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ENGL1A Wednesday, 24 September

ENGL1A Wednesday, 24 September. Today. Integrating sources/quotes Profile essays. Coming up…. RWR group 2 presentation: Monday, Sept. 29 RWR 3 review: Due Monday, Sept. 29 via Turnitin.com @ 11:59 p.m. PDT Essay 1 D2: Due Monday , Sept. 29 via Turnitin.com @ 11:59 p.m. PDT.

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ENGL1A Wednesday, 24 September

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  1. ENGL1AWednesday, 24 September

  2. Today • Integrating sources/quotes • Profile essays

  3. Coming up… • RWR group 2 presentation: Monday, Sept. 29 • RWR 3 review: Due Monday, Sept. 29 via Turnitin.com @ 11:59 p.m. PDT • Essay 1 D2: Due Monday, Sept. 29 via Turnitin.com @ 11:59 p.m. PDT. • Essay 2 D1: Due Wednesday, Oct. 1 • RWR group 3 presentation: next Wednesday, Oct. 1

  4. How to choose & use quotations • Use the least amount of a quoted passage that you can to support your point. • Quotes are meant to supplement and support your work, not to BE your work. • Explain the quotation. • Plan to write 2-3 sentences of analysis for every 1 sentence you quote. • Don’t change the meaning. • Don’t take the quote out of context or splice it together to mean what you want it to mean.

  5. In-text quotations • Dropped : • Did you know that there are seven steps to tasting chocolate? “Look: note the color and sheen (shininess is a sign of good tempering)” (“Chocolate”). • Properly integrated : • Did you know that there are seven steps to tasting chocolate? According to DorrieGreenspan, author of Baking: From My Home to Yours, when you taste chocolate the first step is to “look: note the color and sheen (shininess is a sign of good tempering)” (“Chocolate”).

  6. Examples of signal phrases • In the words of noted psychologist Carl Jung, “…” • As cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead noted, “…” • Kanye West, Grammy award-winning songwriter and rapper, says, “…!!!!!” • “…,” writes essayist Z.Z. Packer, “…” • “…,” claims reality-TV star Hulk Hogan. • Authors Amy Tan and Tobias Wolfe offer two unique perspectives on growing up: “…”

  7. Types of signal phrases • Objective (neutral): Does NOT show your opinion about the source’s information. • “…,” Kennedy stated. • Jones remarks that… • Subjective (opinionated): DOES show your opinion about the source’s information. • “…,” Kanye West whined. • Dr. Jon Smith erroneously observes, “…”

  8. What about … ? (dot-dot-dot) • You can omit parts of a quote by using the ellipsis (…) mark. • Normally this is done when parts of the quote are not relevant, or if the quote is very long. • Textbook p. 488

  9. When to quote, when to summarize? You should use quotations in the following situations: • When you plan to discuss the actual language of a text. • When you are discussing an author's position or theory and you plan to discuss the wording of a core assertion or kernel of the argument in your paper. • When you risk losing the essence of the author's ideas in the translation from her words to your own. • When you want to appeal to the authority of the author and using his or her words will emphasize that authority. Summarize/paraphrase other times.

  10. Cell phone break!

  11. Profile Essays • Detailed information about the subject • A clear organizational plan • A role for the writer • A perspective on the subject

  12. Profiles 1) Detailed information about the subject • Make it readable and entertaining • Be descriptive • Details • Sensory description (what did you hear, smell, see, touch, taste as the observer?) • Interesting quotes from subject

  13. Profiles 2) A clear organizational plan • Narrative: interweaves information with elements of a story • “a day in the life” of President Obama • Topical: groups information into topics and move from one topic to another • Obama’s early years • Obama’s education • Obama’s early political career • Obama’s first presidential campaign

  14. Profiles The President enters his office at 6:00 a.m. and is immediately briefed by his Chief of Staff. The Oval is pristine, with papers stacked neatly on the left corner of the desk for easy access—the President is a “lefty.” On the shelf behind Obama’s desk stands a photograph of his mother as a young woman, palm trees displayed in the background. This picture reminds Obama of his early years in Hawaii. “I’m determined to always remember where I came from,” he says.

  15. Profiles 3) A role for the writer • Spectator/detached observer: an outsider looking in • Participant observer: participates in the activity being profiled and acquires insider knowledge • This would be good if you are profiling a person whom you know well or an organization of which you are a part (church group, school club, etc.).

  16. Profiles 4) A perspective on the subject • What is the main idea or cultural significance you want the reader to take away from the profile? • Think about your subject in relation to your overall concept.

  17. Profiles • Writer’s role: Unless you are doing a personal interview or are touring an organization/business personally, most likely your role will be that of a spectator/detached observer. • I did NOT go to the White House to observe the President’s day. • Perspective/impression: Some concepts and people associated with them are rather cliché. If your profile subject is a household name, for example, you will have to think of an interesting way to portray your subject.

  18. Have a nice weekend! 

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