Final essay 4 draft due March 11

At 8 am

March 3 class

1.  Do activities on worksheet

2.   Due Wednesday:  Read pages 961-973 – Write answers to  questions 1-4 on pages 972-973

First best draft of essay due Wednesday

Feb. 27 class

HW: Type a one to two page paper that includes an introductory paragraph and one or two paragraphs of your “working essay.” Use correct citation methods, signal phrases, and paraphrasing of sources. Also, use impeccable grammar and punctuation. Bring this and your summary/evaluation to class Thursday.

Feb. 25 class

Feb. 25 class

 

1.      Write three different sentences with the same transition word of addition. Use a different kind of punctuation (comma or semi-colon) in each.

 

Additionally, the boys got pens and pencils at the store.

 

The boys, additionally, got pens and pencils at the store.

 

The boys got pens and pencils at the store; in addition, they bought paper and printer ink.

 

OWL persuasion

 

1. What is the author’s thesis?

2. What does she do to support her viewpoint?

3. Where does she acknowledge the opposition and refute?

4. Are there any flaws in her argument? If so, where?

5. Does she make any mistakes in her writing?

6. Where does she use figurative language?

 

In Praise of the F word

 

1. What is a main point of the article?

2. What did you learn that was new information?

3. How did the article change your viewpoint about how we treat mental illness in the US?

4. Credible, argument style, refutation

 

Transitions: 302-317

1. What is a main point of the article?

2. What did you learn that was new information?

3. How did the article change your viewpoint about how we treat mental illness in the US?

4. Credible, argument style, refutation

 

Feb. 20 class

ELLIPSIS – three periods with a space between each:   . . .

 

Write a sentence using an ellipsis

 

 

Used:

 

Middle of sentence

End of sentence

Between complete sentences or questions

 

Sometimes it is necessary to omit context from quoted material. An ellipsis ( . . . ) is used to

indicate something was omitted. MLA requires ellipsis before or after the words used when you

are quoting more than just a word or a phrase; however, writers only need to use ellipsis if it’s

unclear that the quotation does not completely reproduce the original passage.

 

Lincoln said we need government of the people, for the people, and by the people.

 

Importantly, MLA advises writers to ensure that omission does not

change the meaning of the quoted material (the author’s intent) or

create grammatical errors.

 

Ellipsis in MLA Within a Sentence

To form an ellipsis in MLA within a sentence, use three periods with a space before each period

and a space after the last period. Notice that the punctuation before and after an omission is

included in MLA (the introductory phrase in the example below is maintained in the version

where parts are omitted).

 

Original: Dampened by years of self-distrust, displaced by years of corporate

codependency in which we have channeled our creative energies into managing others’

perceptions of us, those energies awaken with startling power and poignancy.

 

Parts Omitted: “Dampened by years of self-distrust, . . . those energies awaken with

startling power and poignancy” (Bryan, Cameron, and Allen 188).

 

Seniors cannot be expected to pay utility bills, . . . if social security checks are reduced.

 

 

Ellipsis at the End of a Sentence

To form an ellipsis in MLA when the omitted material appears at the end of your sentence, type

the ellipsis with three periods with space before each period and include the closing quotation

marks immediately after the third period. Note that the period to end your sentence comes after

the parenthetical citation.

 

Original: It also requires you to listen to emotions, not just to facts, and to understand

the players – speaker and audience – intended and otherwise.

Parts Omitted: Bryan, Cameron, and Allen emphasize that listening “. . . requires you

to listen to emotions . . .” (147).

 

If your sentence ends in omitted material and a parenthetical citation isn’t used, then four

periods are included in the ellipsis, with no space before the first period or after the last one.

Ex. Winston Churchill in a speech that became known as We Shall Fight on the Beaches

declared, “We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France . . . we shall fight on the

beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the

streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. . . ."

 

Ellipsis Within a Paragraph

When quoting paragraphs in MLA style, you may need to omit entire sentences. If the omission

begins at the end of a sentence, simply include the ellipsis in addition to the closing punctuation

of the previous sentence:

 

Original: On a side note, why do airports have to be so challenging to navigate?

Terminals and gates and going up to go down. Sound-minded individuals become utterly

lost. Anxious and jet-lagged individuals have no hope. I mean, you can hire people to

navigate the process of buying a plane ticket, but why can't you hire someone to navigate

the airport? Better yet, we should just have airport safaris.

Parts Omitted: “On a side note, why do airports have to be so challenging to navigate? . .

. Sound-minded individuals become utterly lost. Anxious and jet-lagged individuals have

no hope” (Jones 1) .

