1. Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Bell Work: Identify which of the following sources require citations in a research paper.
An interview
An online article
A book
A personal interpretation
A statistic
General knowledge

2. Example Introductory Paragraph
Guilt and shame are often functions of one’s environment. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter takes place in a precarious time. Puritan values, communal life, and personal guilt all combine to form the moral climate of the novel. While Hester Prynne’s famous symbol becomes the target of scorn and slander, it is her persecutors who degrade themselves through their judgement. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter to reveal the hypocrisy of theocratic officials, generate sympathy for passionate, impulsive behavior, and to convey the ideals of American Romanticism.

3. Format
Introduction: Moves from General to specific, contains a nuanced thesis statement at the end.
Body Paragraph 1: Details the background of the author, explaining how said background motivated the author to write his novel.
Body Paragraph 2: Gives another detail of the author’s life that catalyzed his writing.
Body Paragraphs 3-7: Identify evidence in the book that show the author’s attitude or desire to accomplish a specific goal. These lines reveal the author’s purpose. Conclusion: Summarizes body paragraphs, but does not simply repeat thesis.

4. Transition Words For topic sentences:
Any study of Hawthorne’s motivations must begin with his childhood.
Further evidence of a proclivity for writing appears in Hawthorne’s personal journals.
The aforementioned distrust of Puritan authority extends beyond The Governor’s behavior, however.

5. Transition Words: Introducing Quotes
To elaborate, to enumerate, to clarify, for instance, case in point:, etc.
In summation, further, moreover, despite, while, not only (followed by but also), lastly, second, third, And so,

6. Ways to Earn an F
Not address the prompt, merely summarizing the author’s life instead.
Your paper does not pass the originality checker.
You fail to cite any sources in a research paper.
Not knowing how to count on an assignment that is a minimum of 3.5 pages. Your bibliography does not count as a page.
This may not guarantee an F, but using ludicrous fonts, narrowing your margins, and citing Wikipedia will not help your cause.