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Written Communication Dallas High School

Written Communication Dallas High School. MLA Research Paper Guide : Compare/Contrast. Comparing and Contrasting:. A Tale of Two Colleges. p. 2. How to Choose a College. Choosing a College. Overwhelming amount of information Need to focus on what is important to you

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Written Communication Dallas High School

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  1. Written Communication Dallas High School MLA Research Paper Guide: Compare/Contrast

  2. Comparing and Contrasting: A Tale of Two Colleges p. 2

  3. How to Choose a College

  4. Choosing a College • Overwhelming amount of information • Need to focus on what is important to you • Choosing 2 most important features; e.g., size, location, athletics, etc. • 2 different ways of organizing all of this information: Block Method and Point-by-Point Method p. 2

  5. Block Method • Discusses all of the relevant features of one subject in a “block” of text, and then discusses the same features of another subject in another, separate block. • Emphasizes the general subject • “Big Picture” – related details together • Play down individual distinctions between subjects – in this case, between the 2 colleges.

  6. Point-by-Point Method • Discusses one relevant feature for one subject and then the same feature for another subject. • Emphasizes a specific feature of features rather than the entire subject • “Smaller picture” • Emphasizes sharp distinctions between two subjects – in this case, the 2 colleges

  7. Block Method Point-by-Point Method Subject 1: Penn State University Feature 1: Size Feature 2: Location Feature 3: Athletics Subject 2: Misericordia University Feature 1: Size Feature 2: Location Feature 3: Athletics Feature 1: Size Subject 1: Penn State Subject 2: Misericordia Feature 2: Location Subject 1: Penn State Subject 2: Misericordia Feature 3: Athletics Subject 1: Penn State Subject 2: Misericordia

  8. A Good Thesis… Clearly and concisely states the main point of your paper Is arguable is located at the end of the intro paragraph Compares and contrasts 2 things Example: General subject: Colleges Specific topic: Bloomsburg University vs. Villanova University Thesis statement: From housing to sports, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania stands out more than Villanova University. p. 2

  9. Citing Web Sites There are 2 ways to cite web sites: 1. Cite a specific article from the web site 2. Cite the entire web site as a general resource Specific Article From Web Site Entire Web Site Dybas, Cheryl. “Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, and Ponds: A Thing of the Past?” National Science Foundation Web Site. National Science Foundation, 10 January 2008. Web. 11 March 2008. Smithsonian Web Site. Smithsonian Institution, 15 February 2008. Web. 10 October 2009. *If there’s no publisher, write N.p. *If there’s no date, write n.d. p. 8

  10. Dybas, Cheryl. “Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, and Ponds: A Thing of the Past?” National Science Foundation Web Site. National Science Foundation, 10 January 2008. Web. 11 March 2008. Author’s name Title of article Title of scholarly project, database, periodical or professional or personal site (underlined); or, for a site with no title, a description such as Home Page Publisher Date of electronic publication Medium of publication Date when you found the resource Electronic address, or URL, of the resource (in <angle brackets>)

  11. Citing Reference Books “United States Population.” The World Almanac and Book of Facts. 2008. Print. Title of article Title of reference book Year reference book was published Medium of Publication p. 9

  12. Creating a Works Cited Page • Step 2: • Punctuate carefully • Underline or italicize book titles, periodicals, and film titles • Put quotation marks around the titles of articles Step 4: • Start a new file for your works cited page • Be sure to number the header so it appears to be the LAST page of your research paper • Double space your entire paper evenly • Begin each entry flush with the left one inch margin • Indent one-half inch after the first line of each entry if the entry goes beyond one line Step 3: • Capitalize first, last, and all major words in titles, including those following hyphens in compound words Step 1: • Arrange source cards alphabetically by author • Do NOT number the entries on your works cited page • If there is no author, use the title of the article or the first significant word of the article title to alphabetize p. 10

  13. Sample Works Cited Page…

  14. Parenthetical Citations Must be provided for the following within your paper: • Direct quotations (p. 21) • Paraphrases (p. 24) • Summaries (p. 26) • Maps, tables, charts, graphs, or other diagrams you did not create • Charts constructed using someone else’s information p. 17

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