Academic Standards.pdf

Academic Standards Academic Standards Required: It is a very good idea to keep the following in mind: Help with MLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea-P6rg3awc MLA Heading: (located at the top left hand side one inch from the top and double spaced) Your Name Professor Scott English 1301 D...

Academic Standards Academic Standards Required: It is a very good idea to keep the following in mind: Help with MLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea-P6rg3awc MLA Heading: (located at the top left hand side one inch from the top and double spaced) Your Name Professor Scott English 1301 Day Month Year MLA Header: (located in the header at the top right side ½ inch down) Last name and page number  The lower case “i” should never be used as a word (first person pronoun). The capital “I” should always be used. The word “English” is always capitalized (as are the names of other languages). Do not use contractions (won’t, don’t, it’s etc.). It is considered casual language. Do not use first person (I, me, my, we, us, our, etc.). It is considered casual language. Do not use second person (you, your, yourself, etc.). It is considered casual language. Magazine articles, newspaper articles, YouTube titles, poems, and short stories are written using quotation marks. Example: “Boys” by Rick Moody –“Boys” is a short story by Rick Moody. Newspaper titles, Magazine Titles, Website names are italicized. Tyler Morning Telegraph Commas matter. Make sure that you use them to divide two complete sentences that include a conjunction (FANBOYS --- http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm ). When referring to literary work, present tense is used… Lines from poetry are separated with slash marks (/ //)…Required in 1302 Additionally, use commas with introductory phrases when they begin a sentence (AWWUUBIS) --- A....after A....although A....as W...while W...when U....until B....before B....because I......if S....since https://quizlet.com/115152403/awubis-flash-cards/ ) words.  Capitalization matters. Be sure to capitalize the appropriate words in story/poem/drama titles. Capitalize journal/magazine articles and titles even when the journalist style does not. Do not begin a sentence with FANBOYS. (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). Do not use the ampersand (&). Remember to appropriately use MLA citation format (in-text and works cited) including comma and period placement for borrowed source material. Words to replace first person: People, person, individual, he, she, they, male, female, student, students, learners, adolescents, children, child, youth, communities, citizens, man, woman, men, women, group, learners, readers [The word “kids” is considered casual and should not be used in your academic work.]