How to fix your archetype essay

The Archetype Essay Re-write

English 12

OReilly

OK you guys...many of you messed up on your Works Cited. That is not a big surprise. Very few of my students have mastered how to do a Works Cited and Bibliography on the first attempt.

So now, it's hardball time! You must all fix your flippin' essays, and this time get it right.

1) Watch me create your Works Cited and follow my every move with interest and alacrity—Be patient, listen, calm down. LEARN IT!!!

2)________ Re-construct your Works Cited (and Bibliography too if it is garbage)

3) ________Check your paper; every time you quote, check the following:

If it is the first time you use a source COMPLETELY introduce it. State if it is from a text—use the word text—or a website. State who the author is and if it is an article. Here are some examples:

Author Dixie Chixie in her online article "Dissin' the Prez," states that...

In the text, I Am a Cow, author Moocheese Hereford comments that.....

On the website Chasing the Impossible Dream, in an article titled "Cheese and Immortality," the author asserts that.....

The next time you use a source, if it is already introduced, simply quote it or paraphrase your information and follow with a parenthesis containing the first words of the Works Cited entry.

As an example: Look below at the Works Cited entry

"Pearson's Heroic Archetypes." ChangingMinds.Org N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2009

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What are the first words that make sense? That's right: "Pearson's Heroic Archetype." So put those words in the parenthesis after your quote. Since it is an article, put it in quotes. If it were a website or text, you would write it in italics within your parenthesis. If it were an author's name, you would merely write the author's last name.

________Fix any other errors I have noted on your paper. Highlight your changes ON BOTH THE FINAL DRAFT AND THE FIRST DRAFT. Staple with final draft on top and this rubric on the top.