Today in class we went over more details about the outline that will be due for us. First of all, the outline is going to be a full sentence outline. That means each and every point has to be a full sentence. Also the important rules to remember are every A has a B and every 1 has a 2 for each point we make on the outline. The headings for the outline are as follows: I, A, 1, a, (1), (a), i. The roman numerals are multi paragraph ideas or could be just a single paragraph idea. The A is always the topic sentence for the paragraph. We went over three more important rules today in class.
1. Each point should be one sentence with the exception of quotes which can be up to 4 lines. If the quote is longer than 4 lines then it is a block quote and we would only write the first line and a ..."
2. Each of our quotes that we introduce need to be anchored by expressions such as as the author says and similar phrases.
3. The third point is that we need to put in a parathetical citation in for each of the quotes we put into our outline. You do this by putting (last name, pg #).
-Joe
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You also have to remember that no quote explains itself, which means you have to use your own words to relate the quote to your paper. Quotes may also never serve as a topic sentence, conclusion, or a transition.
The parenthetical citation has is supposed to be formatted as (lastname #) but if the name of the person who said the quote, such as the author of the book from where the quote is also found, then the last name does not need to be put into the citation. That is redundant and MLA serves to make all of that information as brief as possible.
-Jen
Also remember when using a block quote you must attach the note card with the original quote to the outline.
-Tyler H.
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