Start numbering on a different page

To start numbering on a different page, instead of on the first page of the document, you need to add a section break before the page where you want to begin numbering.

1. Click at the beginning of the page where you want to begin numbering.

You can press HOME to make sure that you're at the start of the page.

2. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks.

3. Under Section Breaks, click Next Page.
4. Double-click in the header area or the footer area (near the top of the page or near the bottom of the page).

This opens the Header & Footer Tools tab.

5. On the Header & Footer Tools, in the Navigation group, click Link to Previous to turn it off.
6. Follow the instructions for adding a page number or for adding a header and footer with a page number.
7. To start numbering with 1, click Page Number in the Header & Footer group, then click Format Page Numbers, and then click Start at and enter 1.
8. To return to the body of your document, click Close Header and Footer on the Design tab (under Header & Footer Tools).

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Coping with Quotations

Posted: 23 May 2012 09:12 PM PDT

A stock element of effective writing is to employ a quotation by a noted writer or other famous person to illustrate a point. But take care that when you seek to strengthen your work by alluding directly to another’s, you don’t in fact weaken it by committing one of the following errors:

Attributing the Quote to the Wrong Source

The Bible, William Shakespeare, and Mark Twain are sources of many memorable sentiments, but not every one. Some expressions or observations are paraphrases from Scripture, lines from other playwrights, or witticisms that Twain (or Benjamin Franklin, or Abraham Lincoln, or one of the other usual suspects) might wish he had actually thought up. (Sometimes, they are reworkings or inventions of biographers or other commentators.) Before you attribute a quotation, confirm authorship.
If the source is doubtful, signal the lack of certainty by amending your statement of credit, for example, from “The observation of Benjamin Franklin . . .” to “The observation attributed to Benjamin Franklin . . .” or from “As Abraham Lincoln once said . . .” to “As Abraham Lincoln is believed to have said . . . .”

Misquoting the Original Material

Many quotations we take for granted are in fact not verbatim versions of the original statement. Sometimes, casual common use results in slightly altered wording becoming the standard interpretation. (See this list of misquoted quotations.) Again, confirm accuracy before repeating what you think someone wrote or said, or what a not-necessarily-reliable source passed on.
Sometimes, however, the error may be deliberate: At the close of the film version of The Maltese Falcon, private detective Sam Spade’s last line comments on what all the fuss was about: “The stuff that dreams are made of.” This insight is based on a line from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest: “We are such stuff as dreams are made on.” Don’t blame Dashiell Hammett, author of the story the movie was based on; the line, which didn’t appear in the original, was crafted by director/screenwriter John Huston.
It’s a potent phrase, revealing that Spade recognizes the futility of a quest to recover the titular treasure. But it also demonstrates that he is likely well educated enough to (slightly) misquote Shakespeare. To have him proclaim or even mutter, “The stuff that dreams are made on” would sound pretentious; the fact that he made a small error somehow makes his observation more authentic. Alternately, the character’s error might be a conscious decision: The preposition in “made on” implies that the “stuff” is a foundation for building dreams, while “made of” means that the “stuff” is the ingredient — Spade’s more accurate assessment, in this case.

Cover page

This MLA title page should provide the information including your paper title and your personal information.

Calibri 14

• 1.  Skip down about one-third of MLA cover page, or press keyboard button “Enter” 15 times.
• 2.  Enter the title of your report in all caps, centered. In addition, you can also give a specific subtitle with a colon.
• 3.  Press keyboard button “Enter” to the two inches blank below the title, and type your name centered.
• 4.  Press keyboard button “Enter” to the two inches place below your name, and type your class number centered (including section number).
• 5.  Press keyboard button “Enter” to next line, and type your teacher’s name centered.
• 6.  Press keyboard button “Enter” to next line, and type the name of the course centered.
• 7.  Press keyboard button “Enter” to next line, and type the date turned in or due centered.
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Writing a Developed and Detailed Conclusion

It is important to have a strong conclusion, since this is the last chance you have to make an impression on your reader. The goal of your conclusion is not to introduce any new ideas, but to sum up everything you have written. Specifically, your conclusion should accomplish three major goals:

• Restate your thesis statement
• Summarize body paragraphs of your essay
• Leave the reader with an interesting final impression

No new information is presented in this paragraph. Instead, the writer sums up what has been written so far and leaves the reader with a last thought. While the content of the paragraph is very similar to the introduction, the paragraph itself is not exactly the same. This is important. Even though the goal of the conclusion is to restate a lot of the information from the introduction, it should sound different because the conclusion’s purpose is slightly different than the introduction.

