looking back on america essay
Essential Question:
How can people learn about a historical time period through literature?
Source 1 (required): DVD of Little Women
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Source 2 (required): Women in the 19th Century (website)
- Cite this article as a website
Source 3 (optional): Excerpt of Little Women text
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*Click the plus sign next to "Chapter or Selection" and add the following*
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Source 4 (optional): Louisa May Alcott (database article)
- If you're asked for a password for this database, click here to access a list of school passwords.
In-text Citation
Within your speech, you will need to use in-text citations to point readers to the appropriate source in your Works Cited page. While in-text citations typically include a page number, there are no page numbers for a DVD, so you will leave that out.
You would instead use approximate time stamps from the movie to indicate which portion you are discussing in your written work. However, you won't have the DVD in front of you to do this for this assignment, so just include the movie title for your in-text citation as that is the first piece in your full citation.
Make sure to put the movie title in italics!
If you referenced the excerpt from the Little Women text, you will also need to include in-text citations. We do not have page numbers for this source either, so you would just use the first piece from your full citation, Alcott.
Within your speech, you will need to use in-text citations to point readers to the appropriate source in your Works Cited page. While in-text citations typically include a page number, there are no page numbers for a DVD, so you will leave that out.
You would instead use approximate time stamps from the movie to indicate which portion you are discussing in your written work. However, you won't have the DVD in front of you to do this for this assignment, so just include the movie title for your in-text citation as that is the first piece in your full citation.
Make sure to put the movie title in italics!
- (Little Women) < your in-text citation should look like this after each idea referenced in your speech that comes from the movie you watched.
If you referenced the excerpt from the Little Women text, you will also need to include in-text citations. We do not have page numbers for this source either, so you would just use the first piece from your full citation, Alcott.
- (Alcott) < your in-text citation should look like this after each idea referenced in your speech that comes from the excerpt you referenced.
Exporting Your Citations From Noodletools
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Getting your exported Works Cited Page onto the last page of your essay in Docs
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Formatting Your Paper in MLA Style
Set up your document properly so you will be successful. MLA style requires you to do the following:
- Type your essay in Times New Roman, size 12 font
- Double space your entire essay (even the heading!)
- Do NOT quadruple space in between paragraphs. When you move on to the next paragraph, hit enter ONCE, indent, & begin
- Indent each new paragraph 5 spaces (tab key once)
- Proper nouns (artist/author names, titles of pieces) all get capitalized properly
- Titles of books and paintings are italicized. Titles of poems go in quotes
- Use in-text (parenthetical) citations after each example taken from a book, painting, website, etc.
- Do NOT use personal pronouns in formal writing (I, you, us, we, etc.)
- Use transitions within and between your paragraphs to show movement from one idea to the next
- Always include your works cited as the last page of a formal essay
Adding a header to your essay
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Adding a heading to your essay
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Adding a title to your essay
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Words to Avoid/Suggestions to Use Instead
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