1. MLA Notes to Writing Research Papers

2. “Kubla Kahn, A Criticism.” 6 January 2008. 30 April 2009.
Dea, A.
“Kubla Kahn, A Criticism.”
6 January 2008.
30 April 2009.

3. MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
A set of national guidelines that explain formatting for research papers.
Most colleges ask students to use this style for papers.
Works Cited
A listing of the sources used in the research paper

4. Source Cards
Note Cards

5. Note Cards (WHITE) Source Cards (COLORED)
Information that identifies your source….. Database, web, textbook, library book…
Note Cards (WHITE)
Summary, paraphrase, or quote from your SOURCE

6. #1
Source #1
Dea, A. “Kubla Kahn: A Criticism” 6 January April la -Khan-Analysis.71590
Your Name

7. #2 Paraphrase
Source #1
Main idea(s): THE WOMAN
The woman in Kubla Kahn is compared to the devil based on the ideas of temptation and sin
Paraphrase
Your name

8. #2 Summary
Source #1
Main idea(s): THE WOMAN AND HELL
The woman and hell in the poem is used as a form of foreshadowing and also has a metaphorical connotation.
Paraphrase
Your name

9. #4 Quote
Source #1
Main idea(s):HELL AND SEX
“This foreshadows both hell rising from the chaotic chasm, and the dangers of having sex with this vieperous woman”
Paraphrase
Your name

10. Source and Note Card The Source card (colored) The Note card (white)
Internet, Database, Textbook, Book , Magazine
Research papers must have a minimum of three different sources which will appear as WORKS CITED entries.
The Note card (white)
contains a summary, paraphrase, or quote from your source

11. Types of sources Database Web sources
A collection of organized online internet sources that include information from books, magazines, and newspaper articles.
Types of databases:
FirstSearch, Information Please
Web sources
Includes information from web sites
Must have a date, an author, and a title in order to be legitimate
Avoid .com online sources

12. Online Database Source Card
Benedict, Ruth, "The Past and the Future". The Nation 7 December 1946: Literature Resource Center.      25 October <
Author’s Name Title of Article Title of Source Day Month Year: pages Name of Database Day Month Year of access. <URL(site)>.

13. Internet Source Card Source #2
Linder, Douglass. "The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary” 8 Oct November < bradley.edu /campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html>.
1. Author(s) 2. Title of web site 3. Date last updated or created 4. Date of access 5. <web site address>.

14. Textbook Source Card Source #3
The Language of Literature. Evanston, IL : McDougal Littell  Pages ______ Page(s) you are quoting from
Title of Textbook
City, State Published : Publisher.
Copyright date (most recent).  Pages of selection

15. Note Cards Quotations Paraphrasing Summarizing
must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.
Paraphrasing
putting a passage from source material into your own words.
A paraphrase must give credit to the original source.
usually shorter than the original passage
Summarizing
putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s).
Necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

16. A Sample Note Card According to DeCandido………. Quote Your name
Main idea(s): __________
Source #1
According to DeCandido……….
Contains the information (summary, paraphrase, or quote from the source you are using.)
Quote
Your name

17. A note card/ Internet source
Contains a quote, summary or paraphrase from one of your sources.
Source #1
Main idea(s): Children affected
“William Griggs, a doctor called to examine the girls, suggested that the girls' problems might have a supernatural origin.”
Quote
Your name
Place the word “quote on the bottom left of the card
Write your name on the bottom right of the card
Indicate the main idea from the quotation.
Indicate which source you are using

18. A Note Card/ Textbook or book
Source #2
Main idea(s): Children affected
Children were implicated in the witchcraft hysteria if they became sick.
Indicate which source you are using
Page 163
Summary
Your name
Place the word “summary” on the bottom of the card
Indicate the page #
Write your name on the bottom right of the card
Indicate the main idea from the summary.

21. Essentials of a Good Paragraph
Thesis statement
One or two sentences in the end of the introductory paragraph that clarify the main ideas and lays out focus of the entire essay
Example:
While both sides fought the Civil War over the issue of slavery, the North fought for moral reasons while the South fought to preserve its own institutions.

22. Essentials of a Good Paragraph
Main idea
The first sentence in each paragraph; they serve to control each paragraph.
Details
The other sentences in the paragraph are called details.
Describe or explain the main idea.

23. Essentials of Research Papers
Plagiarism
Using or imitating the language and thoughts of another author.
Copying and pasting from the internet
Any phrase that contains three words or more from any source

24. Decoding Internet Sources
.edu = educational institution
.org = organization
.gov = government
.html= hyper text markup language
.com = commerce, business
Usually not reliable sources

25. Phrases to Use when introducing a source
According to….
Based on research from…
A careful examination by…reveals that…
____________claims that______
Name of author

26. VERBS to Use when introducing a source
When the author is neutral
comments
describes
explains
Illustrates
notes
reports
observes
points out

27. VERBS to Use when introducing a source
When the author is infers or suggests
analyzes
asks
assesses
concludes
finds
predicts
proposes
reveals
shows
speculates
suggests
supposes

28. VERBS to Use when introducing a source
When the author argues
claims
contends
defends
disagrees
insists
maintains