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Ms. Jeffers’s Top Ten List

Ms. Jeffers’s Top Ten List. Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Revisit and Revise Your Research Papers. Number 10. 90 % chance your paper is not formatted correctly. Quick Glance Header Your info Your name My Name Class Date Title. Number 9.

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Ms. Jeffers’s Top Ten List

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  1. Ms. Jeffers’s Top Ten List Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Revisit and Revise Your Research Papers

  2. Number 10 • 90 % chance your paper is not formatted correctly. • Quick Glance • Header • Your info • Your name • My Name • Class • Date • Title

  3. Number 9 • Your works cited page is incorrectly formatted. Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009. GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36. Print.

  4. Number 8 • You have not correctly cited (internally documented sources. • Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3). • We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . . ” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

  5. Number 7 • You have not cited any thing at all! • You have items listed on your Works Cited List that you have not cited.

  6. Number 6 • OVER QUOTING • Is there a quote in every paragraph? • Are there several paragraphs that are simply quotations of sources?

  7. Number 5 • Use of first or second person pronouns. • YOU • I • WE • OUR • US

  8. Number 4 • Write out numbers • If more than 3 words • 1,526 • 25%= 25 percent • 190= one hundred ninety

  9. Number 3 • Abbreviations • Must give the full name the first time • Common abbreviations are acceptable • Dr., Mrs. • PhD, MS, BA • Mauldin High School (MHS)

  10. Number 2 • Do not use contractions

  11. Number 1 • Do not bombard the reader with your purpose and organization • In this paper I will tell you about… • This paper is about… • In conclusion • In closing Remember the pyramid design

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