Remember to restate your thesis, summarize your subpoints, and leave the reader with an interesting final impression.

7 Great Websites for Writers

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:24 PM PDT

From usual suspects to obscure gems, from grammar guides to usage resources, here are some websites of great value to writers:
1. Amazon.com
You may have heard of this website — a good place, I understand, to find books (or anything else manufactured). But what I appreciate even more is the “Search inside this book” link under the image of the book cover on most pages in the Books section.
No longer does one need to own a book or go to a bookstore or a library to thumb through it in search of that name or bon mot or expression you can’t quite remember. And even if you do have access to the book in question, it’s easier to search online (assuming you have a keyword in mind that’s proximal in location or locution to your evasive prey) than to try to remember on what part of what page in what part of the book you remember seeing something last week or last month or years ago.
And then, of course, there are the site’s “Frequently Bought Together” and “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” features — but the book search can be a writer’s salvation.
2. Banned for Life
Newspaper editor Tom Mangan’s site lists reader contributions of clichés and redundancies.
3. The Chicago Manual of Style Online
My review on this site of The Chicago Manual of Style notes that buying the bulky book, despite its abundance of useful information, is overkill for writers (but not editors), but editorial professionals of all kinds will benefit from the CMOS website’s Style Q&A feature, which responds authoritatively, sensibly, and often humorously to visitors’ queries.
4. GrammarBook.com
The late Jane Straus, author of The Blue Book on Grammar and Punctuation, created this site to promote her book, but it also features many simple grammar lessons (with quizzes), as well as video lessons, an e-newsletter, and blog entries that discuss various grammar topics.

5. The Phrase Finder
A useful key to proverbs, phrases from the Bible and Shakespeare, nautical expressions, and American idiom (the site originates in the United Kingdom), plus a feature called “Famous Last Words” and, for about $50 a year, subscription to a phrase thesaurus. (Subscribers include many well-known media companies and other businesses as well as universities.)
6. The Vocabula Review
The Principal Web Destination for Anyone Interested in Words and Language
Essays about language and usage; $25 per year by email, $35 for the print version.
7. The Word Detective
Words and Language in a Humorous Vein on the Web Since 1995
This online version of Evan Morris’s newspaper column of the same name (some were also published in the book The Word Detective) features humorous Q&A entries about word origins.

Intext Citation

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Comma quiz

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Formatting the First Page of Your Paper

In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.

• Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.
• Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
• Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor or other readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your first page. Always follow instructor guidelines.)

Here is a sample of the first page of a paper in MLA style:

Introduction for Research paper

First impressions are so important. How many times have you heard that? It is true that the first impression—whether it’s a first meeting with a person or the first sentence of a paper—sets the stage for a lasting opinion.

The introductory paragraph of any paper, long or short, should start with a sentence that piques the interest of your readers.
In a typical essay, that first sentence leads into two or three sentences that provide details about your subject or your process. All of these sentences build up to your thesis statement.
The thesis statement is the subject of much instruction and training. The entirety of your paper hangs on that sentence. But its function is to be informative and direct.
This means it’s not normally very exciting.

The introduction is the broad beginning of the paper that answers three important questions:

1. What is this?
2. Why am I reading it?
3. What do you want me to do?

You should answer these questions by doing the following:

1. Set the context – provide general information about the main idea, explaining the situation so the reader can make sense of the topic and the claims you make and support
2. State why the main idea is important – tell the reader why s/he should care and keep reading. Your goal is to create a compelling, clear, and convincing essay people will want to read and act upon
3. State your thesis/claim – compose a sentence or two stating the position you will support with logos (sound reasoning: induction, deduction), pathos (balanced emotional appeal), and ethos (author credibility).

When writing a research paper, you may need to use a more formal, less personal tone.

