Category: ENG 1101 Research Essay (Page 1 of 2)

See the previous post for transitions to flow from section to section and paragraph to paragraph. This list helps you transition between your ideas and the ideas from your sources.

In today’s class, we went over chapter 12.2 in your OER Textbook, Writing for Success. 
This chapter goes over strategies for revision and checklists for clarity and cohesion.

Chapter 12 in Writing for Success: http://open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/part/chapter-12-writing-a-research-paper/

Here is a previous link to a Sample Research Essay on Purdue University’s OWL:

Resource 24: Sample Research Essay

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) has an excellent resource, the annotated MLA Sample Paper. This paper visibly demonstrates how the first page, page numbers, and in-text citations should appear on your own papers. Your papers will not include a “notes” section. We will look at this in our self-editing workshop.

MLA Sample Paper: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/

We have already looked at Purdue OWL’s resources on this matter. To review your updated Works Cited pages, we will use: “Creating an MLA Works Cited Page” The Writer’s Handbook MLA Documentation Guide-University of Wisconsin’s Writing Center.

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html

We will look at two resources from the well regarded Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin.

First, their introduction page with helpful advice for incorporating sources:
https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocMLA.html

Second, “general information” about parenthetical citations. We’ll also look at other pages as necessary:
https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocMLACitation_Info.html

This lively video by comic artist Tim Urban discusses pitfalls and costs of procrastination and also gives tips for rising above the all-too-common habit that wreaks havoc on so many students’ lives.

Yes…we will also reflect on where YOU are in your research writing process.