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You are writing a reflection paper based on my annotated bibliography essay. Reflection paper means it must include all the errors caused me to earn the grade I received and how I will address these errors in the future. I uploaded my essay and based on my instructor’s comments please write how you will correct these errors in the future. I used “I” because it’s talking about my essay. You can substitute “I” as yourself because you are the one who’s writing this reflection essay. Read my essay and review all the errors that I made in this essay and write how I will correct those errors in the future. Purpose of writing this essay is all about how you will correct those errors from the essay in the future. You will see my professor’s comments on the right side of this essay.
Citations: How-To Guide
• Tips
o Alphabetical order, NEVER numbered!
o Hanging indent (View>Rulers>Upward triangle to half inch)
o No URLs
o Same font & size (even the title)
o Double-spaced
o Title: centered, Works Cited
o If there’s no author, then just start with the title. Still in alphabetical order!
o Dates: day Mo. Year (26 Sept. 2010).
o In-Text Citations:
? Author and the page number (Jones 22).
? If you use the author’s name in the sentence, you don’t need it in the citation
• According to Jones, “Cats are the best” (22).
? If you don’t have an author, use the title of the work.
• It’s been said that “cats are the best” (“Feline Friends”).
o Multiple Authors:
? Last, First, First Last, and First Last.
? Shimensky, Cory, Alexis Keefer, and Chris Lawless.
? Four+
• Shimensky, Cory, et al.
• Citations
o Journal articles
? Lastname, Firstname of first author, and First and Lastname of second author. “Title of Article.” Journal title vol.iss (year): pages-pages. Medium(must be italicize). Date accessed.
Example: Sargent, Michael G. “Mystic Writing and Dramatic Texts in late Medieval England.” Religion and literature 31.2 (2005): 57-64. Print.
o Books (can use for ebook)
? Lastname, Firstname. Title of book. City: Publisher, year. Medium.
Do not use Corp
Inc
Sons
University–> “U”
Press–> “P”
Example: Goodrich, Thomas. The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Greet american Tragedy. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2005. Web. Google books. 30 Sept. 2015.
o Chapter in a book (Work in a Collection)
? Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Chapter.” Title of the Book. Ed. Editorfirst Lastname. City: Publisher, year. Pg#-pg#. Medium (Print).
? Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Chapter.” Title of the Book. Ed. Editorfirst Lastname. City: Publisher, year. Pg#-pg#. Medium (Web). Database (Google Scholar, Academic Search Premier). Date accessed.
o Newspaper articles
? Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Newspaper date published: Pg#-pg#. Medium (Print).
• If it is any other edition (late, early, etc.): Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Newspaper date published, X ed.: Pg#-pg#. Medium (Print).
• If it is on more than one separated pages: Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Newspaper date published, X ed.: FirstPg#+. Medium (Print).
? Online: Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Newspaper. Publisher, date published. Medium (Web). Date accessed.
o Website
? Lastname, Firstname. “Title of the Web Page.” Title of the Entire Site. (Ed. EditorFirst LastName.) Publisher, date published/updated. Medium (Web). Date accessed.
o Advertisement
? Product or Company. Medium (Advertisement).
? “Real Beauty Campaign.” Dove. Advertisement.
o Film
? Title of the Movie. Dir. DirectorFirst Lastname. Perf. PerformerFirst LastName. Distributor (Fox, Disney, Touchstone, etc.), year. Medium (Film).
? Title of the Movie. Dir. DirectorFirst Lastname. Perf. PerformerFirst LastName. Distributor (Fox, Disney, Touchstone, etc.), year. Medium (Web). Database (Google Scholar, Academic Search Premier). Date accessed.
o Speech
? Last, Firstname (who gave the speech). “Title of the Speech.” Event for the speech. City, date speech performed. Medium (Speech).
Example: King, Martin Luther, Jr. “I Have a Dream.” Lincoln Memorial. Washington, 28 Aug. 1963. Speech.