Friday, October 2, 2009

Revising your Paragraph: First Impression of Abigail Williams

What I Expect for Your Paragraph:

  • Identify which of the 6 logical fallacies you have used.
  • Identify other errors with the structure and mechanics of your original paragraph.
  • Create an interesting hook.
  • Type and resubmit paragraph with rough draft attached.


 

Helpful Hints:

  1. Books are heavy. They are placed on a shelf (when handwritten). They tilt (when typed).
  2. The correct way to cite a quote:
    1. "I am happy" (Thompson 20).

      (If the sentence that you are quoting ends with a period, do not put include it. Instead, please put the period on the outside of the parentheses).

    2. "Are you happy?" (Thompson 20).

      (If the sentence that you are quoting ends with a question mark, include it. You must also put the period on the outside of the parentheses).

    3. "Yay!" (Thompson 20).

      (If the sentence that you are quoting ends with an exclamation mark, include it. You must also put the period on the outside of the parentheses).

    4. "…when I was telling the story…" (Thompson 20).

      (If you are not quoting an entire sentence, you can use ellipses […] to show where you have shortened the quote. You must also put the period on the outside of the parentheses).

  3. You may change words in a quote. The words you've changed must be surrounded by the following brackets: "She [Abigail]" or you can simply state "[Abigail]," leaving the original "she" out.

8 comments:

  1. cause im a genius i forgot my notes in my locker again so if you have them can you put the 6 rule things online...if not ill try to get them from someone

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  2. The 6 rules are on the PowerPoint presentation below...

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  3. its fred and bobby whatsssss upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp!

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  4. to cite a quote, where it says 'Thompson' would that be the authors name or the person who said it?

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  5. Jenn--

    It would be the author's last name. So, in this case, it would be Miller

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  6. what if i dont have 6 rule things wrong in my paragraph in my paragraph then do i just write what i did wrong?

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  7. You may not have all six; you may just have one. All I ask that you do is identify what you've done wrong.

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  8. like what happens when our printer does not work
    can i like write it neatly???

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