Readings
I wrote about my childhood in the Dominican Republic and learning English in America.
Who is Julia Alvarez?
What is a Literacy Narrative?
The name of the bibliography list of sources at the end of a MLA paper.
What is a Works Cited?
A process that previews a selected reading by looking at the abstract, introduction, title, headings, sections/organization, and conclusions to figure out generally what it is about and useful for.
What is pre-reading or skim and scanning?
A kind of writing that is a timed response to a question; you write as much as you can in the given time to work on English fluency and to generate ideas without worrying about grammar.
What is Freewriting?
"Nowhere is this symbiotic relationship between inclusion and exclusion more evident.. than debates over that fundamental question as "Who is an American?""
Who is Eric Foner
Writing that puts an author's ideas and writing into my own words to show my grasp of their main idea or point.
What is "Summary?"
This is usually included in the in-text citation for MLA format.
(Author Page Number)
A method of marking up a text with symbols, marginalia (comments), or questions that show my own responses to reading for comprehension, summary, or responding to a text.
What is Annotation?
A method of generating topics or ideas to write about. Examples might include: listing, clustering, freewriting, looping.
What is Brainstorming?
English "becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. "
Who is George Orwell
A genre of writing that engages with another author's ideas, arguments or examples by connecting them to my own ideas, reflections, evidence, experience, or knolwedge.
What is personal response writing or critical analysis?
Introduce the first name and last name of an author and the title of the source I am citing.
This is where I look in a published paper for a professional summary of a journal article.
What is the Abstract?
A method of organizing a paper to clearly define and organize your topic and subtopics in your paper, so that you bring the reader on a logical journey from your thesis, through your supporting evidence, to your conclusion
What is Outlining?
“Social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today”
Mimicking an author's writing style and tone in order to show my grasp of not only their ideas but their vocabulary that expresses their feelings and emotions about what they write.
If I have summarized the source in my own language, what do I still need to do to properly cite my source in MLA papers?
I need to make sure that I have introduced the author and title previously, cite the page numbers using in-text citation, and create a Works Cited page.
Changing my draft through re-writing my work to improve my paper.
For example: Re-reading what I have written to check for logical order of ideas, Using peer-review feedback to change or add to my ideas for completeness and correctness, Using professor comments and feedback to advance my written argument or clarify my writing .
What is Revision? (To Re See my writing!)
Sometimes language is "Easy to understand, through the tangle of language, the heart behind
groping towards us, to make the translation of
syntax into love."
Who is Alistair Reid, "Speaking a Foreign Language"
A genre of writing that synthesizes the research of many secondary sources together to show what scholars have been writing about in regard to my inquiry question, and to establish my credibility as a critical thinker and writer.
What is Literature Review?
Identify this kind of source:
Langhamer, Claire. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.” Historical Journal, vol. 50, no. 1, 2007, pp. 173-96. ProQuest, doi:10.1017/S0018246X06005966.
Bonus point: where is there an error in formatting?
A journal article from a database.
Bonus- The journal-title should be italicized: Historical Journal
Bonus- This should be using a hanging indent
"To read with the grain and against the grain."
What is: critical reading--You are seeking to understand the writer's point of view while also questioning the author's ideas, testing their points, or finding the limitations to their argument.
The final stage of revision where I correct grammar, punctuation, and formatting mistakes that distract readers from the great ideas I am making!
Bonus: What is the best way to look for these errors?
What is Editing or Proofreading?
Bonus: one issue or error type at a time.