Tuesday, October 9th • Agenda:

– Review Vocabulary

– Notes: Topic Sentence & Integrating Quotes

– Outline for Research

• Homework: – Vocabulary Quiz on

Friday!– Alternate

Assignment on 10/17 (before & after school)!

– You need a clean copy of Lord of the Flies by October 23rd!

SAT Vocabulary Definitions

• Intervene- to come between disputing people or groups; intercede, mediate

• Stupefy- to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.

• Bleak- without hope or encouragement; depressing• Ajar- neither entirely open, or entirely shut; partly open• Demur- to make objection; especially on the ground of

ethics • Catharsis-to purge of emotions or relieving of emotional

tensions. • Alleviate- to make easier to endure; to lessen• Candor- the state or quality of being frank, open or

sincere.

Body ParagraphsMade Easy!

One quick thing…•In a research paper:

–NEVER, EVER, EVER USE:

•I, ME, MY, WE, OUR, US

–NEVER, EVER, EVER USE:

•YOU IN ANY PAPER

Body Paragraph Each body paragraph will include the

following: •Topic sentence•Quote 1•2 lines of commentary•Quote 2•2 lines of commentary•Concluding sentence

Body Paragraph: Topic Sentence

• It is the first sentence in your body paragraph.

• It will be proving one of the points listed in your thesis-must fall in the same order as in your thesis.

• It explains what that paragraph is going to be about.

Topic Sentence: Example•Thesis: Capital punishment is the

worst form of justice in our judicial system because it doesn’t allow for rehabilitation, it continues the idea of killing and it could end the life of an innocent person.

•Topic Sentence: Capital punishment is an unfair form of justice because it does not allow for rehabilitation of criminals.

Body Paragraph: Quotes

• Your quotes need to help prove your topic sentence.

• Bad example: It is society’s duty, “to act in self defense to protect the innocent " (White 1).– this quote undermines what was said in the topic

sentence

• Good example: Often times it is found that convicted criminals, “repent, express remorse, and very often experience profound spiritual rehabilitation” (“Rehabilitation” 1). – this reaffirms my topic sentence and overall

argument

Integrating Quotes

Let’s Get One Thing Straight…

• Never let a quote “stand alone.” • What does this mean??

– Avoid dropping quotes without an introduction , or signal phrase. Always surround the quote with words.

Examples• Bad Example:

– “Capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment.”

– There are no words introducing my quote. There must be a signal phrase that introduces the quote. Quote is missing citation.

Good Example:- According to an article in New York Times, “capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offences like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1).

* Introduction to my quote. My quote is not alone, words are by it’s side. Quote includes citation.

Citing QuotesWhen using a quote,

always cite where it came from.

In-text Citations with One Author from a book or article:

• Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

• Have author’s last name and page number the quote came from. If there is no page number, place the author’s last name in parenthesis.

Citing a Work by Multiple Authors

• The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Moore, Smith, and Yang, 76).

• List all author’s last names in alphabetical order and include the page number.

In-text Citations for Print Sources with No Known

Author• We see so many global warming

hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . . ” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

• Use an abbreviated title of the article (first three words of title) and page number

Shortening Quotes you Want to Use:

• Ellipses are three dots { . . . } to indicate you have eliminated some words from the quotation. Note that there is a space between each dot.

Using Brackets• Brackets (square parenthesis [ ] )

allow you to insert words of your own into quoted material to explain a confusing reference or to keep a sentence grammatically correct.

• For example, sometimes when you use quote bits, you must change the “I” in a quote to “he” or “she” to make the quote read smoothly into your sentence