Research Documentation Worksheet

Proper citation format in MLA style:

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and
video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(Smith 2).

* According to Smith, “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies”(2).

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies,” Smith believes. “Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what
Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Smith discusses the issue of desensitization: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t
realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Many observers argue that media violence does serious harm: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies.
Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad
consequences”(Smith 2). As Smith suggests, one of the effects of media violence is numbness. It makes children believe that
violence is a kind of game in which people don’t really get hurt, but bounce back to their feet after being smashed down, as if life were
a cartoon.

Part 1

Properly place quotation marks, author’s name, and page numbers on the passages below from the Fifth Sacred Thing.

Pg. 17
Maya speaks of the coming harvest in which people come to understand that they will survive only if they learn to coexist. This is the
age of the Reaper, when we inherit five thousand years of postponed results. We have come to understand that we are part of the earth,
part of the air, the fire, the water.

Pg. 211
Maya seems to believe that the cosmos tends to favor justice, despite periods of severe injustice. She also suggests Gandhi’s idea that
we must detach from results in the struggle for justice, living our lives with full and open hearts regardless of what suffering may
come. She urges Bird to believe in the possibilities of a non-violent struggle, even if it goes against our common sense. We have to
believe in miracles, just as we have to believe that the days will get longer in the springtime, that the rains will return in the fall.

Pg. 242
The Council meeting at which Bird takes a stand in favor of non-violent resistance a pivotal moment in the book. My hands aren’t
worth much anymore, but I still don’t want to put them to work making weapons or holding weapons. I do not want to kill again. It’s
hard to understate how important his voice is in helping the community reach a consensus, and then it’s amazing to hear the council
begin to brainstorm concrete strategies that take into account different points of view. It’s a model of community organizing work.
Water Council isn’t too happy with this proposal but we won’t block it. But if we adopt it, we have to be prepared to go all the way.

Part 2

Choose an important passage from the novel at least one paragraph long. How could you present the information in the
passage if you wanted to both quote and paraphrase? Use at least one of each: a quoted sentence, a paraphrased sentence, and
a sentence incorporating your own opinion about the significance of the passage.
Salinas/ENC 1102/Research Documentation Worksheet

Proper citation format in MLA style:

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and
video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(Smith 2).

* According to Smith, “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies”(2).

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies,” Smith believes. “Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what
Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Smith discusses the issue of desensitization: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t
realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Many observers argue that media violence does serious harm: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies.
Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad
consequences”(Smith 2). As Smith suggests, one of the effects of media violence is numbness. It makes children believe that
violence is a kind of game in which people don’t really get hurt, but bounce back to their feet after being smashed down, as if life were
a cartoon.

Properly place quotation marks, author’s name, and page numbers on the passages below.

1)“Battle Royal,” Par. 1

The narrator begins the story by describing his identity crisis. All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned
someone tried to tell me what it was. He is invisible, in part, because he doesn’t recognize himself.
2) “Battle Royal,” Par. 8

The stripper dancing a slow sensuous movement seems to represent the narrator’s feelings toward America, which he can’t really see
or understand in that she’s covered with the smoke of a hundred cigars clinging to her like the thinnest of veils. The narrator is also
confused by the behavior of the white men watching. Some threatened us if we looked and others if we did not.

3)ORIGINAL PASSAGE: The key to this film, however, is that it is a near-flawless example of the Hollywood truism of
identification, which is to say that if the audience can identify with the characters they will become invested in their fates. It's not an
easy admission, and there may be times when it cuts a little close to the bone for comfort.

USED IN TEXT: This movie is powerful on many levels. It’s a brilliant work of art, embedded with symbols and splashed with
imagery. It delivers a profound and transformative message about the purpose of life. But most of all, it portrays realistic characters.
It’s an excellent example of identification, which is to say that if the audience can identify with the characters, they will become
invested in their fates. You could pick any character at random, and you'll probably find that there's someone there who bears more
than a passing resemblance to yourself.

