Friday 7 December 2012

1 - Tensions & Conflict: Intro/Essay

This class we took no notes, but were introduced to different kinds of conflicts.

The Gulf War - A conflict for oil/money.
The Algerian War - A conflict for independence.
Tiananmen Square - A conflict for liberty.
The Kargil Conflict - A conflict for territory.

We were also informed about the essay that would be due in sections throughout December and January.

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Quotations and Bibliographies

·         When you use someone else’s work (from a book, magazine, the Internet, etc) in your paper you must use quotations


Formatting Quotations:

Short Quotations (less than 4 typed lines of text)
·         Should be embedded in the sentence and enclosed with double quotation marks (“).  Include the author and page number in parentheses after the quote (called a parenthetical citation).
·         Important – the punctuation should appear after the parenthetical citation.

      Example
            Holden Caulfield is “the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 16).

Long Quotations (4 lines or more)
·         Should be placed in a free standing block of text without quotation marks.  Start the quotation on a new line and indent approximately one inch (hit “tab” once or twice).
·         The parenthetical citation (author, page number) should come after the final punctuation mark.

Example
“Catcher in the Rye” was criticized because of his character’s hatred of religion:
            Take the Disciples, for instance.  They annoy the hell out of me,
            If you want to know the truth.  They were all right after Jesus was
            dead and all, but while He was alive, they were about as much
            use as a hole in the head. All they did was keep letting Him down.
            I like almost anybody in the Bible better than the Disciples. (Salinger 99)

Adding Words in a Quotation
·         If you add a word (or words) put brackets around the words.
     
      Example
Holden sometimes tell the truth since he claims: “I am the most terrific [compulsive] liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 16).

Removing Words in a Quotation
·         If you remove a word or words you must use ellipsis marks (three periods …) followed by a space.

 Example
Holden is “…the most terrific liar…” ever created in literature (Salinger 16).


Bibliographies (Works Cited):

·         Should be listed alphabetically (by author’s last name).
·         Should include all sources used, including Internet sources for images and information.


Formatting Bibliographic Entries

Books:

Lastname, firstname.  Title.  City: Publisher, year.

Salinger, Jerome David. Catcher in the Rye.  New York: Little Brown and Company, 1945.


Internet Sources:

Name of site.  Date of Posting.  Name of organization affiliated with the site.  Date you

            accessed the site. <electronic address>.

CBC News.  December 5 2006.  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  December 7, 2006.

            <www.cbc.ca>.

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MLA Style Guide

The format of the works cited page should match that of the body of the research paper. The typeface and size should be standard and easily readable, e.g. Times New Roman, 12 point. The paper must be double-spaced throughout, including headings, quotations and works cited. Works cited entries must be presented with a hanging indent.

Examples of citations for specific types of materials:

PRINT  PUBLICATIONS

Books

Books require the following types of information, all found on the title page and the verso of the title page:
·    Name of the author
·    Title of the material
·    Publication information, including place of publication, publisher, and date of publication.

 e.g.  Last Name, First. Title. Place: Publisher, date.


A Book with One Author
(all of the examples come from the following source)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern

         Language Association, 2003.


A Book with Two or Three Authors
(the subsequent authors' names are presented in normal form)

Gorman, Sandra Ann and Soriah Wahab. The Women of Afghanistan. New Haven: Yale UP, 2001.


The Holy Bible
(no facts of publication are necessary, nor is underlining. Chapter and verse will be given in the body of the paper or the parenthetical documentation)

The Bible. New Standard version.


A Book with an Author and an Editor

Grimwald, Ratcliff. The  Effect of Hypnosis on Schizophrenic Patients. 1924. Ed. Trent Black.

         Oxbridge Press, 1987.

A Book with a Corporate Author

League of Women Voters. The  Nuclear Waste Primer: A Handbook for Citizens.  New York: Nick

         Lyon Books, 1980.


Reference Books

In addition to the guidelines for books, keep these items in mind:
·    Include the title of the article in double quotation marks, e.g. "Minerals and Mineralogy"
·    Familiar and commonly known references need no publication information except the date of  the  edition
·    For reference books with contents arranged in alphabetical order, page numbers may be omitted
·    Multi-volume works need volume number information

A General Encyclopedia Article

Bates, William. "Angelou, Maya." The Encyclopedia Americana. 2003 ed.


A General Encyclopedia Article, no Author

"Fire Fighting." The Encyclopedia Britannica.  2004 ed.


Periodicals

Periodicals require the following types of information:
·    Name of the author
·    Title of the material
·    Publication information, including title of the periodical, date of publication and page number of the article.
·    The edition of newspapers should also be included, as many large newspapers print several each day

e.g.  Last Name, First. “Title of Article.” Title of periodical date, edition: Pages.

A Newspaper

Fisher, Ian. “Waves of Bombing Rip Iraq.”  The Oregonian 12 May 2005, Northwest final ed.: A4.


A Magazine

Ndungane,  Njongonkulu. “Truth,  Blame, and Amnesty.” World Press Review  Jan. 2001:  14-15.

“Down in the Dead Zone.” Newsweek 18 Oct. 2004. 60+.


A Scholarly Journal
(The researcher will need to include volume, issue and page number information in the publication information of the citation)

White, Susan. “Understanding Memes in Weblogs.” Journal  of Linguistics 59 (2003): 835-62.

Young, Abraham. “Grassroots Political Advocacy: The Weblog.” Political Quarterly Journal 6.2

         (2004): 231-245.



ELECTRONIC  PUBLICATIONS

CDs and Other Portable Databases

Electronic publications have the following additional requirements:
·    Give the publication medium, i.e. diskette, CD-ROM.
·    State the version, i.e. 2.0, 3.1.

An Article on CD-ROM

Jackson, Giselle. “Architecture.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Vers. 3.1. CD-ROM. Grolier

         Interactive, 1998.

“Overview of Nicholson Baker’s Works and Career.” Discovering Authors. Vers. 2.0. CD-ROM.

         Detroit: Gale, 1996.


Internet Pages

Online sources may require the following types of information in the citation:
1   Name of the author
2   Title of the article
3   Title of the internet site (if no title is evident, use "Home Page.")
4   Date of publication, or most recent update
5   Name of any institution or association sponsoring or associated with the website
6    Date of researchers' access
7    URL (if a new line is needed when typing the URL, break only at a slash)

An Article in an Online Journal
(The researcher must give the facts of the initial print publication, as well as for the electronic version)

 Byrne, Alex.” Is Snow White?.” Boston Review. Apr.-May 2005 14 Dec. 2004. <http://www-

         polisci.mit.edu/BostonReview/BR19.3/byrne.html>.

Other Electronic Sources

A Radio or Television Program

Unless the researcher is able to provide information about archived programs, give the following information:
·    Name of the story
·Title of the program
·    Place of production
·    Date of access

“Horrible Things are Happening Everywhere You Look!” The News at Five.  KOIN, Portland, OR. 4

         Jul. 2004.

“The News is So Awful, Don't Even Listen.” All Things Considered.  KOPB. National Public Radio,
        
         Washington, D.C. 18 May 2005.

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