1. Term Paper

2. Term Paper
•Requirements

3. Term Paper
•Requirements
•Setting up your paper

4. Term Paper
•Requirements
•Setting up your paper
•Transitions

5. Term Paper
•Requirements
•Setting up your paper
•Transitions
•Style

6. Term Paper
•Requirements
•Setting up your paper
•Transitions
•Style
•Parenthetical Documentation

7. Term Paper
•Requirements
•Setting up your paper
•Transitions
•Style
•Parenthetical Documentation
•Quotes

8. Term Paper
•Requirements
•Setting up your paper
•Transitions
•Style
•Parenthetical Documentation
•Quotes
•Works Cited

9. Requirements

10. Requirements
4-6Pages Honors, 3-5 Pages CP
– 10 points off for every 1/2 page missing
5 sources used and cited

11. Requirements
4-6Pages Honors, 3-5 Pages CP
– 10 points off for every 1/2 page missing
5 sources used and cited
Correct Heading and Header

12. Requirements
4-6Pages Honors, 3-5 Pages CP
– 10 points off for every 1/2 page missing
5 sources used and cited
Correct Heading and Header
12 point font- Times New Roman

13. Requirements
4-6Pages Honors, 3-5 Pages CP
– 10 points off for every 1/2 page missing
5 sources used and cited
Correct Heading and Header
12 point font- Times New Roman
Double Spaced/ 1’ Margins

14. Requirements
4-6Pages Honors, 3-5 Pages CP
– 10 points off for every 1/2 page missing
5 sources used and cited
Correct Heading and Header
12 point font- Times New Roman
Double Spaced/ 1’ Margins
White Paper (8.5x11)/ Black Ink

15. Requirements

16. Requirements
Stapled

17. Requirements
Stapled
Uncovered

18. Requirements
Stapled
Uncovered
Paragraphs indented

19. Requirements
Stapled
Uncovered
Paragraphs indented
No extra spaces anywhere

20. Requirements
Stapled
Uncovered
Paragraphs indented
No extra spaces anywhere
Works Cited page, titled

21. Requirements
Stapled
Uncovered
Paragraphs indented
No extra spaces anywhere
Works Cited page, titled
No source overused

22. Requirements
Stapled
Uncovered
Paragraphs indented
No extra spaces anywhere
Works Cited page, titled
No source overused
One quote per page or 4-6 quotes

23. Setting up your paper

24. Setting up your paper
Heading (do not double space)
– See page 96
Header
– Your last name and page number
We did this together

25. Transitions

26. Transitions
Every paragraph is like a mini story- you
never begin a story in the middle!

27. Transitions
Every paragraph is like a mini story- you
never begin a story in the middle!
Transition into every paragraph.
– Define and explain the technique
• Example: Symbolism is any person or object
that represents a bigger idea. One example of
symbolism in The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn is the river.

29. Transitions

30. Transitions
Transition out of each paragraph
– Example: The river stands as one of the most prevalent
symbols in this novel.
Remind the reader each time you begin a
new paragraph what you are talking about.
• Example: Not only is the river a great example of
symbolism in Huck Finn, but the shore is another strong
symbol as well.

31. Style

32. Style
NO FIRST PERSON EVER EVER
EVER!
– I, me, my…
NO second person!
– You, we, our, us people…

33. Style
NO FIRST PERSON EVER EVER
EVER!
– I, me, my…
NO second person!
– You, we, our, us people…
NO CONTRACTIONS!!!!!
– Can’t won’t- just don’t!!!

34. Problems to Fix
Italicize novel titles
Thesis- parallel sentencing (make sure
it is in the same tense)
I fixed mistakes once or twice-you must
fix the rest.
NO ANNOTATIONS on WC
Only cite source you used- hence
“Works Cited”
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35. Style/Peer Editing

36. Style/Peer Editing
Peer Editors- Please looked for:
– 1st person
– 2nd person
– Contractions
– Awkward wording
– Transitions
– Spelling Errors
– Capitalization Errors
– Grammatical Errors
– Paragraphs= 5-7 sentences

37. Parenthetical Citations

38. Parenthetical Citations
Immediately following a quotation from a
source or a paraphrase of a source's ideas,
you place the author's name followed by a
space and the relevant page number(s).
– Human beings have been described as "symbol-using
animals" (Burke 3).
When a source has no known author, use a
shortened title of the work instead of an
author name.
– (“The River” 22).

39. Parenthetical Citations

40. Parenthetical Citations
To cite multiple sources in the same
parenthetical reference, separate the citations
by a semi-colon:
– ...as has been discussed elsewhere (Burke 3; Dewey 21).
The author's name may appear either in the
sentence itself or in parentheses following the
quotation or paraphrase, but the page
number(s) should always appear in the
parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.
For example:

41. Parenthetical Citations

42. Parenthetical Citations
– Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was
marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings" (263).
– Romantic poetry is characterized by the
"spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
– Wordsworth extensively explored the role of
emotion in the creative process (263).

43. Quotations

44. Quotations
Anything that is taken word-for-word
needs to be surrounded by quotation
marks.

45. Quotations
Anything that is taken word-for-word
needs to be surrounded by quotation
marks.
Short Quotes- fewer than 4 typed lines
– Cullen concludes, "Of all the things that happened there/
That's all I remember" (11-12).
– “At this point, every action is all or nothing in Jim’s
mind” (Chadwick-Joshua 44).

46. Quotations

47. Quotations

48. Quotations

49. Quotations
Long Quotes/ Block Quotes- longer than 4
typed lines.

50. Quotations
Long Quotes/ Block Quotes- longer than 4
typed lines.

51. Quotations
Long Quotes/ Block Quotes- longer than 4
typed lines.
NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A PAPER
THIS SHORT

52. Works Cited

53. Works Cited
Begin your Works Cited page on a
separate page at the end of your
research paper. It should have the same
one-inch margins and last name, page
number header as the rest of your paper.

54. Works Cited
Begin your Works Cited page on a
separate page at the end of your
research paper. It should have the same
one-inch margins and last name, page
number header as the rest of your paper.
Label the page Works Cited (do not
underline the words Works Cited or put
them in quotation marks) and center the
words Works Cited at the top of the
page.

55. Works Cited

56. Works Cited
Double space all citations, but do not
skip spaces between entries.

57. Works Cited
Double space all citations, but do not
skip spaces between entries.
List page numbers of sources efficiently,
when needed. If you refer to a journal
article that appeared on pages 225
through 250, list the page numbers on
your Works Cited page as 225-50.

58. Works Cited

59. Works Cited
Alphabetical Order

60. Works Cited
Alphabetical Order
Works CITED: cited means that you
have cited it in your paper.
– Even if you have read the resource, it does
not count as works cited unless you CITED
it!
– Remember you need 3 critical sources 1
Biographical and 1 primary--> 5 sources!

61. Final Paper

62. Final Paper
Show substantial differences from your
rough draft.

63. Final Paper
Show substantial differences from your
rough draft.
Include your Outline, Rough Draft and
Final Draft along with your green book.

64. Final Paper
Show substantial differences from your
rough draft.
Include your Outline, Rough Draft and
Final Draft along with your green book.
Place all of the final pieces in a 2-
pocket folder to hand in!

65. Final Paper
Show substantial differences from your
rough draft.
Include your Outline, Rough Draft and
Final Draft along with your green book.
Place all of the final pieces in a 2-
pocket folder to hand in!
You’re finished!