Mini Peer workshop

Header and Paper Formatting

Works Cited and In-Text Citations

Works Cited: The list of citations at the end of your paper

In-text citations: The (parenthetical)

citations used throughout the body of your paper. Giving credit to the source at the sentence-level works as well.

***Important Anti-Plagiarism Counter-Measure: YOU MUST HAVE BOTH TO AVOIDING PLAGIARISM!!!!! ***

The Works Cited Page

In-Text Citations

Standard citation (Author's Last Name and Page Number):

You've borrowed either a "direct quote," a sentence/idea that you've rephrased in your own words, or summarized a larger argument made by someone else, so you MUST have an in-text citation following each sentence of borrowed material (Horner 204).

What if you are missing the author's last name?

Use the first "item" listed in the Works Cited Page->

What if the title you need to put into an in-text citation is too long?

As Horner states in her handy ENC 2135 Prezi, using an author or text's name in the sentence being cited counts as proper documentation ( 205).

What if I am using a "weird" source and nothing here covers my issue?

Consult the "Bible" of all citation things: Purdue OWL. Its got everything.

What if your source doesn't have page numbers?

Then you don't put a page number. If you are using a film or audiory media with time stamps available to you, then you would include the necessary time as such (Titantic 01:35:53).

Summary vs. Analysis

Summary: restating what is happening in your composition in your own words.

Analysis: Assigning significance to elements in a composition to support your claim.

Summary and Analysis Should be Interwoven

Basic Formula for an Analytic Paragraph

• Transition/opening statement that emphasizes the claim.
• Observation 1 (summary)
• Concrete evidence for observation 1 (example)
• Explaining why observation 1 is important/relevant to your claim (analysis)
• Rinse and repeat as necessary
• Concluding statement

Beginning Analysis

1. Summarize what's happening in this composition.

2. Find 2-3 concrete examples from the composition that fall under one of our key rhetorical terms.

3. What are these examples trying to say? How are they connected? What do you think they mean?

The Rules

• Every student should participate actively in the workshop.
• Give your partner's paper your full attention and try to give them valuable feedback as you would want them to do for you.

Reminder: all work-shop activities and in-class discussions count towards your end-of-the-semester Participation grade (10%).

Peer-Workshop Guidelines

1. Discuss your papers: tell your partner your claim and overall plan for the paper.

2. Exchange papers

a) read the paper AND mark 'global issues' (over-summarization/lacking of analysis, a missing/weak claim, and overall organization).

b) Go back and skim the paper for 'local issues' (grammar, awkward sentence construction, MLA).

c) Mark/state their paper's strongest feature (what they did well) and mark/state their paper's weakest feature (where they need to focus on improving)

3. Return the paper to your partner and take turns explaining your comments verbally.