Welcome to Effective Writing 1- CM 107

Unit 4: Seminar with Jeremy Thompson

Monday, January 5, 2012

You should be hearing music. If you don’t, please check your audio.

Feel free to chat and get acquainted until the music stops near the top of the hour. This session is held 6:00-7:00 PM (EST). Once the seminar starts, please keep all comments relevant to the class topic.

Review: The Heroic Writer’s Journey

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Editing

Revising

Drafting

Invention

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Unit 4 Seminar: APA, Paraphrasing, and Quoting

This week we will discuss APA, why we use it, and how to use it correctly.

What is APA style?

A standard, agreed upon way of formatting an academic paper and documenting sources.An expectation of academic writers and of professionals in certain fields.A loyal friend who will make you look good and sound even more intelligentA somewhat boring, but not impossible task that you can learn by copying

What is the purpose of using and documenting sources?

Sources are the ways writers obtain additional information for their papers.Sources may be primary:

The writer becomes the researcher (e.g., observations, interviews, surveys, personal experience)The writer uses ‘raw data’ (e.g., the U.S. Census) that hasn’t been interpreted by others

Sources may be secondary: Scholarly books, peer-reviewed articles, etc. Sources are part of the ongoing dialog within a field of study that will include you.Why document sources?

Credit should be given for our work.‘Intellectual property’ must not be stolen.Writers will be more credible in the view of their audience. [We want that in an academic or job-related context when faculty, supervisors, clients, etc. are evaluating our work, right?]

What’s in it for me?• An opinion can’t be wrong, right?• Doesn’t my professor/boss/co-worker/client, etc. want to hear what I think?• Who’s going to care if I have the citations and references included?• Isn’t this just another one of those “English teacher” things?• I’m tempted to just not do it. I can’t get marked down outside of a Composition class, right?

What is plagiarism?

What is plagiarism and how can it be avoided? Styles of citation- APA, MLA, ASA, AMA. We typically use APA at Kaplan University. Using a good reference for citation.

How are sources integrated into the paper?

Introduce the source to your audience with an attributive tag the first time it is used: According to Michael Keathley (2010, September 17), Kaplan University faculty member, students love writing and look forward to the weekly CM 107 audio seminars. Use a mixture of paraphrases, summaries, and direct quotations.Use quotations sparingly and be sure to indicate them with “quotation marks” and page/paragraph numbers.Be sure to make it a smooth transition into and out of the source information.

Begin with the References page:

Use the References page to form the in-text citations:

In-text citations always use what comes first on the References page entriesThis is always a name or the first 2-3 words of a titleAdd the copyright date and page/paragraph number if it is a direct quotationIn-text citations are never URLsMake sure that all in-text citations have a complete listing on the References page; make sure that all References page listings have in-text citationsNever cite yourself; you’re the author

Why is citation required in two places?

Citation is required in two places– as in-text citation and references page citation. Some of the basics of in-text citation. What we need to include for references page citation.Let us get some citation practice.

Paraphrasing, summarizing, and direct quotation?

What are paraphrasing and summarizing and why are they necessary? What is the correct way to paraphrase and summarize? Why should we use more paraphrasing and summarizing than direct quotes in our papers?When should we use direct quotation? How much of our paper should be directly quoted?Let us get some practice paraphrasing.

 

Any remaining questions and concerns?

Looking at this week’s work.

Thank you for a great seminar!Thank you for a great seminar!

Have a wonderful week!Have a wonderful week!