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Bibliography:

Every paper must have a bibliography when information has been referenced from another source. You may use Easy Bib online to help construct an approved bibliography or you may consult any creditable informed site that uses MLA or CMS.

For quick consult here is a sample for a book by one author bibliography:

Author.Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

Diamond, Jared.Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.New York: Norton, 1999. Print

Quotation Embedding

Block Quoting

Rules for all the papers!

Upfront sample Reflection based on SOAPSTONE

Getting the Basics from an Independent Book Reading: writing based on the Elements of Literature

IRB how to reflect
11 pt book response
informative-literary criticism
block:pt by pt instructions.doc
literary criticism-writing structure

How to Write Argument/Persuasive Paper

Argument Essay

Argument Claim vs. Expository Essay Thesis

The thesis statement or main claim must be debatable. An argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. In other words, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differing opinions on

Claims vs.Thesis

104 Expository vs. Claim

Graphic Organizers for Argument:

Nothing is sacred about using any of these pre-printed organizers; you could easily make one of your own.

Argument visual maps

Argument linear maps

Sample Literary Argument (LA student)

Argument/ Persuasive Student sample

Argument Student sample