1. Research
Notes

2. Research Introduction
Who is Thomas Heyward?
Is your site credible?
How do you know?
How did you find your site?
Research Introduction

4. Lemonade Analogy

5. Credible Hulk

6. Unacceptable Resources
Wikipedia
Ask.com
About.com
Blogs
Dictionary.com
Webmd.com
Social media sites
Yahoo answers
Or any other discussion board
Unacceptable Resources

7. Look for sources with: Organizations devoted to the cause
Articles from professional journals
News articles
An author with a doctorate or other credentials
University professors, doctors, psychologist, etc.
Look for sources with:

8. Plagiarism Policy Automatic 0 Parent contact Referral
No chance to redo
Plagiarism Policy

9. Embedded Quote Formula
Ethos
Strong Verb
Quote
(Parenthetical Documentation).
Embedded Quote Formula

10. Embedded Quote Example
John Smith, a Harvard professor, advocates for “individuality in dress code allows for much needed expression of teenage emotion” (Jones).
Embedded Quote Example

11. Embedded Quotes Dos & Don’ts
Proper nouns should be capitalized.
You may not refer to an author by the first name only; you are not their friend.
Magazine and newspaper titles should be capitalized and in italics.
You do not have to include the ethos again if the next quote is by the same person.
Make sure that your quotes aren’t too short (must be at least 5-10 words)
Make sure that your quotes aren’t too long (shouldn’t be more than 2 lines)
Embedded Quotes Dos & Don’ts

12. Parenthetical Documentation
Always goes at the end of a sentence with the period after the parenthesis.
Only the author’s last name and unlikely a page number
If no author, use the article title.
Put the title in quotation marks
Use only the first word or phrase
Must be capitalized
Parenthetical Documentation

13. Parenthetical Documentation Examples
(Smith 3).
(Gray).
(“Tobacco” 24).
(“Homework”).
Parenthetical Documentation Examples

14. Make sure there is only one period and it is at the very end outside of the parentheses.
Make sure each embedded quote has a beginning and ending quotation mark
If you list an author’s name and then extra information about them, set it off in commas.
Research Punctuation

15. Think of yourself as a sports commentator- you are providing explanation and additional thoughts.
Commentary

16. Commentary isn’t: Don’t have facts- that’s what your quotes are for
Any facts should be cited and thus are an embedded quote, not insightful explanation
Don’t just paraphrase the quote
Ethos is not commentary, ethos should be part of the embedded quote
Commentary should serve as a bridge between your main idea and your quote. Connect the two.
Commentary isn’t:

17. Commentary should answer:
Why is this quote important?
How does the quote prove your point?
Why is your point important?
Justify your opinion without using first person.
Commentary should answer:

18. Identify the positive examples of commentary.
The author says that gun rights are important.
Everyone one should be for prayer in schools.
When people begin to change the bill of rights, civil liberties are destroyed.
Teen drivers most likely have the worst driving records due to inexperience, which could be improved if driver’s education began at 15.
Identify the positive examples of commentary.

19. This is a huge grade. (215 points!)
Please do not blow it off and please do not cheat.
I will walk through this with you step by step.
Please ask questions.