MLA Details

You hand in Solo Paper #3 with rubric.

We review what will be required for your Problem/ Solution with Sources paper.

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To practice how in-text citations work with your bibliography, you'll read an example paper in Moodle.

Download the paper. Read the whole thing.


Highlight ALL the in-text citations in the paper with yellow.

Then answer the questions below IN YOUR DAYBOOK:

1. How many times was a source quoted in this paper?

2. How many times was a source paraphrased?

3.  Copy down a parenthetical citation (everything inside the parentheses) that uses an author’s last name.

4.  Copy down a parenthetical citation that uses the title of an article:

5.  Look at the Works Cited list on page 5.  How many of these sources are from the internet? 

How many are print?

6. Give a shortened version of the title of the oldest source she used.

 7.  Do you think Mother Jones is a book or a magazine? 

                     How can you tell by looking at the Works Cited citation?

8.  When I look at the Works Cited page, I can tell when this student was working on researching her paper.  Look carefully.  What is the date range when she was looking up information?

 9.  This quote is cited in the paper like this:

                      Sadly, “twenty-five percent of all women who are beaten are pregnant” (Prah).

           Which of these, A or B, is also correct? 

A.   Pamela Prah writes that “twenty-five percent of all women who are beaten are pregnant” (Prah). 

B.    Pamela Prah writes that “twenty-five percent of all women who are beaten are pregnant.”

Homework:

1. Finish this daybook activity.

2. Time to work on your draft in class tomorrow. The only draft of this paper is due Thursday. You'll post it in Turninit to check your use of sources.

3. TWFTD: your choice from a source for your paper.