If the omission begins in the middle of a sentence, include the ellipsis and the punctuation of

that sentence only if it is needed for the resulting quotation to make sense:

 

Original: On a side note, why do airports have to be so challenging to navigate?

Terminals and gates and going up to go down. Sound-minded individuals become utterly

lost. Anxious and jet-lagged individuals have no hope. I mean, you can hire people to

navigate the process of buying a plane ticket, but why can't you hire someone to navigate

the airport? Better yet, we should just have airport safaris.

 

Parts Omitted: “On a side note, . . . you can hire people to navigate the process of buying

a plane ticket, but why can't you hire someone to navigate the airport?” (Jones 1)

[The comma from the first sentence is included since it’s needed grammatically to

maintain the introductory phrase on a side note.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. S. H. Butcher. The Internet Classics

 

Archive. Web Atomic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 13

 

Sept. 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2008.

 

“All-natural, positive steps for better mental health.”  Association for Natural Psychology.

 

            Association for Youth, Children and Natural Psychology. 4 Feb. 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2013
 

 

 

·         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 and publishing date.

·         Take note of any page numbers (if available).

·         Medium of publication.

·         Date you accessed the material.

 

HW: Due Monday: One page typed summary of how at least two of your sources will inform your paper.

Summary:

What is it about?

Evaluation:

Why are they good support? What do they do to further your argument? How can you use the source?

 

 

 

Feb. 18 class

Dash – (not hyphen) we bought a self-help book

-           --  

Dashes are used to set off or emphasize the content enclosed within dashes or the content that follows a dash. Dashes place more emphasis on this content than parentheses.

The movie, a long drama, started early and ended late. – an appositive

The food came after we waited 90 minutes – and it was soggy.

The reason for the change in the schedule – a drastic switch – was because the airplane blew an engine and was going to be put out of service.

The reason for the change in schedule (at the airport) was because of weather delays.

The restaurant server was told, apologetically, that he did not get scheduled for the weekend because his name was overlooked. The server said after working there four years, it stung to be overlooked.

A Congressman said we will be working four-day work weeks in the year 2000. Four days?

Use a dash to set off an appositive phrase that already includes commas. An appositive is a word that adds explanatory or clarifying information to the noun that precedes it.

The cousins—Tina, Todd, and Sam—arrived at the party together

Italics

Underlining and Italics are often used interchangeably. Before word-processing programs were widely available, writers would underline certain words to indicate to publishers to italicize whatever was underlined. Although the general trend has been moving toward italicizing instead of underlining, you should remain consistent with your choice throughout your paper. To be safe, you could check with your teacher to find out which he/she prefers. Italicize the titles of magazines, books, newspapers, academic journals, films, television shows, long poems, plays of three or more acts, operas, musical albums, works of art, websites, and individual trains, planes, or ships.

Time

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Metamorphosis of Narcissus by Salvador Dali

Amazon.com

Titanic

Italicize foreign words.

Semper fi, the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps, means "always faithful."

Italicize a word or phrase to add emphasis.

The truth is of utmost concern!

Italicize a word when referring to that word.

The word justice is often misunderstood and therefore misused.

The word restaurant is the one most often misspelled on Google.

 

 

1. Thesis

2. Hook (and title)

3. Two-three clear ideas

4. Clear organization

5. Convincing persuasion

6. Unclear sentences

7. Punctuation

8. Conclusion

9. Citations

10. Works cited

 

 

Feb. 11 class

What is one transportation solution that could help solve traffic congestion? Give three positive effects of this solution.

CAUSE – EFFECT  ESSAY

E – C – C – C  STRUCTURE

This essay begins with the effect, and is supported by paragraphs detailing the causes.

Example: The EFFECT is global warming. CAUSE ONE is burning of fossil fuels, CAUSE TWO is elimination of forests, and CAUSE THREE is the natural release of methane gas.

Thesis: pattern of development

C – E – E – E   STRUCTURE 

This essay begins with the cause, and is supported by paragraphs detailing the effects.

Example: The CAUSE is global warming. EFFECT ONE is rising sea levels, EFFECT TWO is changing weather, and EFFECT THREE is decrease in agricultural production.

TOPIC: Eating Fast Food is Unhealthy

1.       E – C – C – C  STRUCTURE

Why do people eat fast food?

 cheap, tastes good, convenient

Americans eat unhealthy fast food because it’s cheap, it tastes good, and it’s convenient.

People eat unhealthy fast

2. C – E – E – E   STRUCTURE 

What are the effects of eating fast foods?

obesity, mood swings, expensive,

Some harmful effects of eating unhealthy fast include obesity, mood swings, and expensive food budgets.

Readings:What is it about?

HW: Pages 873-880 (Questions 1-4 on 880)

Richard Cory

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.