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LIFE & WORKS A Research Paper. English 9 February 2013. WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT?
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LIFE &WORKSA Research Paper English 9 February 2013
WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT? 1) The biography section should include significant events in the author’s life. You can find this information in the reference and biography sections in the library and in online periodicals and scholarly journals. 2) The summary of the book sectionmust focus on telling the story of your novel. You will not be able to tell everything, and you will need to choose two pieces of information that help you explain your summary. This evidence can only be found in the novel, but you can use other sources to help give you ideas. 3) The connections section of the paper should include one piece of evidence from the author’s life and one from the novel. It should show that events or experiences in the author’s life influenced something in the novel. You must use evidence from the novel and you must use evidence from any one of the other sources.
Scout Boo Radley Maycomb, AL. Mr. Ewell Atticus Finch The trial of Tom Robinson Dill and Jem Thank you to Ms. Caston-Smith for this graphic!
Print Source Remember the word “Sidelights.” Use one of these reference books. Find the volume you need in Destiny.
READ THE ARTICLE AND PICK OUT WHAT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR PAPER. “Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama. Her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer in that town, served as her model for the character of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.”
CITE THE ARTICLE. SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AVL ARTICLE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WORDS “SOURCE CITATION.” HOW TO CITE YOUR ONLINE SOURCE Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition) "(Nelle) Harper Lee." Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.
Using a different source? Use the MLA Handbook, 7hed. Multiple copies are available at the circulation desk! Quick online guides… OWL @ Purdue Univeristy http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ Easybib-- http://www.easybib.com/
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