Transcript Anthem Essay Rough Draft Check

Anthem Essay
Rough Draft
Check
October 22, 2007
Get out your essay
and 2 colors of
highlighters
Put a number in a circle next to each of
your 5 paragraphs – intro, 3 body,
conclusion.
Pick a color and highlight your thesis. Is
it the last sentence in your intro
paragraph? Does it tell the reader what
the next 3 paragraphs will be about?
Topic sentences
Look at your 3 body
paragraphs. Does each
paragraph have a topic
sentence that introduces
the paragraph and tells the
reader what the point of the
paragraph is? Highlight
the topic sentence in each
paragraph the same color
as the thesis.
Quotes – Evidence from the text
Does each paragraph have a quote from
Anthem that supports your thesis? Put a star
next to each quote.
Let’s look at how those quotes are cited.
In text citations - MLA
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An in-text citation is a reference to the last
name of the author and the page number(s)
where the information is located. This can be
done by referring to the author in the body of
the text or through parenthetical citation.
Draw a box around your citations.
(Rand 37).
Author reference in text
Example:
Graham Greene attempts to establish both setting and
mood early in the novel when he points out “a few
vultures looked down from the roof ”(7).
The author’s name in the sentence before the quote,
so it is not included in the parenthesis.
Notice that the quote comes before the parenthesis
and the period comes after.
Parenthetical Citation
Example:
Both setting and mood are established early in the novel
through the use of a natural and man made
surroundings; “A few vultures looked down from the
roof” (Greene 7).
If the author is not mentioned prior to the quote, the
author’s last name and the page number are both
included in parentheses.
No comma is used to separate the name from the page
number.
Stop!
Take a minute and check your citations.
Check what is inside the parenthesis. Do you
need the name and page number?
Check your quotation marks. Are they correct?
Look at capitalization and commas.
Is the period after the citation?
Transition Elements
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What are transition elements?
First
Last
To begin with
Mainly
Although
Thereafter
Finally
Meanwhile
But
However
In spite of
Instead
Nevertheless
On the other hand
In addition to
Likewise
Still
Yet
Also
Another
Moreover
Similarly
More importantly
Highlight your transition elements in a
different color than your thesis.
MLA style check
Heading
Creative title – centered, nothing “fancy”
Double-spaced text
No extra spaces
Anthem should be italicized
Set up a Works Cited page according to your
style guide
Schedule reminder!
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Type your rough draft by
tomorrow! Come to the Homework
Help Center or the Writing Lab if
you need help. Tomorrow (Tues.)
we will complete peer evaluations.
Rewrite is due Wed. 10/24. Wed.
and Thurs. we will work on
proofreading skills.
Final copy is due Mon. 10/29.