Research Essay (Writing Assignment & Required Anti-Plagiarism Pages)

1. Using MLA c n!enti ns" #rite a research $a$er % at least &'(( # rds #ith a clear" su$$ rta)le thesis n a t $ic that interests y u and that requires y u t d research. *his t $ic must all # y u t c nsult a #ide range % material ty$es. *he thesis must als )e narr # en ugh t all # y u t use s$eci%ic details and e+am$les % the ty$e y u learned t use in WR 1&1. Any accidental $lagiarism" inc rrect attri)uti ns" unclear %rames % r in-te+t citati ns" missing entries n the W r,s -ited $age r in the anti-$lagiarism $ages #ill result in an aut matic . n the $a$er. (/ #ill s metimes all # small e+ce$ti ns i% y u tal, t me a) ut them ahead % time.) a. I will grade on the MLAs very specific conventions for in-text citations and Works Cited page. I dont really care abo t title pages or s!all errors in spacing. b. "ince a personal essay is one of yo r possible choices# I will obvio sly allow acade!ic cas al voice# incl ding the se of $I% and personal exa!ples. c. If towards the end of the ter! yo reali&e that yo r thesis is too s!all# that it will only need an essay of less than '()) words to explain it# d n t use $adding. Instead# tell !e yo r proble!. I will allow yo to write a shorter related paper and help yo p t yo r two papers together so that they will !eet the state re* ire!ents for one long paper. d. +ot !ore than (, of yo r total paper is allowed to be * otations. -If yo have specific circ !stances that re* ire !ore * otes# ask for !y per!ission to se !ore.. Most of yo r cited !aterial sho ld be s !!aries and paraphrases. /o not se * otes 0 st beca se they give yo so!ething to cite. e. 1o r Works Cited pages sho ld have at least ( so rces incl ding at least three of the eight types of so rces listed below. -2hey cant be on the Works Cited page nless yo have cited the! in yo r paper.. i. 3nline so rce fo nd by 4oogle or other search engine and tested for reliability by yo ii. Credible printed book iii. Maga&ine article fro! 56"C3host iv. 7o rnal article fro! 56"C3host v. Maga&ine or 7o rnal article fro! other so rces# verified for credibility if necessary vi. "pecific reference book8site# perhaps a dictionary or an encyclopedia on a very specific topic 9if necessary# yo ! st verify its credibility vii. 4overn!ent /oc !ent

viii. Living "o rces - Interviews# " rveys# :ieldwork. f. I will spot check the editing by caref lly exa!ining two paragraphs of !y choice. /epending on what I see# the essay co ld lose p to two f ll letter grades. '. 2he research essay ! st be acco!panied by the anti-$lagiarism $ages I will describe below. If they are not present and co!plete# I will not read the essay and it will earn an a to!atic :. 1o will fail the class. -If yo cannot co!plete yo r anti-plagiaris! pages# talk to !e. In special circ !stances I !ay allow an al!ost-co!plete set of pages. 1o r chances of earning per!ission for inco!plete pages is better if yo ask early rather than at the very last !o!ent.. a. Make a list of the cited passages in yo r paper. 2hey ! st be in the sa!e order that they appear in yo r paper. 2hey ! st be clearly labeled. b. Above each cited passage# p t the original sentence# paragraph or page that yo paraphrased8s !!ari&ed8* oted in yo r paper. 5ach one ! st be clearly labeled. c. 1o ! st !ake it very easy for !e to co!pare yo r work to yo r so rce !aterial. 1o ! st also !ake it easy for !e to find where this work appears in yo r paper. d. 5very cited passage in yo r paper ! st be incl ded nless I gave yo special per!ission to leave one or !ore o t. E+am$le Anti-Plagiarism Pages -I a! pretending that I a! "eir p# who wrote the paper printed in the text on pages ;'<-;;=. 2he sa!ple is inco!plete. 1o rs ! st be co!plete. >lease note that do ble * otation !arks beco!e single * otation !arks when I * ote a * ote.

0eiru$ Anti-Plagiarism Pages

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ha e not accidently misrepresented the original source. !ou will put the real words, not Xs."

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b. Mine2 $3ne st dy that atte!pted to pin down exactly what college st dents !ean by che!istry s ggested that it involves si!ilarity of interests and backgro nds# as well as Breciprocity# or the feeling that both partners are giving so!ething to each other ->eretti and Abplanalp (.

e. If I co nted correctly# this essay has @< !ore citations# so in order to be co!plete# this set of works cited pages wo ld need @< !ore pairs for a total of ';. 1o will probably have fewer citations in yo r essay. 1o will probably face a sit ation not exactly covered by !y exa!ples of !y instr ctions. 7 st re!e!ber point c above# $1o ! st !ake it very easy for !e to co!pare yo r work to yo r so rce !aterial. 1o ! st also !ake it easy for !e to find where this work appears in yo r paper.% If yo do this# yo ll be fine.