Aaron, Jane. The Little, Brown Essential Hand Book. 6th edition. Pearson Longman, 2008. 265. Print13 July 2011.
In this source, Jane has put together the basic things you will need to know to write a good piece of literature. She goes in to what make an effective sentence, grammar and sentence structure, punctuation, spelling and mechanics of it, and how to properly research. She also talks about four documentation styles MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE and how they are formatted. I will be using the section about MLA formatting and how to do it. I will be taking examples of how to properly format a piece of writing and also how to cite you resources that you used from your research.
Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, and Elizabeth Angeli. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 16 Nov. 2010. Web. 13 July 2011.
In this source, the authors put together all the general information that you would need to know to write a piece of literature in MLA format. On this page they talk about the basic format to use and give general guidelines that we should follow to make it easier on us. The authors go on to talk about how to format your first page with kind of a list of do’s and don’ts. They continue into the topic of headings and how to put them together in the correct way. At the end of this site it talks about how to cite Purdue OWL in MLA. I will be using the information from the general format section, the general guidelines section and formatting the first page. I will take this information and use it to support my stand about why everyone should use a format like MLA.
Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, and Elizabeth Angeli. "In-Text Citation: The Basics." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 14 June. 2011. Web. 13 July 2011.
In this source, the authors have put together the information that we should know to correctly use citation in text according to MLA format. The source gives the basic rule for in-text citation for the different type of sources we could use. They continued on by talking about author-page style and how to use it. They add in-text citations for known and unknown authors of printed sources. They distinguish between and give examples of how to cite Author-page citation for classic works and literary works. They show us how to cite authors that have the same last name and how to put a citation together that has multiple authors. At the end the briefly talk about when we don’t have to use a citation and these different formats. I will be using this information to give examples and back the different citation forms that we use when writing a paper.
You and I constructed our bibliographies in a very similar way. They come out sounding much like a summary with its usefulness to our papers. I also like how you specify that you will be using MLA format because as there are multiple different kinds it is nice that you pin point what your approach will be. I am also using MLA because I think sorting by authors name or title in this situation in the easiest way as well!
ReplyDeleteYour post is well organized! You did a good job being specific in how you will apply the writing tools into your paper.
ReplyDeleteIm really glad that I read your post, it was so very organized like the other ladies said, which made it easier to understand. It sounds like to me your paper is going to be wonderfully organized full of great information! Sounds like to me your just about done with your paper! Great approach!
ReplyDeleteYou have done a very nice annotated bibliography. I just found it funny that you did a bibliography on sources that would help you write a well edited, formatted and cited paper, instead of choosing sources to help you support your thesis in your essay. Thank you for sharing these sources will come in handy when editing my essays for the final portfolio.
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