English 101

Citations Activity) This handout is meant to supplement and condense the “Documentation” chapter in the Norton Field Guide. I can’t stress enough the importance of proper documentation. It gives credit to outside sources used in an assignment, which, in turn, establishes your credibility as a writer. Just as using sound evidence to support an argument provides validity, providing proper (and correct) documentation signals to your readers, “Hey, this writer is legit—I should consider what they’re saying.” English composition classes adhere to the Modern Language Association (MLA) style, which is primarily used in the humanities. APA, or the American Psychological Association, style is most often used in the social sciences. We cover both in 1201 because you may face APA style in future classes. An MLA style guide can be found on page 484 of your field guide; APA style can be found on page 533. While I have no problem with you using citation generators, I encourage you to become familiar with citation styles by using these chapters as a guide (especially for the assignment that will follow). To form an understanding of how the citation styles differ, check out the examples below that I pulled from the field guide: MLA Style In-Text Documentation As Lester Faigley puts it, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (12). As one observer suggests, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (Faigley 12). Works-Cited Documentation (or end-text documentation) Faigley, Lester. Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1992. Print. APA Style In-Text Documentation As Faigley (1992) suggested, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (p. 12). As one observer has noted, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (Faigley, 1992, p. 12). Reference-List Documentation Faigley, L. (1992). Fragments of rationality: Postmodernity and the subject of composition. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. Activity asking you to practice in-text and end-text citations using both MLA and APA styles. Write your work in a Word document. Once you are finished, submit this to the sub-module’s drop box. Provide a proper end-text citation using both MLA and APA styles for Jill Walker Rettberg’s “‘Freshly Generated for You, and Barack Obama’: How Social Media Represent Your Life.” Treat this source as an article in a journal paginated by volume. Provide a proper end-text citation using both MLA and APA styles for the online news article about the Cincinnati Bengals. Finally, you’ve been given a quote and attributive tag without proper in-text documentation. Provide proper MLA and APA documentation. The quote comes from page 34 of Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street, which was published in 1999. One sociologist suggests why this change occurred in the first place: “The code of the street is actually a cultural adaptation to a profound lack of faith in the police and the judicial system—and in others who would champion one’s personal security.” Citations Activity) This handout is meant to supplement and condense the “Documentation” chapter in the Norton Field Guide. I can’t stress enough the importance of proper documentation. It gives credit to outside sources used in an assignment, which, in turn, establishes your credibility as a writer. Just as using sound evidence to support an argument provides validity, providing proper (and correct) documentation signals to your readers, “Hey, this writer is legit—I should consider what they’re saying.” English composition classes adhere to the Modern Language Association (MLA) style, which is primarily used in the humanities. APA, or the American Psychological Association, style is most often used in the social sciences. We cover both in 1201 because you may face APA style in future classes. An MLA style guide can be found on page 484 of your field guide; APA style can be found on page 533. While I have no problem with you using citation generators, I encourage you to become familiar with citation styles by using these chapters as a guide (especially for the assignment that will follow). To form an understanding of how the citation styles differ, check out the examples below that I pulled from the field guide: MLA Style In-Text Documentation As Lester Faigley puts it, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (12). As one observer suggests, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (Faigley 12). Works-Cited Documentation (or end-text documentation) Faigley, Lester. Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1992. Print. APA Style In-Text Documentation As Faigley (1992) suggested, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (p. 12). As one observer has noted, “The world has become a bazaar from which to shop for an individual ‘lifestyle’” (Faigley, 1992, p. 12). Reference-List Documentation Faigley, L. (1992). Fragments of rationality: Postmodernity and the subject of composition. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. Activity I’m asking you to practice in-text and end-text citations using both MLA and APA styles. Write your work in a Word document. Once you are finished, submit this to the sub-module’s drop box. Provide a proper end-text citation using both MLA and APA styles for Jill Walker Rettberg’s “‘Freshly Generated for You, and Barack Obama’: How Social Media Represent Your Life.” Treat this source as an article in a journal paginated by volume. Provide a proper end-text citation using both MLA and APA styles for the online news article about the Cincinnati Bengals. Finally, you’ve been given a quote and attributive tag without proper in-text documentation. Provide proper MLA and APA documentation. The quote comes from page 34 of Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street, which was published in 1999. One sociologist suggests why this change occurred in the first place: “The code of the street is actually a cultural adaptation to a profound lack of faith in the police and the judicial system—and in others who would champion one’s personal security.”