Eng 102 SP15

On peer review sheet, write

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Summary author: (peers name)
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Read the essay and complete the peer review
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Give both to author (your peer).

Evaluating Sources

 Is

the source reliable or unreliable?

Why?

 Highly

prized concept in academia

Refers to rigorous and competitive
selection process by which scholarly
manuscripts are chosen for publication
Judged on rigor and accuracy of research
and significance and value of argument

 Authority
Objectivity
Coverage

Accuracy
Currency

 Authority

Is

the document author or site sponsor

clearly identified?
Does the site identify the occupation,
position, education, experience, or other
credentials of the author?
Does the home page or a clear link from
the home page reveal the authors or
sponsors motivation for establishing the
site?
Does the site provide contact information
for the author or sponsor such as an
email or organization address?

 Objectivity

Is

the sites purpose clear?

Is the site explicit about declaring its
point of view?
Does the site indicate whether the
author is affiliated with a specific
organization, institution, or association?
Does the site indicate whether it is
directed toward a specific audience?

 Coverage

Are

the topics covered by the site clear?

Does the site exhibit a suitable depth and
comprehensiveness for its purpose?
Is sufficient evidence provided to support
the ideas and opinions presented?

 Accuracy

Are

the sources of information stated?

Do the facts appear to be accurate?
Can you verify this information by
comparing this source with other sources
in the field?

 Currency

Are

dates included in the Web site?

Do the dates apply to the material itself,
to its placement on the Web, or to the
time the site was last revised and
updated?
Is the information current, or at least still
relevant, for the sites purpose? For your
purpose?

Who placed this piece on the Web and why?

Each kind of website has a different purpose
.com

Commercial

site
Purpose is to promote the view of a
corporation or business
.org
Nonprofit organizations or advocacy groups
Purpose is
To provide accurate, balanced information
related to organizations mission work
To promote political views
To advocate a cause

 .edu

Associated

with a college or university

Purpose varies to include school promotion,
strong advocacy on student issues, objective
and scholarly research
.gov or .mil
Sponsored by a government agency or
military unit
Provide basic data about government policy,
bills in Congress, economic forecasts, census
data, etc.
Purpose varies to include objective
information or promotion of agencys agenda

 Is

the source reliable or unreliable?

Why?

 What

is Google Scholar?
Attempts to duplicate services of licensed
databases
Doesnt make public names of journals it
indexes
Unsure whether source is current or
thorough
Useful substitute for researchers who dont
have access to online databases licensed by
university libraries

 Index

articles appearing in thousands of

periodicals
Restricted to fee-paying customers
Cant be accessed through web search
engines
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
LexisNexis
JSTOR

 Complete

AlleyCat activity

Tutorial worksheet available on Weebly

Write answers or print completed worksheet

MLA
In-text (parenthetical) citations

Modern Language Association (1883)

Style most commonly used to write papers and
cite sources within liberal arts and humanities
Foundation for other styles such as APA
Not every source type has a formula in APA;
therefore, must refer to MLA knowledge
Specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts
and using the English language in writing

Builds writers credibility by demonstrating

accountability to source material
Provides writers with a system for referencing
sources (uniformity)
Protects writers from accusations of plagiarism

All of the following are considered plagiarism:

turning in someone else's work as your own

copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source
without giving credit
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up
the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

http://www.checkforplagiarism.net/plagiarismconsequences

Alphabetical list of sources found at the end of a

research-based essay

Entries are listed alphabetically by authors or editors

last name or by the title of the work if no author/editor
is available
Author names are written last name, first name, middle
name (or initials)

DO NOT list titles (Dr., Sir, Saint, etc.) or degrees (PhD,

MA, DDS, etc.)

John Smith, PhD appears as Smith, John

DO include suffixes (Jr., II., etc.)

