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1.    Journal- 

What’s the hardest part of finishing an essay for you?

2.   Papers and comments….  ?’s ?

3.   MLA format—Continued.    In text citation, in sentence citation, summarizing, paraphrasing,   CRAP test.

In text citation….  (Danhoff 5).  It provides credit to a quoted source.                  ------------------------- “-----------” (Freidn 6).

In sentence citation ?  According to Danhoff on page 15 of his book, “dogs are nice.”--  Provides credit in another way.

What we want to do…

Integrated quotes… 

Here’s our fact:  “75 percent of soccer players are brain damaged from heading the soccer ball repeatedly” (Smith 9).

Here it’s integrated:  According to Smith, most soccer players have some form of brain damage “from heading the soccer ball” over and over (9).

What not to do…

Soccer players have messed up brains.  “75 percent of soccer players are brain damaged from heading the soccer ball repeatedly” (Smith 9).  This is bad and why soccer is a dangerous sport.

TIPS-

If it’s not common knowledge, it needs to be cited.

Only 5% of our essay should be direct quotes…the rest should be paraphrased or summarized, still providing credit to the source.

Summarizing:  Providing a shorter version in other words. 

Strategy:  RAP.        Read the passage

                                Ask what the main idea is

                                Put it into my own words.

CRAP test

Paraphrasing:  Saying the same thing in different words. 

Strategy:  Flip the sentence—put the end at the front and the front at the end.  Break the sentence into pieces with periods. 

Change all words that can be changed, with the exception of some that are generic or impossible to switch.

Quote: “75 percent of soccer players are brain damaged from heading the soccer ball repeatedly” (Smith 9). 

Due to excessive heading, 3 out of 4 soccer players suffer from brain damage (Smith 9).

Continuously heading the ball in soccer causes brain injury in 75 percent of players (Smith 9).

               

CRAP test….  How do I find out if a source is valuable?

Current-  Is it the latest information? 

Relevance-  Does it pertain to your topic? 

Authority-  Is this person qualified to have an opinion?

Purpose/POV-  Bias.  Is the source fair?   .edu  .gov 

Library-  Website.  Search academic journals/databases.

Wiki?  It’s a good place to start, not to cite.

4.   Groups and C/C editing.  Oops!

5.   HW-  Read your paper aloud, make changes.  Read “Sloppy versus Neat” people or “The New Trophy Wife”  and answer the first set of questions…