4)ORIGINAL PASSAGE: Far more important and distinguishing, though, is what the film has to say about the American dream -- or
rather, the American nightmare. Our modern society is constructed around the notion that happiness is found through material success:
a lucrative big-money job, a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, fancy cars, etc. American Beauty doesn’t just expose this lie -- it
shows just how hideous living the lie can be. And believe me, the film doesn’t pull any punches. Prepare to be shocked, offended,
horrified, and -- oddly -- to laugh and be moved to tears as well.

USED IN TEXT: American Beauty says something about hypocrisy. It shows how we pretend be one thing but become something
totally different behind closed doors. It exposes the American Nightmare. It shows the pitfalls of associating wealth with happiness.
Our modern society is constructed around the notion that happiness is found through a lucrative big-money job, a nice house in a quiet
neighborhood, fancy cars, etc. However, as the Burnhams find out—especially Carolyn—family is truly the source of happiness.

*How could you present the information in the following paragraphs if you wanted to both quote and paraphrase? Used ONE
quoted sentence, and ONE paraphrased sentence, and ONE sentence incorporating your own opinion about the significance of
the passage.

1) “Battle Royal,” Par. 105 to the end.

2)ORIGINAL PASSAGE: As you may have deduced by now, this is not a particularly happy film. There are moments which will have
you convulsed with laughter, but it's the laugh of the condemned man being led to the guillotine. It's not a black comedy, though - it's
simply a drama that happens to be intermittently amusing (which, when you think about it, is a pretty good metaphor for life). The
script is also noteworthy for its refusal to spoon-feed the viewer - a number of questions are left unanswered, and that's not the result
of sloppy scripting but because that's the way things happen in real life.

Documentation Workshop
Salinas/ENC 1102

Proper citation format in MLA style:

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and
video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(Smith 2).

* According to Smith, “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies”(2).

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies,” Smith believes. “Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what
Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Smith discusses the issue of desensitization: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t
realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Many observers argue that media violence does serious harm: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies.
Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad
consequences”(Smith 2). As Smith suggests, one of the effects of media violence is numbness. It makes children believe that
violence is a kind of game in which people don’t really get hurt, but bounce back to their feet after being smashed down, as if life were
a cartoon.

Properly cite the following passages:

“Young Goodman Brown,” par. 13

*Goodman Brown is in many ways similar to the traveler. He was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as
Goodman Brown, and bearing a considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expression than in features. These parallels
suggest that to find the devil, we need not look any further than ourselves.

“Young Goodman Brown,” par. 54

*The forest is clearly supposed to evoke hell. The altar Goodman Brown sees is surrounded by four blazing pines, their topes aflame,
their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting. Also visible is a mass of foliage that is blazing high into the night and
fitfully illuminating the whole field.

“A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable,” pg. 1258, par. 4

*People almost always condemn violence in society and literature. It’s seen as yet another sign of a civilization in decline. Violence,
however, can be a positive force in people’s lives. It wakes them up to reality. It makes them realize that they have been living a lie—
that they abandoned their ideals. It can even prepare them to accept their moment of grace. Their heads are so hard that almost
nothing else will do the work.

“A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable,” pg. 1258, par. 5

*The Misfit is not the devil. It’s true that he may be evil, but the grandmother’s gesture will turn him into the prophet he was meant to
become. By calling him Bailey, taking him as a son, she is offering him her unconditional love despite his evil, touching him in a way
that will profoundly change him. But that’s another story.
How could you present the information in the following paragraphs if you wanted to both quote and paraphrase?

*“Young Goodman Brown,” pg. 1215, last paragraph

*“A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable,”pg. 1257-58, par. 9 (I often ask myself what makes a story work….)

Far more important and distinguishing, though, is what the film has to say about the American dream -- or rather, the American
nightmare. Our modern society is constructed around the notion that happiness is found through material success: a lucrative big-
money job, a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, fancy cars, etc. American Beauty doesn’t just expose this lie -- it shows just how
hideous living the lie can be. And believe me, the film doesn’t pull any punches. Prepare to be shocked, offended, horrified, and --
oddly -- to laugh and be moved to tears as well.

