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Research Paper

Research Paper. Requirements & MLA Format. Basic Requirements. Research Partners – Two Separate Papers Works Cited Page/Sources = same Papers = different (Write them separately!) They shouldn’t even be close… 3-4 Pages (Typed, Double-Spaced) MLA Format 4-5 In-Text Citations

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Research Paper

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  1. Research Paper Requirements & MLA Format

  2. Basic Requirements • Research Partners – Two Separate Papers • Works Cited Page/Sources = same • Papers = different (Write them separately!) They shouldn’t even be close… • 3-4 Pages (Typed, Double-Spaced) • MLA Format • 4-5 In-Text Citations • Works Cited Page

  3. Topics • Broad on purpose – narrow them down! • Once a team chooses one, it’s gone (first come, first served!) • Once you choose one, it’s yours (no changes!)

  4. Topic List • Roman government, politics, law • Roman women, social codes, marriage • Roman customs, food, clothing • Roman housing, architecture, buildings • Roman religion, religious holdiays, festivals • Roman history, wars, emperors • Roman gladiators, entertainment, Coliseum • Roman theater, art, music • Roman soldiers, weapons, army • Roman commerce, trade, slavery • Roman education, philosophy, training

  5. Notecards for Sources • Title/subtitle • Author(s) • Publication Information (publisher, date, database, city, etc.) • Page Numbers • Anything Else You Might Need for an MLA Citation • Database (AVL, Card Catalog) • On back: a short summary (2-3 sentences of the information)

  6. Plagiary • If something does not come from your own brain, you cannot type it as if it does • No copying & pasting • No changing a few words here and there • Don’t summarize without saying whose work you are summarizing • Paraphrasing—putting an author’s idea into your own words—is plagiary, too! • Exception = common knowledge (find the info. in all your sources) • Rule = 7

  7. In-Text Citations • You’ll need at least 4 references to sources • Include enough information to refer the reader to the Works Cited page (usually author/title) • Give page numbers or paragraph numbers for quotes • Copies/printout of each source (what you’re quoting needs to be highlighted).

  8. In-Text Citations • Direct Quotes • According to Richard Jones, “Siskel and Ebert think Pleasantville will top the charts” (72). • Indirect Quotes • Siskel and Ebert say Pleasantville is fabulous (Jones 72). • Paraphrase/Summary • In his article in Rolling Stone, Jones says that Siskel and Ebert rate really enjoyed Pleasantville (72).

  9. Works Cited Page • Includes each source that you cite (4-5) • Alphabetical Order • MLA Format (will have to look up) • Make sure notecards include enough information for you to do this!

  10. Works Cited Gilbert, Sandra M. Emily’s Bread: Poems. New York: Norton, 1984. ---. Ghost Volcano: Poems. New York: Norton, 1995. Johnson, George J. “A Distinctive Model of Serial Learning.” Psychological Review 98.1 (1991): 204-17. Lukacs, John. “The End of the Twentieth Century.” Harper’s Jan. 1993: 39-58. Pipher, Mary. “Saplings in the Storm.” Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader. Ed. Gary Goshgarian, Kathleen Krueger, and Janet Barnett Minc. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2003. 343-352. “Reading Between the Lines.” New Yorker 24 May 1993: 36-43. Segal, Gabriel. “Seeing What Is Not There.” Philosophical Review 98 (1989): 189-214.

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