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EWRT 1C class 12

SYMPHON

+AGENDA

Integrating quotations

In text citations

The works cited page

MLA formatting

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Integrating Quotations

+Quoting Verse

When short (fewer than three lines of verse) quotations from poetry, mark breaks in short quotations of verse with a slash, ( / ), at the end of each line of verse (a space should precede and follow the slash).

Roethke writes, “The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy (1-2).

+Long Quotations

For quotations that extend to more than four lines of verse or prose, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented one inch (10 spaces) from the left margin; maintain double-spacing. Only indent the first line of the quotation by an additional quarter inch if you are citing multiple paragraphs. Your parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks. (You should maintain double-spacing throughout your essay.)

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In his poem "My Papa's Waltz," Theodore Roethke explores his childhood with his father:

The whiskey on your breathCould make a small boy dizzy;But I hung on like death:Such waltzing was not easy.

We Romped until the pansSlid from the kitchen shelf;My mother's countenanceCould not unfrown itself. (quoted in Shrodes,

Finestone, Shugrue 202)

For example, when citing more than four lines of verse, use the following example:

Period goes

before the

parenthesis

Para

gra

ph

indent: 5

space

s

Hanging indent for long quotation: 10 spaces

+According to the St. Martin's Guide, there are three main ways to set up a signaling phrase:

1. With a complete sentence followed by a colon. The next two lines of the second stanza go like this: "My

mother's countenance/ Could not unfrown itself” (7-8).

2. With an incomplete sentence, followed by a comma. Rather than saying, ”[papa kept] time on my head/with a

palm caked hard by dirt” (13-14 ), the narrator uses much more aggressive language.

3. With a statement that ends in that or that flows directly into the quotation.

the narrator stays that “[papa] beat time on my head" (13). The first stanza begins with a description of "the whiskey on

[Papa's] breath" (1).

+Using Signal Phrases:

One common error a lot of people make when they include a quotation is that they tend to put the quotation in a sentence by itself. Unfortunately, we cannot do this. We need to use what Diana Hacker calls a signal phrase to introduce the quote and give our readers a context for the quote that explains why we are taking the time to include it in our paper.

Incorrect: The next two lines of the second stanza explain that his mother is upset. "My mother's countenance/ Could not unfrown itself” (7-8).

Correct: The next two lines of the second stanza explain that his mother is upset: "My mother's countenance/ Could not unfrown itself” (7-8).

Correct: In order to explain that his mother is upset, the narrator says, "My mother's countenance/ Could not unfrown itself” (7-8).

+MLA Formatting Style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xAc4yZ8VSA

+ MLA format: on our website under “writing support.”

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

MLA style specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing. MLA style also provides writers with a system for referencing their sources through parenthetical citation in their essays and Works Cited pages.

Writers who properly use MLA also build their credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material. Most importantly, the use of MLA style can protect writers from accusations of plagiarism, which is the purposeful or accidental uncredited use of source material by other writers.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

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Double Click in Header Area

Type your last name

Justify right

Go to “insert” and click on “page number

Margins and Formatting

Header: Last Name 1

1” all around

Go to “Layout” and adjust margins or use custom settings

Times New Roman 12

Indent body paragraphs ½ inch from the margin

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Your Name Dr. Kim Palmore EWRT 1c 3 May 2014

Original Title (not the title of your poem)

No italics, bold, underline, or quotation marks

Centered on the page No extra spaces (just

double spaced after your heading and before the body of your text.

Heading: Double Spaced

Title

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Making A Works Cited Page MLA Style

Ensure that you have a properly formatted works cited page

For this essay, you will likely be citing only the poem you are analyzing. Here are directions for citing a poem accessed on a web site according to MLA standards.

Cite the poem as a page or article on a web site. You may have to navigate to other pages on the Web site to find

citation information ("About Us," About this Site," etc.) If you cannot find some of the elements of the citation, you may omit

the missing elements.  MLA does not require the URL of the Web site to be included in the

citation.

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+Writing Tips

Write about literature in present tense

Avoid using “thing,” “something,” “everything,” and “anything.”

Avoid writing in second person.

Avoid using contractions.

Cut wordy sentences

Avoid run-on sentences and fragments.

Check for misused words

Put commas and periods inside of quotation marks

+Miscellaneous Questions

Does the paper follow MLA guidelines? For help, click on “MLA Guidelines” and view the “Basic MLA format” video.

Is the page length within assigned limits?

Is the font type and size within the assigned guidelines?

Does the header follow the assignment guidelines?

Is the professor's name spelled correctly? Kim Palmore

Is your name spelled correctly?

Does the paper have a title? Is it a good title? Is the title in the appropriate location?

Have you italicized book and movie titles and put stories, articles, and poems in quotation marks?

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Finish a complete draft

of essay #1: 500-750

words. Bring two copies

to class.

You must have two

copies to participate in

the Peer Review

Workshop.

Homework