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Argumentative

This material set-off in this fashion in the handout identifies the revision notation for these matters. Guidelines for the Argumentative/Persuasive Essay

Citing Sources

You are not to employ footnotes or endnotes in your essay. Rather, when you employ another's ideas or quote from a source in your essay, please employ the Modern Language Association, "MLA," format for in-text citations; the format is set forth in Keys, p. 144 et seq.

Quoting, Citing, and Referencing Source Material

Please also review the material on summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting material set forth in Keys, p. 122-25.

Works Cited Page

Given that your essays will contain references to sources that were employed in constructing the arguments in your essay, you are required to attach a Works Cited page, "WCP," to the essay. The WCP will provide all of the information required to locate your sources should the reader wish to review the original documentation. Please review the format for setting forth the information on the WCP in Keys, p. 153 et seq. Further, please note that you may view an example of a WCP in Keys, p.181-82.

Identification Heading

Your essay will begin with a heading that will identify you as the essay's writer and provide other, important information. You are required to employ the MLA format for creating the heading. An example of the heading format is set out in Keys, p.173.

Essay Format

You are required to employ the MLA format in writing your paper. In addition to the on-line MLA resources listed in your syllabus, an example of an essay written in the MLA format is set forth in Keys, p.173 et seq.

Pagination Header

When employing the MLA format, a page number is placed on the first page of the document along with the writer's last name as a "header" in the top, right-hand corner of each page. In this way, if one of the pages became separated from the document, it can be easily located.

Thereafter, the pagination is...