Research Paper Assignment – Malvo Engl 1302

1. Research Paper Assignment – Malvo Engl 1302 • Choose a piece of art (literature or otherwise) that you would like to know more about. Create a research paper on that object by finding out more about that work, and how others (critics) felt about it. Be sure to take a critical stance on the piece, and find support for your stance. Please keep in mind that your paper must abide by the following guidelines:.working bibliography • .cover sheet • .works cited page • .Should be double-spaced • .Margins should be no more than 1” • .Every page should have last name and page number • .Should have correct parenthetical documentation • .Should use correct signals to introduce qoutes • .Should concentrate on active voice • .Should include an outline • .Should have an obvious thesis, stated or unstated • .Should be at least 7 pages typed

2. Some things to remember about integrating sources... • When a short quotation is from a poem, line breaks are indicated by slash marks. Shakespeare tells us that “Love is not love / Which alters when it alterations finds. / Or bends with the remover to remove” (716). • If you delete words from a quotation, indicate the deletion by inserting an ellipsis. Love, Shakespeare tells us, is “not Time’s fool … But bears it out even to the edge of doom” (716). • If you need to change or add words for clarity or grammatical correctness, indicate the changes with square brackets. Shakespeare claims that “[Love] is the star to every wandering bark” (716).

3. A Few General Rules of Thumb! • Keep your quotations as short as possible. • There shouldn’t be a lot of block quotations throughout your paper. • Never assume that a quotation is self-sufficient or that its meaning is self-evident. Take the time to clearly explain it and comment on it to demonstrate why you used it in the first place. • Quote fairly and accurately and stick to a consistent [MLA] format.

4. MLA In-Text Citation • There are two basic methods for in-text citations: • The first, and usually preferred method is to include the author’s name in the text of the essay and note the page number in parentheses at the end of the citation (not in the middle of a sentence). Note that there is no pg. Inside the () • In those cases where citing the author’s name in your text would be awkward or difficult, you may include both the author’s last name and the page reference in the parenthetical citation.

5. MLA Works Cited • The list should begin on a new page of your paper and should be double-spaced throughout and using hanging indention (explanation). • The list is alphabetized by author’s last name (or by the title in the case of an anonymous work) and includes EVERY primary and secondary source in your paper. • Books • The name(s) of the author(s) (or editor if no author is listed, or organization in the case of a corporate author), last name first • The full title, underlined or in italics. If the book has a subtitle, put a color between the title and the subtitle • The name(s) of the editor(s), if the book has both an author and an editor, following the abbreviation “Ed.” • The name of the translator or compiler, following the abbreviation “Trans.” or “Comp” • The edition, if other than the first • The volume(s) used, if the book is part of a multi-volume set • The name of any series to which the book belongs • The city of publication (followed by a colon), name of the publisher (comma), and year

6. MLA Works Cited Con’t • Short Works from Collections and Anthologies • The name of the author(s) of the literary work • The title of the short work, enclosed in quotation marks • Name(s) of the editor(s) of the collection or anthology • All relevant publication information, in the same order and format as it would appear in a book citation • The inclusive page numbers for the shorter work • A single work from a collection EX: • Kirk, Russell. “Eliots Christian Imagination.” The Placing of T.S. Eliot. Ed. Jewel Spears Brooker. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 1991. 136-44.

7. Works in Periodicals • The name(s) of the author(s) of the short work • The title of the short work, in quotation marks • The title of the publication, underlined or italicized • All relevant publication information • The inclusive page numbers of the shorter work • A Work in a scholarly journal • Publication information should include the volume number (and also the issue number, if the journal paginates each issue separately), the year of publication in parentheses and followed by a colon, and the page number of the shorter work. • Charles, Casey. “Gender Trouble in Twelfth Night.” Theatre Journal 49 (1997) : 121-41.

8. The Internet • Internet sources fall into several categories -- World Wide Web documents and postings to newsgroups, listserves, and so on. Documentation for these sources should include as much of the following information as is available, in the order and format specified. • The name of the author(s), last name first (as for a print publication). • The title of the section of the work accessed (the subject line for e-mails and postings) in quotation marks • The title of the full document or site, underlined or in italics • Date the material was published or updated • The protocol used for access (World Wide Web, FTP, USENET newsgroup, listserv, and so on). • The electronic address or path followed for access, in angle brackets • The date you access a site, or the date specified on an e-mal posting, in parentheses • Brandes, Jay. “Maya Angelou: A Bibliography of Literary Criticism.” 20 Aug. 1997. <http://www.geocites.com/ResearchTriangle/1221/Angelou.htm> (10 Feb. 1998).

9. Personal Communication • In some cases you may get information directly from another person, either by conducting an interview or by receiving correspondence. In this case, include in your Works Cited the name of the person who gave you the information, the type of communication you had with that person, and the date of communication. • McCorkle, Patrick. Personal [or telephone] interview. 12 Mar. 1998.

10. Titles of Works in a research paper • The following items should be underlined: • Books - Plays - Long poem published as a book • Pamphlet - Newspaper - Magazine • Film - Television program - C.D., record album, audio cassette • Ballet - Opera - Long musical composition identified by name • Painting - Sculpture - Ship • Aircraft - Spacecraft • The following items should be place in quotation marks: • -Newspaper article - Magazine article - Encyclopedia article • - Essay in a book - Short story - Poem • - Chapter in a book - Song - Episode of a television program • - Lecture

11. Exceptions to the Rules • The convention of using underlining and quotation marks to indicate titles does not apply to: • The names of sacred writings (including all books and versions of the Bible) • Bible, King James Version, Old Testament, Genesis, Gospels, Talmud, Koran, Upanishads • Laws, Acts, and similar political documents • Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Treaty of Trianon • Instrumental musical compositions identified by form, number and key • Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92 • Series, societies, buildings, and monuments • Bollingen Series, Masterpiece Theatre; American Medical Association; Sears Tower • Conferences, seminars, workshops, and courses • MLA Annual Convention; Strengthening the Cooperative Effort in Biomedical Research: A Nat’l Conference for Universities and Industries