Make only one post. Your one post will have four separate parts– your thesis for your descriptive essay about a person or place in your memory. Then make a paraphrase, a summary and a direct quote of one journal or magazine article that interest you and relates to your thesis in MLA form. This article needs to relate to your thesis for your descriptive essay. Consult the RESOURCE Site for Documentation and Citation for proper form. Make sure you properly introduce the source in each instance with a signal phrase. Go HERELinks to an external site.:Links to an external site. for a good site on how to do these three types of citation. You may not use the same quote as someone else, so the earliest posts have the advantage. Please label each type of citation. Below is an example of each type of citation. Make yours look like this or you will not receive credit. If points are deducted it is because you did not imitate these models. Identify each step of the prompt like this, so I’ll know what you are trying to do:
Paraphase: In the article called “10 Reasons why is Disney World really is so magical” by Cynthia Levy, she talks about how it”d every child’s dream to go to Disney and she lists 10 reasons why.
Your thesis should not use second person language, should be a three-point thesis, and should be in this type of form: There are three things I will always remember about my grandfather. Spell out three.
My grandmother had three special skills she taught her daughter.
If a place: I learned three important lessons when I visited the Great Wall of China.
Example of in-text citation: Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
Example of a paraphrase: James D. Lester suggests that in research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47).
This site tells you specifically how to make a paraphrase without plagiarizing: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/02/Links to an external site.
Example of a summary: According to the author of Writing Research papers, students should take just a few notes in direct quotation from sources to help minimize the amount of quoted material in a research paper (Lester 46-47).
This site shows you how to cite from electronic sources. Study it carefully!: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_electronic_sources.htmlLinks to an external site.
Remove the hyperlink for any websites (showing in blue or red) in academic papers. You should only have plain text. You can right click the link and choose. REMOVE HYPERLINK. Links that take the reader (me) elsewhere impede and slow down my reading and are no use to me.
REMINDER: You must also post all three citations at the same time in the same post. Do not respond to any classmates in this forum. Each form of citation is worth 25 points each. Your thesis is worth 25 points.