Burke, Kenneth
Levy, David M.
Wallace, David Foster

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appears as King, Martin Luther,

Jr.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

One-inch margins, same header as rest of essay, double

spaced (no extra spaces between citations)
Works Cited (do not italicize, underline, bold, or put
inside quotation marks) centered at top of page
First line of each entry is NOT indented. The second
and subsequent lines are indented (hanging indent).
Page numbers are hyphenated, not separated by a dash
For every entry, indicate the medium of publication
(Print, Web, Film, DVD)
URLs for Web entries are no longer required
(instructor/publisher discretion)

<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/>.

Use italics (do not underline) titles of larger works

(books, magazines, etc).
If citing a source originally issued in print form but was
retrieved from an online database, type the online
database name in italics

It there is more than one entry per author, works

are arranged alphabetically by title
For second and all additional entries, type three
hyphens and a period in place of the authors
name

Stanko, Jeannine. I Like Belly Dancing. Pittsburgh:

Random, 2014. Print.
---. I Like Cats. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014. Print.

First, adhere to all of the basics as outlined in the

previous slides
Second, determine the type of source (book,
periodical, electronic source, other [interview,
lecture, visual art, film, audio, digital file) being cited
Third, find the appropriate formula to document the
necessary information of the source
OWL@Purdue
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
Online Bib Generators - WARNING

Not always correct

Inaccurate information
Not up-to-date with current MLA
User error
MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WORK FOR ERRORS

Author and/or editor names (if available)

Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
Title of the Website, project, or book in italics.
(Remember that some Print publications have Web
publications with slightly different names. They may, for
example, include the additional information or otherwise
modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or
.net].)
Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting
dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
Publisher information, including the publisher name (n.p.
if unavailable) and publishing date (n.d. if unavailble).
Take note of any page numbers (if not available n.pag.).
Medium of publication.
Date you accessed the material.
URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA
does not require a URL).

Sources listed on Works Cited page must be

referenced in the essay using an in-text
(parenthetical) citation
Sources referenced in an in-text (parenthetical)
citation must appear on Works Cited page
Information listed in parenthetical citation
depends upon

Sources medium of publication

Sources entry on Works Cited page

Whatever signal word/phrase used in parenthetical must

be the first thing listed on Works Cited page source
citation

The following is an excerpt from an essay:

This disenfranchisement over his marginalization
in Anglo society [affected] his individual psyche
(Delgadillo 99).
-----------------------------------------------------------------Stanko 17
Works Cited
Delgadillo, Theresa. Forms of Chicana Feminist
Resistance: Hybrid Spirituatlity in Ana
Castillos So Far From God. Modern Fiction
Studies 44.4 (1998):79-102. Print.

In-text citations contain two elements

Last name of author
Page number of quoted or paraphrased passage
Information can be placed in parentheses
immediately after the material being cited

The Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina women,

who had been able to do business, get divorced, and
sometimes become village chiefs (Karnow 41).

Or place authors name in an attributive tag at the

beginning of the source material and the page
number in parentheses at the end
According to Karnow, the Spanish tried to reduce the status
of Filipina women, who had been able to do business, get
divorced, and sometimes become village chiefs (41).

Your essay is 9 pages in length. Create a complete

MLA Works Cited Page using sources listed on
Weebly.

interview in person with Robert Akins, November 19, 2010

Website article by Dr. Joshua Smith entitled The Many
Uses of Pencils. It was published March 22, 2010 and
viewed August 3, 2012. The URL is
www.articlesonline.smith/pencils.html
Pens vs. Pencils written by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth
Howard. Published by Gold House in Philadelphia in 1989.
The Beauty of Mechanical Pencils by Alexander Morrow,
published by Westing Forge in Denver, CO in 2011.
Short video called The Ink of Mystery, directed by
Bernard Howard and starring Kurt Sherman, distributed
by Public Video in November 2009.
Encyclopedia of Style article, Writing Utensils, by John
Gruber, published in 2008, 5th edition

Active Verbs

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 Whenever

possible avoid the passive voice

and use the active voice
Makes writing crisper, more lively, more
concise
Avoid or replace be verbs

be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been

The fly ball was caught by Hernando.

