Small-Group Discussions (Revising) of
Definition Essay
You need a printout of
your first draft for
class today! If you
don’t have one, run
to YBOR 303b and
print one!
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Every time you use someone else’s
WORD(s), you need THREE things:
Quotation marks
A parenthetical citation
A corresponding listing on the works
cited page (see page 6 of the syllabus)
(Each source is listed only once, no matter how many
parenthetical citations it has.)
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Every time you use someone else’s
IDEA(s),
IDEA(s), you need TWO things:
things:
A parenthetical citation
A corresponding listing on the works
cited page (see page 6 of the syllabus)
MLA Style
Basic format of citation in the body of the essay:
… “hideous and crippling lie”(Theroux,
(Theroux, par. 2). Your
next sentence explains blah, blah, blah....
first word of corresponding worksworks-citedcited-page entry
(usually author’s last name) and page (or par., line, or
screen)
no comma between the name and the page number
(but do use a comma if a word or abbrev. is used)
period at the end of the whole sentence.
sentence
(The citation is part of the preceding sentence.)
TONIGHT’S HOMEWORK
(1) Considering group’s and tutor’s
comments, begin revising
definition essay (before class
next Tuesday, submit second
draft on Canvas and to tutor and
bring TWO printouts), AND
(2) read LBCH sections 23-24 (pp.
195-202)
(MEET IN LIBRARY THURSDAY!)
From a site by William Wade,
West Kentucky Community and
Technical College
A parenthetical citation in the text of the
research paper points to the works cited
page, where the reader is given the complete
source data.
The purpose of both the parenthetical
citation and the list of works cited is to
provide the reader with the source of the
information so that the reader might verify
the material or gather more information on
the topic.
on Works Cited Page
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Put the worksworks-cited page on its own page.
page.
Include only works actually cited in the essay.
See pp. 432-490
of LBCH.
Alphabetize by first word in each entry
DoubleDouble-space
Use hanging indentation (Format/Paragraph/Special/Hanging/0.5”)
Style of details like punctuation is very specific — get it right!
Works Cited
“man, n.1 (and int.).” OED Online, Oxford University Press,
March 2016, www.oed.com.db11.linccweb.org/view/ Entry/113198.
Theroux, Paul. “The Male Myth.” The New York Times, Sunday, Late City
Final Edition, 27 Nov. 1983, p. 116. LexisNexis Academic, www.
lexisnexis.com.db11.linccweb.org/ lnacui2api/api/version1/getDoc
Cui?lni=3S8G-HPY0-0008-Y1KC&csi=270944,270077,11059,
8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true.
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Small-Group Discussions (Revising) of
Definition Essay
GROUP DISCUSSIONS OF
DEFINITION ESSAY
(PEER REVISING)
Now, we will break into
groups of three, read each
member’s essay out loud to
the group, and discuss it
using the handout.
A Few Helpful Hints for Your Essay:
“Women” is plural; “woman” is singular.
“Their” (they, them) is plural; “his or her” (he or
she, him or her) is singular. Someone did not change their
mind; someone changed his or her mind because “someone” is singular.
A person is a “who” or “whom,” not a “that.”
Avoid first- and second-person pronouns (I, me,
my, we, us, our, you, your). Try “people,” “readers,” “a
person,” or “someone” instead.
Avoid questions. Instead of asking them, answer them.
Every quotation must have a parenthetical
citation and a listing on the work-cited page.
LIBRARY ORIENTATION
THURSDAY
Our class will meet in the
library (YLRC 200) on
Thursday. We will also
cover phrases and clauses
for Grammar #2.
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