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Biographies

Biographies. 1. Introductions. Should have information of why person is being discussed Information of early life: Birth, parents school; things that lead to their success/failure Reference to achievements/failures or impacts. 2. Language.

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Biographies

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  1. Biographies

  2. 1. Introductions • Should have information of why person is being discussed • Information of early life: Birth, parents school; things that lead to their success/failure • Reference to achievements/failures or impacts

  3. 2. Language • Expository Language: Not an opinion, you will demonstrate your like, or dislike, of them when you discuss their achievements or failures. • Do NOT use slang such as “like” or MSN type writing such as “LOL”. You are writing a formal essay and your audience is your teacher. Therefore, you must get into the habit of using language in a more formal manner. • Colloquialisms: Common Language – gonna, awesome, cool, • Repetition: use synonyms. However, however, however. Therefore, therefore, therefore. Although, although, although. ESPECIALLY IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH!! • Transitions: Do not number your paragraphs. Use other transition words. (Another, other, then, moreover)

  4. 3. Conclusions • Tie all the strings together • Restate some of the achievements/failures and impacts in a way the closes the topic. • A final thought/analysis of who the person is/was.

  5. Quotations/Bibliographical Information (MLA) • In-Text Citations (Websites) • Include the text in the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation • No paragraphs or page numbers • Do not include FULL URL’s. – Only partial URL’s or a domain name • Eg. Purdue OWL states that “MLA style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.”

  6. Quotations/Bibliographical Information (MLA) • Bibliographies (Website) • There is a very specific way to include the bibliographical information in your bibliography and it also depends on the type of source you are using. EVERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF SOURCE HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF BEING CITED!!! Website: Editor, Author or compiler name (if available). Name of Site.Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher),date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Eg. The Purdue OWL family of Sites.The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U,2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008. WEB ADDRESSES ARE NOT ENOUGH!!!

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