Your First Sentence

To get your paper off to a great start, you should try to have a first sentence that engages your reader. Think of your first sentence as a hook that draws your reader in. It is your big chance to be so clever that your reader can’t stop.

As you researched your topic, you probably discovered many interesting anecdotes, quotes, or trivial facts. This is exactly the sort of thing you should use for an engaging introduction.
Consider these ideas for creating a strong beginning.

Surprising fact: The pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as are necessary. The famous government building was constructed in the 1940s, when segregation laws required that separate bathrooms be installed for people of African descent. This building isn’t the only American icon that harkens back to this embarrassing and hurtful time in our history. Across the United States there are many examples of leftover laws and customs that reflect the racism that once permeated American society.


Quotation: Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.” In 2006, when Nancy Pelosi became the nation’s first female Speaker of the House, one woman’s voice rang out clear. With this development, democracy grew to its truest level ever in terms of women’s equality. The historical event also paved the way for Senator Clinton as she warmed her own vocal chords in preparation for a presidential race.

Finding the Hook

In each example, the first sentence draws the reader in to find out how the interesting fact leads to a point. You can use many methods to capture your reader’s interest.

Curiosity: A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. Some people might find a deep and mysterious meaning in this fact …
 
Definition: A homograph is a word with two or more pronunciations. Produce is one example …
 
Anecdote: Yesterday morning I watched as my older sister left for school with a bright white glob of toothpaste gleaming on her chin. I felt no regret at all until she stepped onto the bus …

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/724/1/
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/paperassignments/a/introsentence.htm 

Outline

The purpose of an outline is to help you think through your topic carefully and organize it logically before you start writing. A good outline is the most important step in writing a good paper. Check your outline to make sure that the points flow logically from one to the other, using transitional words. Include in your outline an INTRODUCTION, a BODY, and a CONCLUSION. All points must relate to the same major topic that you first mentioned in your capital Roman numeral.   http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html#step4

Introduction: Thesis

Conclusion: Thesis restated

1.     Lay out all of your cards on your desk

2.     Group into piles based on subjects.

3.     Based on my example, create an outline from these cards.

4.     Your Roman Numerals are each pile of cards.

5.     A pile is a roman numeral (I.)

6.     A card is a letter (A.)

7.     The information on a card is a number (1.)

Font

Title – Calibri 12-14

Body – Cambria 12

Exhibition alternative assignment

Find 5 students who presented at exhibition. I expect you to have 3 of the 5 students NOT from our class.

Get their full name (spelled correctly), their grade level, what their project was that they presented.

Get a quote from each student about their experience with exhibition 2012. Quotes must be thoughtful and something that not everyone would say, such as "Good" or "It was fun"

Note card example

Begin by taking notes about what your person did to make them well known

Statistics (SLUG – WHAT CARD'S INFORMATION IS)

Pluto is smaller than Earth's moon.

Pluto is reddish-brown.
“Pluto has an enormous moon for its size, Charon. It is more than half the size of Pluto.” (WORD-FOR-WORD GOES IN QUOTATION)
The sun would look like a bright star from Pluto, since they are so far away from each other.
Pluto's atmosphere contains traces of methane, nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

                                     (Henbest 25)

(SOURCE AT BOTTOM-FIRST WORD OF SOURCE)

NO PAGE ON INTERNET SOURCES!!!

Works Cited example

Include your name in a header - flush right

Works Cited (CALIBRI 12-14)

CAMBRIA 10-12 - ALPHABETIZE

Henbest, Nigel. The Planets A Guided Tour of Our Solar System Through The Eyes Of. New York: Viking, 1992. Print.

Mechler, Gary, Steven K. Croft, Melinda Hutson, and Robert Marcialis. "Planets and Their Moons." (Book, 1995) [WorldCat.org]. Alfred A. Knopf. Web. 03 Apr. 2012. <http://www.worldcat.org/title/planets-and-their-

Thesis

An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience.


Example of an expository (explanatory) thesis statement:

 

The life of the typical college student is characterized by time spent studying, attending class, and socializing with peers.

The paper that follows should

• explain how students spend their time studying, attending class, and socializing with peers

Note:

Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.

The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.

Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

Please email me and yourself your thesis

1. Include your name and hour in the subject

2. Write the thesis directly in the body of your email - DO NOT ATTACH!