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MLA Formatting and Style Guide Summary: MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page. Contributors:Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli, Russell Keck, Joshua M.
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Persuasive Writing: Take a Stand . NOW Classroom . NOW Persuasive Writing: Take a Stand The ability to state ideas clearly and back them up with proof is increasingly important, regardless of one’s profession, age or background. New technologies such as blogs, podcasts, instant messaging, virtual social networks and email make opinionated self-expression easier and more encouraged than ever before. At the same time, learning to distinguish reputable sources of information from inaccurate sources is challenging, yet important when making credible arguments. Louisville Environmental Reader A memoir is a piece of writing that shows the importance of the relationship of the author and another significant person, plae, object, or animal. Personal Narrative A personal narrative focuses on a single incident in the writer's life and has a clear purpose, the significance of which is clear to the reader. It is written in first person, has many relevant sensory details, includes the author's feelings and thoughts, and often includes dialogue.
Annotated Bibliographies Summary: This handout provides information about annotated bibliographies in MLA, APA, and CMS. Contributors:Dana Bisignani, Allen BrizeeLast Edited: 2013-03-10 11:29:53 Elizabeth Thompson Transmission Model of Communication Introduction Here I will outline and critique a particular, very well-known model of communication developed by Shannon and Weaver (1949), as the prototypical example of a transmissive model of communication: a model which reduces communication to a process of 'transmitting information'. The underlying metaphor of communication as transmission underlies 'commonsense' everyday usage but is in many ways misleading and repays critical attention. Shannon and Weaver's model is one which is, in John Fiske's words, 'widely accepted as one of the main seeds out of which Communication Studies has grown' (Fiske 1982: 6).
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Three Creative Ideas for Expository Writing Mini Lessons: Perfect for Middle School Students Descriptive Details Frequently, students write very simple, basic sentences that provide few, if any, descriptive details to the reader. This lesson focused on adjectives and adverbs can be fun and informative at the same time. Avoiding Plagiarism Summary: These resources provide lesson plans and handouts for teachers interested in teaching students how to avoid plagiarism. The resources ask students to practice summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. The resources with titles that include "Handout" provide handouts that are free to print for your students by using the print option in your web browser.
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Persuasive Writing Skills : Use News Articles to Teach Persuasive Writing written by: Julia Bodeeb • edited by: Wendy Finn • updated: 1/5/2012 Students like to read news articles that relate to their town or the overall country. There are always interesting events mentioned in the news and allowing the students to pick their own article helps them have a high interest in the writing activity; a big help to build a strong, persuasive essay News articles may cover topics from sports, careers, war, education, crime, fashion, and many other topics so students may easily find an article of interest if you have them work in groups and put a few newspapers of the day on each table.Find the FactsBegin the group work by having each group pick out 10 facts from articles.
Annotated Bibliographies Summary: This handout provides information about annotated bibliographies in MLA, APA, and CMS. Contributors:Dana Bisignani, Allen BrizeeLast Edited: 2013-03-10 11:25:28 Definitions A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic.