you go through to ensure something is credible......
What 1.Evaluate the Author, 2.Check for Citations,
3.Examine Objectivity, 4.Compare with Other Sources, 5.Consider the Purpose
The three ways in Ch9 “As a result” Connecting the Parts Graff suggests you use so you can “converse not only with others in your writing but with yourself: that you establish clear relations between one statement and the next by connecting those statements” (Graff et al. 198)
Transitions, Pointing Words, Repetition with Difference