For an opportunity to earn 5 extra credit points to be added to the next RR, please correctly identify the main point of “Just Walk on By” by Brent Staples, and provide evidence in the form of a direct quotation that supports your claim of the main point. The reading selection is located in this week’s Reading Response module. Notice the adverb “Correctly.” Your submission should be 2 sentences. If the identification is not correct, your entry will earn 5 participation points; however, if your identification is correct, you will earn an additional 5 points for a total of 10 points.
Answer Format:
Sentence # 1: You must identify the author’s full name, the title of the article, and the main point. The order of the these items is to your discretion; however, the main point must have clarity. In other words, it does not have to have the same words as the answer, but it has to have the same meaning.
Sentence # 2: You must have a direct quotation from the article that validates your claim of the identification of the main point, commentary to buffer the direct quotation (a direct quotation without buffer does not support your claim), and finally, you must have a parenthetical citation in correct MLA format.
For in-text quotations integration:
MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.
For example:
When the author is part of the sentence, use only the page number, where the quotation(copied content from source) can be found, in the parentheses.
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
When the author’s name is not used in the sentence with the quotation, put the author’s last name and the page number, where the quotation can be found, in the parentheses.
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
When you are paraphrasing the quotation in your own words with the author’s name in the sentence, put only the page number, where the reference to the quotation can be found, in the parentheses.
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
When you are paraphrasing the quotation in your own words without the author’s name in the sentence, put the author’s last name and the page number, where the reference to the quotation can be found, in the parentheses.
Writers must extensively explore the role of emotion in the creative process (Wordsworth 263).
For example:
Angela Duckworth argues that Grit is the essential ingredient needed to commit to a goal and the necessary perseverance to complete it, in her article, “Grit.” According to Duckworth, “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals,” which means that in order to complete a college course, students must commit to the process of completing all the assignments and participating actively every day in order to succeed (1).
