Any topic (writer’s choice)

HINT:  I would download the MS Word Document and fill it in to make it easy to complete.  You can download the Midterm HerePreview the document

Use A Writers Reference 9th Edition by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers or the Purdue Owl  for MLA Format.  Use MS Word document to complete this Midterm.

Make sure to write the section headings and to number the sections and the questions, so it is clear which questions you are answering.

PART ONE: DELTA COLLEGE LIBRARY RESOURCES

Sources of Information

Practice finding different sources of information about a research topic using resources available through the Delta College Library.

Modern Language Association (MLA)

In this midterm, you will create MLA citations for various sources of information. If you need help creating MLA style citations, please refer to your A Writers Reference 9th Edition by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers or the Purdue Owl

WRITE THE TOPIC FOR YOUR RESEARCH HERE?

Examples of topics:

Assimilation in the United States

Bias in the United States

Implicit Bias

PRACTICE SEARCHING FOR REFERENCE SOURCES ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES FROM GALE

Follow these instructions: Use A Writers Reference 9th Edition by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers or the Purdue Owl  for MLA Format.

Start at the Delta College Library home page: https://www.deltacollege.edu/department/library
Click on SEARCH COLLECTIONS Click on Electronic Databases then Click on A-Z DATABASES
Click on All Database Types
Click on Reference Sources
Scroll down and Click on GALE eBOOKS (GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY) and search for two online encyclopedia articles on your topic.
Use MLA style to cite the two sources for a listing in a Works Cited which are most relevant to your topic.

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PRACTICE SEARCHING FOR BOOKS (or e-books) in the Delta College Library

Print Books & Electronic Books

Follow these instructions:

Start at the Delta College Library home page: https://www.deltacollege.edu/department/library (Links to an external site.)
Enter your topic in SEARCH Our Collections in
Go Cat or Go Cat Classic.  If you do not find what you want,  try GoElectronic

Use MLA style to cite the two books (either print or electronic) for a listing in a Works Cited which are most relevant to your research topic.

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PRACTICE SEARCHING FOR THREE ONLINE ARTICLES (or e-books) FROM THE PERIODICAL DATABASES

Start at the Delta College Library home page: https://www.deltacollege.edu/department/library
Click on SEARCH COLLECTIONS to get to the Electronic Databases
Click on A to Z Databases. The databases are in alphabetical order.  Locate the specific databases listed below to locate your three articles.  Cite these articles below in MLA format for a Works Cited listing.

Use the multi-disciplinary database Academic One File or Popular Culture Collection to find an article about your research topic. Use MLA style to cite the article.

Use the Opposing View Points in Context database to find an article that is relevant to your research topic. Use MLA style to cite the article.

Use a database of your choice from the Library Databases page to find an article about your research topic. Use MLA style to cite the article.

PART II:  INTEGRATING QUOTATIONS

Instructions:

Using one or more readings from Fresh off the Boat by Eddie Huang, Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, or any article from our in class handouts, select five brief segments of texts to quote with proper signal phrases and in-text citations that demonstrate the following five types of quotations. To locate the formatting use A Writers Reference 9th Edition by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers or the Purdue Owl MLA Format.

A full-sentence quotation with author’s name in lead-in phrase.

A short segment of a quotation which is “embedded” into your own sentence.

A quotation using brackets in one or more areas.

A quotation using ellipses in one or more areas.

A long/block quotation of more than four lines of text. Make sure to include a lead-in phrase in order to show the proper indentation for the block quotation. Make sure to correctly punctuate the long/block quotation.

Part III:  MLA To locate the correct answers, use A Writers Reference 9th Edition by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers or the Purdue Owl  for MLA Format.

Describe 5 ways how you can uses sources to support an argument

What is plagiarism? Give an example of plagiarism and how to fix the borrowed language.

What are the 3 basic parts to the MLA citation system?

When should a writer use quotation?

When does a writer use ellipsis marks and brackets?

How does a writer set of a long quotation?

What does it mean to mark Marking Boundaries in your paper?

What is a dropped quotation? Give an example and how to fix it.

How does a writer introduce a summary or paraphrase?

What does it mean to put source material in context?

What does it mean to synthesize your sources?

Give examples of in-text citations for
Author named in signal phrase
Author named in parentheses
Unknown author
Page number unknown
Website or other electronic source
2 or more work by the same author
Encyclopedia or dictionary
Work in an anthology

Create a Works Cited page with a listing for each type of text or medium below, make sure it is alphabetical order and in MLA format. Locate each of the types of texts below and create entries for each of the texts using A Writers Reference 9th Edition ( Documenting Sources) by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers or the Purdue Owl for MLA Format. Remember your Works Cited should in alphabetical order (see page 432 for an example of a Works Cited Page)
Book in print form
Website
Article in a journal
Article in an anthology
Book with an editor
Sacred text
Book with a translator
Work from a database.
Song/Poem
Film/Television Program