Format
What is the font in MLA?
Times New Roman
What are the two kinds of citations?
In-text and Works Cited
How many sources do you need for essay #2 and where should they come from?
At least 4 from MSJC databases.
What is a thesis?
A solid conclusion about the issues in the text (your argument).
How do you access the databases?
Through the MSJC library website.
Hanging
What kinds of sources have italicised titles?
Long works (books, journal titles, periodical titles, films, television series, databases).
What should your subclaims be about/focus on?
The film (not context or other sources)
Tension, the "so what," specific to the text, debatable.
Key words that relate to your concept.
What should be included in an in-text citation if it is using an article from an author with two sources?
(Last name, "title of article" #).
Where do you find the argument of the film?
Your own analysis/ brain.
What is one way you can develop a tier three thesis?
Revisiting it as you write and better develop your arguments.
What are some reputable and scholarly databases?
JSTOR, EBSCOhost, and database with specific topics such as the African-American History Online.
How should the works cited be ordered?
Alphabetical by last name (title if no author).
What is the difference between a journal and a periodical in the works cited?
Journal: vol. #, no. #
Periodical: Day month year.
What is essay #2 analysising?
How the film exaggerates/minimises/the general accuracy of details to emphasises the argument.
What tier thesis is this: Although some aspects of the women's experience in Hidden Figures was exaggerated, the accurate depiction of the discrimination and segregation of the three different departments in NASA emphasises not only the magnitude of the three individual women's achievements, but also the pervasiveness of systemic racism and its ability to hinder progression for everyone as it prevents great minds from being supported.
Three.
How can you get the gist of a source without reading the entire thing (to avoid reading a 30 page article only to learn you can't use it)?
Read the introduction, look at the table of contents if they have one for key topics, then read the conclusion.
A header with page number.
What is the correct citation for an academic journal article found in a database with multiple authors?
Last name, First name and First name Last name. "Title of Article." Journal, vol. #, no. #. date, pp.#-#. Database, doi/URL.
What should you include in your thesis?
Consider how the changes in the film contribute to the argument.
Turn this into a tier three thesis: Gilman argues that women should be listened to in their marriages.
Although Gilman's depiction of the mentally ill narrator in "The Yellow Wallpaper" appears to confirm that women are unstable, it actually acknowledges that women's lack of autonomy erodes their sense of self, as her husband's dismissal of her ideas caused her to not only get worse, but also lose faith in her own self authority.
What is a (Free) resource you can use (online and in-person) to help you research if you are stuck?
PRA!!! There are more details on the library website.