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How to Write your Outline

How to Write your Outline. I. Introduction A. quote, anecdote (story, scenario), or historical review statement B. What does the Animal Farm character and the two figures all have in common? What is their connection? C. Thesis. II. Old Major & Karl Marx

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How to Write your Outline

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  1. How to Write your Outline

  2. I. Introduction A. quote, anecdote (story, scenario), or historical review statement B. What does the Animal Farm character and the two figures all have in common? What is their connection? C. Thesis

  3. II. Old Major & Karl Marx A. Both Old Major and Karl Marx envisioned a society where all “people” work for the common good, and all people benefit from production 1. example from text (Orwell, page #) 2. example from Russian Revolution (reference or citation) B. Orwell wants to convey Socialism as a utopian and unattainable society 1. because reason #1 2. reason #2 3. reason # 3? C. Literary Criticism that supports your ideas 1. quote (proper citation needed) 2. explain the quote 3. how does the literary critic defend your argument?

  4. III. Old Major & Martin Luther King Jr. A. MLK, Jr pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement in America 1. political/historical significance 2. another political/historical significance 3. historical reference (proper citation) B. Both Old Major and MLK, Jr. fought for the equal rights and treatment for all “people” 1. Both had political rallies a. Old Major in the barn preaching about the Rebellion (textual citation) b. MLK, Jr. march on Washington 2. Both had a “dream” a. Old Major says, “I will tell you about my dream…it was a dream of the earth as it will be when Man has vanished” (Orwell, 32). b. MLK, Jr. “I have a dream” speech 3. Both die before they can see their dreams fulfilled a. Old Major dies in his sleep b. MLK, Jr. assassinated

  5. IV. Old Major and Mohandas Gandhi A. Mohandas Gandhi used passive resistance to appease British rule in India 1. political/historical significance 2. another political/historical significance 3. proper citation and reference B. Both Old Major and Mohandas Gandhi fought against injustices of the “people” 1. Both ________ a. Old Major did ______ b. Mohandas Gandhi did ________ 2. Both ________ a. Old Major did _______ b. Mohandas Gandhi did ______ 3. Both ________ a. Old Major did _______ b. Mohandas Gandhi did ______ C. Orwell’s allegory still represents truths with today’s political leaders 1. Reason/point/argument #1 2. Reason/point/argument #2 3. Reason/point/argument #3

  6. V. Conclusion A. Connect the Animal Farm Character and two figures B. Explain how Orwell’s allegory and criticism on the Russian Revolution works with the other political figures you have researched C. Restates your thesis **Ties back into the way you opened in your introductory paragraph

  7. When is your outline due? Thursday, April 17th

  8. MLA Citation in the Text • Citation in the text of paper are used to point to an alphabetical Works Cited page at the end of the paper • Both the citation in the text and the Works Cited page together identify and credit the sources used in the paper and allow others to access and retrieve the materials

  9. When do you document a source? • When you are using another person’s exact words • When you are presenting an original idea that is not your own • When you are reporting facts that are available from only one resource

  10. Two Parts 1.) Parenthetical Citation 2.) Works Cited Page

  11. Works Cited Page • Complete list of all the sources you used for the paper • Alphabetical by author’s last name • Works Cited Page usually includes: -author(s) and/or editor(s) -complete title -edition, if indicated -place of publication -name of the publisher -date of publication

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  13. When should you use parenthetical citation in the paper? 1.) When summarizing facts and ideas from a source -summarizing means to take ideas from a large passage of another source and condense them by using your own words 2.) When paraphrasing a source -paraphrasing means to use the ideas from another source but change the phrasing into your own words 3.) When quoting any words that are not your own

  14. How to Cite Quotes in your Text • Author’s last name and page # Example: Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of emotion” (Wordsworth, 263). ***Do not repeat information in the text Example: Wordsworth states Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of emotion” (263).

  15. What to do with long quotes? • If the quote is longer than 4 lines, you must use block citation • Start the quote on a new line • Indent by tabbing in from the left • NO QUOTATION MARKS needed!

  16. Requirements for Paper • Minimum of 5 quotes, maximum of 10 • Minimum of 4 resources • Reminder: Works Cited page is in addition to the 4 pages required for the paper http://schools.ednet.ns.ca/avrsb/067/harniskl1/MLApower%20point.ppt#256,1,Cross-referencing: Using MLA Format

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