ENGLISH 10 OCTOBER 19 NOTES:
consciousness (17).
EVALUATING SOURCES:
Is it reliable/ Is it scholarly? Peer-reviewed/published
in a reputable journal or magazine, or by a reputable
publisher/Did you find it in a library database? On the
web?
Is it relevant? How does the source relate to your
purpose? What will it add to your work/
What are the authors credentials? What are the
authors qualifications?
What is its stance? Does it cover various points of view
or advoicate one particular point of view? Does its title
suggest a certain slant?
Who is the publisher or sponsor? If its a book, what
kind of company published it; If an article, what kind
of periodical did it appear in? If its online, is the site
maintained by an organization, an interest group, a
government agency, an individual? What is the
publishers or sponsors motives: to present
information even-handedly to promote a certain point
of view, belief, or position, to sell something?
What is the discourse level? Can you understand the
material?
When was it published?
Is it available?
Does it include other useful information? Is there a
bibliography that might lead you to other sources it
cites?
NOTE TAKING:
Byeond collecting data
Extracting data
Organizing data
Quote:
o When the wording is worth repeating or
makes a point so well that no rewording will
do it justice
o When you want to cite the exact words of a
known authority on your topic
o When an authoritys opinion challenge or
disagree with those of others
o When the source is one you want to
emphasize
o Duplicates source exactly
o Use italics for emphasis
In her 2001 expose of the struggles of
the working class, Ehrenreich wries,
The wages Winn-Dixie is offering--$6
and a couplel of dimes to start with
are not enough, I decide, to
compensate for this indignity (14;
emphasis added). Or (Ehrenreich
14)
o Use ellipsis marks for ommissions
Hermione Roddice is described in
Lawrences Women in Love as a
woman of the new school full of
intellectually and nerve-worn with
But Grimalldis commentary contends
that for Aristotle rhetoric, like
dialectic, had no limited and unique
subject matter upon which it must be
exercised. (period + ellipsis)
o Use brackets for insertions or changes
According to a recent newspaper
article, Plagirism [sic] is a problem
among journal- ists and scholars as
well as students (Berensen 62).
Guterson notes that among Native
Americans in Florida, education was
in the home; learning by doing was
reinforced by the myths and legends
which repeated the basic value
system of their [the Seminoles] way
of life (159).
Paraphrase:
o When sources are not worth quoting but
contain details that you need
o Restates all the relevant information
According to Guterson, the discovery
theorists (172).
o Unnaceptable paraphrase:
Apparently, some conditions, which
have been illuminated by Bruner and
other discovery theorists, pave the
way for people to learn. [OG: Burner
and the discovery theorists have also
illuminated conditions that
apparently pave the way for
learning.]
Bruner and other researchers have
also identified circumstances that
seem to ease the path to learning.
[Bruner and the discovery theorists
have also illuminated conditions that
apparently pave the way for leaning.]
Summarize:
o Longer passages whose main points are
important but whose details are not
o Presents only the main ideas of a source,
leaving out the details.
CONCEPT PAPER:
Work on the subject of the thesis statement (set aside
the position for the meantime)
Focus on What is?
Be guided by questions from Writing as Inquiry
Just an explanation of what your subject is
GUIDE TO MLA 8:
Works cited are always double spaced
--- (three dashes means its done by the samea autho
author, under the original entry)