The key to this film, however, is that it is a near-flawless example of the Hollywood truism of identification, which is to say that if the
audience can identify with the characters they will become invested in their fates. You could pick any character at random, and the
odds are good that they will remind you of somebody you know. Look a little deeper, and you'll probably find that there's someone
there who bears more than a passing resemblance to yourself. It's not an easy admission, and there may be times when it cuts a little
close to the bone for comfort.

This movie is powerful on many levels. It’s an brilliant work of art, skillfully with symbols. It delivers a profound and transformative
message about the purpose of life. Butmost of all,
Documentation Workshop [for Goodman Brown]

Salinas/ENC 1102

Proper citation format in MLA style:

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and
video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(Smith 2).

* According to Smith, “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies”(2).

* “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies,” Smith believes. “Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what
Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Smith discusses the issue of desensitization: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies. Most kids don’t
realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad consequences”(2).

* Many observers argue that media violence does serious harm: “Media violence is turning young people into heartless zombies.
Most kids don’t realize that, contrary to what Hollywood and video games teach them, real life violence has very real and very bad
consequences”(Smith 2). As Smith suggests, one of the effects of media violence is numbness. It makes children believe that
violence is a kind of game in which people don’t really get hurt, but bounce back to their feet after being smashed down, as if life were
a cartoon.

Properly place quotation marks, author’s name, and page numbers on the passages below.

1)“Young Goodman Brown,” par. 13

*Goodman Brown is in many ways similar to the traveler. He was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as
Goodman Brown, and bearing a considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expression than in features. These parallels
suggest that to find the devil, we need not look any further than ourselves.

2)“Young Goodman Brown,” par. 54

*The forest is clearly supposed to evoke hell. The altar Goodman Brown sees is surrounded by four blazing pines, their topes aflame,
their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting. Also visible is a mass of foliage that is blazing high into the night and
fitfully illuminating the whole field.
3)ORIGINAL PASSAGE: The key to this film, however, is that it is a near-flawless example of the Hollywood truism of
identification, which is to say that if the audience can identify with the characters they will become invested in their fates.. It's not an
easy admission, and there may be times when it cuts a little close to the bone for comfort.

USED IN TEXT: This movie is powerful on many levels. It’s a brilliant work of art, embedded with symbols and splashed with
imagery. It delivers a profound and transformative message about the purpose of life. But most of all, it portrays realistic characters.
It’s an excellent example of identification, which is to say that if audience can identify with the characters, they will become invested
in their fates. You could pick any character at random, and you'll probably find that there's someone there who bears more than a
passing resemblance to yourself.

4)ORIGINAL PASSAGE: Far more important and distinguishing, though, is what the film has to say about the American dream -- or
rather, the American nightmare. Our modern society is constructed around the notion that happiness is found through material success:
a lucrative big-money job, a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, fancy cars, etc. American Beauty doesn’t just expose this lie -- it
shows just how hideous living the lie can be. And believe me, the film doesn’t pull any punches. Prepare to be shocked, offended,
horrified, and -- oddly -- to laugh and be moved to tears as well.

USED IN TEXT: American Beauty says something about hypocrisy. But the religion in question here isn’t Christianity. Instead, it’s
the almighty Dollar. It exposes the American Nightmare. It shows the pitfalls of associating wealth with happiness. Our modern
society is constructed around the notion that happiness is found through a lucrative big-money job, a nice house in a quiet
neighborhood, fancy cars, etc. However, as the Burnhams find out—especially Carolyn—family is truly the source of happiness.

*How could you present the information in the following paragraphs if you wanted to both quote and paraphrase? Used ONE
quoted sentence, and ONE paraphrased sentence, and ONE sentence incorporating your own opinion.

1)“Young Goodman Brown,” pg. 1215, last paragraph

2)ORIGINAL PASSAGE: As you may have deduced by now, this is not a particularly happy film. There are moments which will have
you convulsed with laughter, but it's the laugh of the condemned man being led to the guillotine. It's not a black comedy, though - it's
simply a drama that happens to be intermittently amusing (which, when you think about it, is a pretty good metaphor for life). The
script is also noteworthy for its refusal to spoon-feed the viewer - a number of questions are left unanswered, and that's not the result
of sloppy scripting but because that's the way things happen in real life.

Documentation Workshop [for Goodman Brown]