Notes & Dates for the Final Research Paper

Dates to Write Down:

• Mon / Tues 5/20-21 P. 2 & 3 in 422– Use the handout to start outlining your report and synthesizing your

evidence • Weds 5/22 – in 313

– 5 summaries due– Outline due– Work on written and oral report

• Thursday 5/23 – Rough draft due for peer edit

• Tuesday 5/28 – Final Paper Due and Oral reports begin*Students with the lowest grades go first on Tuesday.

Rhetoric (logos, ethos, pathos)

• Pathos – Arguments that appeal to our emotions: anecdotes, personal accounts, real accounts, scenarios

• Logos – Arguments that appeal to our minds: facts, data, stats, examples, irrefutable evidence

• Ethos – Arguments that appeal to our sense of right and wrong: anecdotes, case models, analogies

MLA Citations: print source (exerpt from Purdue OWL website)

In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as parenthetical citation. This method involves placing relevant source information in parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase.

General Guidelines• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends

(1.) upon the source medium (e.g. Print, Web, DVD) and (2.) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited (bibliography) page.

• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text, must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry in the Works Cited List.

MLA uses author-page number

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

In your works cited: Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford

U.P., 1967. Print.

Parenthetical Citations of a Digital Source (Web):

• Include in the text the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name, film name).

• You do not need to give paragraph numbers or page numbers based on your Web browser’s print preview function.

• Unless you must list the Web site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entry, do not include URLs in-text. Only provide partial URLs such as when the name of the site includes, for example, a domain name, like CNN.com or Forbes.com as opposed to writing out http://www.cnn.com or http://www.forbes.com.

Web Parenthetical Reference:

Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo stars Herzog's long-time film partner, Klaus Kinski. During the shooting of Fitzcarraldo, Herzog and Kinski were often at odds, but their explosive relationship fostered a memorable and influential film.

Herzog, Werner, dir. Fitzcarraldo. Perf. Klaus Kinski. Filmverlag der Autoren, 1982. Film.

Apply your rhetorical reading skills to Evaluate Sources

Start by always asking: 1. How will this source help me answer my research question? 2. How can I use this source in my own writing?

Ask these questions about the each sources you find

• The relevance of a text’s purpose and method (What ideas does the source offer? Can I trust the source of information? Will I be able to understand what the source says?)

• A text’s currency and scope: (How current is the information and source? How extensive is the source? How much detail is present?)

• The background and reputation of authors and experts: (What are the author’s and expert’s credentials and qualifications regarding the subject?

• Do you detect any bias or doubt the credibility of the source, funding, sponsors?

For each of the 5 sources, you will need to write a summary or

paraphrase like the ones done in the Fast Food Unit on pg. 56-57

DUE: Weds 5/22*Be sure to write down all citation

information in a journal along with the summary or paraphrase.

Summary:

Presenting in your own words, a condensed version of a writer’s points and establishing the author / source

• Use summary when a source:– Directly supports your thesis or is the counter

argument– Provides background– Needs clarification or condensing

Paraphrase

A more detailed presentation of the ideas from a source. Because paraphrasing follows the original more closely you will need proper citations. – Use an attributive tag: short phrases that connect

the original author with the source. “Ariel Jones says . . .” “According to the New American Study on Health . . .”

Notes for Research / Writing

• Questions 3 & 4 ask you to consider what type of materials to look for and where you might find them. This implies you will need careful scrutiny of your sources.– Library Databases: generates a list of sources recommended by

experienced researchers and experts in a wide variety of fields.– Web Search – Google, Yahoo, Bing: every post that includes

your phrase – General Interest and Specialized Periodicals: Magazines or

online sources that are easy to read and may not provide in depth information. A good place to start, though.

– Scholarly Journals: Articles are approved by several experts as meeting a high standard and contributing to new knowledge.