2. Plagiarism: “to use another person's ideas or expressions in your writing without acknowledging the source is to plagiarize” (MLA handbook) Three Types of Plagiarism: 1.Deliberate plagiarism: If students deliberately claim another's language, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work as their own, they are engaged in a form of intellectual theft. 2.Unintended plagiarism: often results from misunderstanding conventional documentation, oversight, or inattentive scholarship. Unintentional plagiarism can include forgetting to give authors credit for their ideas, transcribing from poor notes, and even omitting relevant punctuation marks. 3.Self plagiarism: occurs when students submit papers presented for another course, whether for the English department or another department or school. Adapted from the Wilkes University Statement on Plagiarism

3. Write a six paragraph MLA research paper in which you compare and contrast two different subjects by focusing on (the same) two features of each. Use and document at least FOUR sources, including three database sources and one book source.

4. Discusses all of the relevant features of one subject in a “block” of text, and then discusses the same features of another subject in another, separate block. Emphasizes the general subject “Big Picture” – related details together Play down individual distinctions between subjects – for example, between 2 colleges.

5. Discusses one relevant feature for one subject and then the same feature for another subject. Emphasizes a specific feature of features rather than the entire subject “Smaller picture” Emphasizes sharp distinctions between two subjects – for example, 2 colleges

6. Thesis: I. Introduction II. Subject 1: Penn State A. Feature 1: Size B. Feature 2: Location III. Subject 2: Misericordia A. Feature 1: Size B. Feature 2: Location IV. Conclusion Thesis: I. Introduction II. Feature 1: Size A. Subject 1: Penn State B. Subject 2: Misericordia III. Feature 2: Location A. Subject 1: Penn State B. Subject 2: Misericordia IV. Conclusion

7. Clearly and concisely states the main point of your paper Is arguable is located at the end of the intro paragraph Compares and contrasts 2 things Example: General subject: Colleges Specific topic: Bloomsburg University vs. Villanova University Thesis statement: From housing to sports, Bloomsburg University stands out more than Villanova University. p. 2

8. There are 2 ways to cite web sites: 1. Cite a specific article from the web site 2. Cite the entire web site as a general resource Specific Article From Web SiteEntire Web Site Dybas, Cheryl. “Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, and Ponds: A Thing of the Past?” National Science Foundation Web Site. National Science Foundation, 10 January 2008. Web. 11 March 2008. Smithsonian Web Site. Smithsonian Institution, 15 February 2008. Web. 10 October 2009. *If there’s no publisher, write N.p. *If there’s no date, write n.d. p. 8

9. Dybas, Cheryl. “Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, and Ponds: A Thing of the Past?” National Science Foundation Web Site. National Science Foundation, 10 January 2008. Web. 11 March 2008. 1.Author’s name 2.Title of article 3.Title of scholarly project, database, periodical or professional or personal site (underlined); or, for a site with no title, a description such as Home Page 4.Publisher 5.Date of electronic publication 6.Medium of publication 7.Date when you found the resource

10. Lemonick, Michael D. and Alice Park. “The Science of Addiction.” Time 16 July 2007: 42-48. SIRS Researcher. Web. 2 January 2008. 1.Author’s name 2.Title of article 3.Title of periodical 4.Date of publication 5.Page number 6.Title of database 7.Medium of publication 8.Date when you found the resource

11. Lemonick, Michael D. and Alice Park. “The Science of Addiction.” Time 16 July 2007: 42-48. Infotrac. Web. 2 January 2008. 1.Author’s name 2.Title of article 3.Title of periodical 4.Date of publication 5.Page number 6.Title of database 7.Medium of publication 8.Date when you found the resource

12. Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns. New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. Print. 1.Author’s name 2.Title of book 3. City of publication 4. Publisher name 5.Year of publication 6. Medium of publication

13. Koestler-Grack, Rachel. Abraham Lincoln. New York: Chelsea House, 2009: Infobase eBooks. Web. 20 December 2013. 1.Author’s name 2.Title of book 3.City of publication 4.Publisher 5.Year 6.Title of service 7.Medium of publication 8.Date when you found the resource

14. “United States Population.” The World Almanac and Book of Facts. 2008. Print. 1.Title of article 2.Title of reference book 3.Year reference book was published 4.Medium of Publication p. 9