Remember, Paper #2 is due Thursday @ 5:00 (see post below)

If you missed class on Tuesday, just remember that Paper #2 is due on Thursday, so we won't have class. Instead, make sure to get something to me (as finished as possible, as good as you can in the time) by around 5pm. A little late is okay, just not very late. 

I gave everyone the handout below to remind you about incorporating quotes and doing proper citations. Keep this handy in case you forget how to do it! 

Come back on TUESDAY, and we'll do a Writing Workshop to give you ideas about the next book and some other ideas about writing in general.

MLA Citation for Paper #2

When citing a poem in your paper, be sure to introduce the poem and the poet, and the cite the page number from your book. Always give enough context so that we know where the lines come from, and always explain why the lines are significant to you (what they mean or explain).

For example:

In Tina Chang’s Poem, “Story of Girls,” she describes an incident where her brothers held her down for an hour while devising various cruel ways to torture her. But when she thinks back to that incident today, she remarks, “Oftentimes it’s the quiet cousin I think about” (60). This is important because…

And when using Humans of New York, be sure to introduce the book and the image itself through description, and cite the page number. Try to avoid saying, “on page 232, there’s that picture of the old man who says…” Be more descriptive so we can see the picture as clearly as you can.

WORKS CITED

In general, include the author, the name of the poem (if you’re using poetry), the title of the book, and the publication information (which you can find on the inside cover).

Chang, Tina. “Story of Girls.” American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2018.

Stanton, Brandon. Humans of New York: Stories. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2015.