Format doormat
From top to bottom, what does a proper heading look like? use your name and today's date
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Mr. Burden
ELA
29 November 2023
Title
What's Wrong?
Last name, First name, "Title". Publisher. Date. Site.
there should be a period after first name.
A works cited page can also be called a what?
Bibliography
What's wrong here?
Katniss showed her ability with a bow when she "hit the practice target within millimeters of the middle red dot". (Collins 59)
The period should wait until after the quote.
According to Mr. Burden's classroom, what is the definition of 'Prove'?
To show that something is true by providing specific evidence
This must be double space - Be specific
Everything! even the works cited page and the header!
Paraphrasing is what?
Using an author's ideas in your writing but giving them credit with a parenthetical citation. This is always in your own words.
information that the average, educated reader would accept as reliable without having to look it up. This does not need to be cited
Common Knowledge
Set up, information with citation, and analysis are the steps of this process.
The three parts of including a quote in your writing
This is the part of a citation on the Works Cited page that is in quotes
The title
This is how you signify a new paragraph
Indent the first line
This is when you do not need to include the author's last name in the parentheses at the end of a quote
If the author is mentioned in the sentence containing the quote as well
The date in a works cited can be split up, which two dates can be included in a reference?
Date published and Date accessed (by the author)
When quoting a quotation in a book, what must you do?
Start the quote with a normal double quote, then single quotes to indicate speaking parts as well.
You do this in order to support your ideas and add the credibility of the authors to your own writing.
to incorporate research into your essay
This gives the reader a clue into what topic the essay is on
The title
This is the one optional part of a works cited citation
the site/ Website
Mr. Burden alluded to another type of reference page separate from a a works cited/bibliography.
Works consulted
Block quotes do not require quotes, because...
the whole quote is indented and sized down twice.
How would you cite a book with two authors?
Alphabetical Last name, First, and First Name Last Name.
These things go next to the author's last name in the upper right hand corner on each page
Page #s
What is different about the first line of a citation compared to the rest of the lines?
Franck, Caroline, et al. “Agricultural Subsidies and the American Obesity Epidemic.” American Journal of Preventative Medicine, vol. 45, no. 3, Sept. 2013, pp. 327-333.
first line is not indented, the rest are.
What can you be charged with if you plagiarize?
Give an example of a real life situation in which it would be bad to have plagiarism
Idea theft
When a quote has no identified author, you must cite what?
Cite the publisher
This state university’s Writers Workshop has had famous alumni who wrote about the state, like Jane Smiley & W.P. Kinsella
Iowa