Citation Details

A. First of all, 3-2-1. Write down on the card:

•  3 MLA details/rules you are sure you have correct (list them)
•  2 MLA details you have doubts (questions) about                                      
•  1 The most interesting piece of information you learned from your souces.

B. You have an MLA Daybook Project to do in our class in Moodle.

  a. Open and read the example paper "Til Death Do Us Part."

  b. Highligh ALL the in-text citations in the paper with yellow.

  c. 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 the Final Version of your Problem/ Solution with Sources paper. Have a hard copy to hand in AND submit the Final Version to Part 2 of TurnItIn "Only Draft."

2. TWFTD: an impressive word from another class -- your choice. (your program? your favorite BIG word?) Use the OED on it.