Hernando caught the fly ball.

 Use

the active voice unless you have a good

reason for choosing the passive.
In active, the subject does the action
In passive, the subject receives the action

Mostly scientific writing

The settlers stripped the land of timber.

The land was stripped of timber by the
settlers.

 Replace

be verbs that result in dull or wordy

sentences
As a rule, choose a subject that names the
person or thing doing the action.

1. Thomas fed his dog.

2. The dog is fed by Thomas.
3. The family went to the beach.
4. The letter was written by Marshall.
5. The game had been won by the blue team.
6. The problem was solved.
7. The stunt man risked his life.
8. The fire was extinguished.
9. The car was being cleaned by its owner
10. It gets cold here during the winter.

Write five sentences that use active verbs.

Write five sentences that use passive
verbs.

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A sentence is a group of words that has three

elements:
Subject
Verb
And a Complete thought

A fragment seems to be a complete sentence

but it lacks either a
Subject
Verb
Or a complete thought.

What are the two basic ways to correct

sentence fragments?
Add what is missing (subject, verb, or both)
Attach fragment to sentence before or after
it

What are the five trouble spots that signal

possible fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition

A word group that begins with a preposition

I pounded as hard as I could. Against the door.
*correct by joining*
I pounded as hard as I could against the door.

What are the five trouble spots that signal

possible fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word

A word group that begins with a dependent

word
Since I moved. I have eaten out every day.

Common Dependent words: after, although,

as/as if/ as though, because, before, how,
once, since, that, unless, while, until, etc.
*Correct by joining*
Since moving, I have eaten out every day.

What are the five trouble spots that signal

possible fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word
-ing verb form

A word group that begins with an -ing form

verb
I ran as fast as I could. Hoping to get there on
time.
*Correct by joining*
I was running as fast as I could, hoping to get
there on time.
*correct by adding missing elements*
I was running as fast as I could. I was still
hoping to get there on time.

What are the five trouble spots that signal

possible fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word
-ing verb form
to and a verb

A word group that begins with to and a verb

Cheri got underneath the car. To change the oil.
*correct by joining*
Cheri got underneath the car to change the oil.
To change the oil, Cheri got underneath the car.
*correct by adding elements*
Cheri got underneath the car. She needed to
change the oil.

What are the five trouble spots that signal

possible fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word
-ing verb form
to and a verb
an example or explanation

Word groups that are examples or explanations

Freecycle.com recycles usable items. Such as
clothing.

*correct by joining*
Freecycle.com recycles usable items such as
clothing.

Run-ons

1. Whats another name for a sentence?

Independent clause
2. What term describes two complete sentences
joined without any punctuation?
Fused sentence
All of us went to the movies Jack and Joan did not
stay long.

2. What term describes two complete sentences

joined without any punctuation?
Fused sentence
All of us went to the movies Jack and Joan did not
stay long.
3. What term describes two complete sentences
joined by only a comma?
Comma splice
All of us went to the movies, Jack and Joan did not
stay long.

4. What are the five ways to correct run-ons?

Add a period
All of us went to the movies. Jack and Joan did not
stay long.
Add a semicolon
All of us went to the movies; Jack and Joan did not
stay long.
Add a semicolon, a conjunctive adverb, and a
comma
All of us went to the movies; however, Jack and
Joan did not stay long.

4. What are the five ways to correct run-ons?

Add a comma and a coordinating conjunction
All of us went to the movies, but Jack and Joan did
not stay long.
Add a dependent word
Although all of us went to the movies, Jack and
Joan did not stay long.

 Write

three sentence fragments.

Write three comma-splice run-ons. Write
three fused run-ons.

 Critique

essay due

Rubric, final copy, prewrite, plan, rough

draft, peer review

Work

on grammar portfolio tasks (due

3/9)

All that remains to assign are apostrophes

and commas