EWRT1A30: MLA and Malcolm X

The first draft of essay 1 is due Thursday. The more complete your draft, the more you will get out of the comments on it.

Remember that MLA citation is covered in the Rules for Writers book. The rules for MLA style start on page 479. Section 16 on page 486 shows how to do in-text citation for a work in an anthology. Section 22 on page 488 shows in-text citation for a web site. Advice for integrating quotations, including how to use signal phases, starts on page 469. The rules for how to do a works cited entry for an anthology are on page 500. And the rules for a short work on a web site are on page 506. So use the book. If you get confused though, just ask me.

Likewise, both our books talk about thesis statements. Rules for Writers even covers common problems on pages 28-29. The EWRT1A Reader has a lot of good advice about thesis statements on pages 13-15.

And we will discuss Malcolm X's "Learning to Read" in the beginning of class Thursday. In order to understand the significance of "Leaning to Read" by Malcolm X, you should listen to the man speak (if you haven't before). Here is one of his famous speeches, given at Oxford, England 1964. As you listen, remember that he attended pubic school only through eighth grade.