Exercise #6: 4 Sources for your paper

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Summary, Paraphrase, and 2 Quotes + Bibliographic Citations

• (4 Sources needed, 48 points possible)

Directions:

Now that your proposed topic for research has been approved, it is time to really focus on compiling some excellent secondary sources that will help you discover what you need to know about the topic, as well as discover who the leading voices are with respect to any controversy or debatable areas. One way to do this is to use a variety of sources of information, from Academic Journals, to nationally known newspapers, to government websites, and even to organizational websites. This is the time to read widely and to use the “email” function from the WVU databases to email yourself articles.The most useful articles will wind up in your Works Cited page, as you begin to draft your research paper.

Complete all the reading and view the handouts for this week. Then complete the following activities, using the correct formatting and source introductions, as explained in the handout for this assignment.

You may also wish to use this website as a resource for formatting your works cited page:

http://libguides.mjc.edu/MLA/mlaworkscited

A. Preparation

Choose at least four articles that you will be likely to rely upon for your research paper from a variety of credible, well-regarded sources (this can include news articles, newspaper editorials, well respected magazines, peer-reviewed academic Journals, professional publications, TED lectures, documentary films, interviews, etc). ***Please do not use primary research for this assignment unless you request prior permission.

• Each of these secondary sources should be useful for your research project, and might ultimately be a source that you would be likely to use.
• For example, you might use one source to define the topic and present background information or context, or you might use a source because the author supports your position on the topic, or you can use a source because the author presents counterclaims, which will help you to understand how those with opposing viewpoints may feel, or you might use a source to reveal “big picture implications” of your topic, a point that could be useful in your paper’s conclusion.

B. Directions

*Label each separate section clearly, so that your paper is organized clearly into 5 sections.

1. Section I. Write a summary for a page of one of your sources from your research and document it correctly. In your writing, somewhere prior to the summary text, introduce your source in some way, indicating some background for the author or some mention of the source of that content. (*Be sure to identify which page(s) you are using, and which documentation style).
2. Section II. Paraphrase an important paragraph from a different source and document correctly. In your writing, somewhere prior to the summary text, introduce your source in some way, indicating some background for the author or some mention of the source of that content. (*Be sure to identify which page(s) you are using, and which documentation style).
3. Section III and IV. Using a third and fourth sources, introduce your source clearly and then present a Long quotation and a Short quotation.

• For one of the sources, introduce the point and the author, and present a short quote.
• For the second source, introduce the point and the author, and then quote a section longer than four lines (30 words) to illustrate how to indent a long quotation. In your writing, somewhere prior to the summary text, introduce your source in some way, indicating some background for the author or some mention of the source of that content. (*Be sure to identify which page [if the pages are numbered] you are using).

1. Section 5: Works Cited + Brief Annotations for each source, with full, consistent MLA 8 citation style.

You must use at least four different sources for the items above. These sources must be credible and current (this is usually defined as within the last decade) for your topic. You may not use any sources that you have previously used for other assignments (as in the critique). You will introduce each source within the section so that the reader knows some information about the background of your author or publication.