Select one composer/genre from a provided list as the subject of your oral presentation. This assignment will be the research for your oral presentation and will assist you in presenting an informative and interesting oral presentation. Your research will help you become familiar with the origins, history, and general information of the genre of your subject, as well as the biography of your composer if chosen.
Write a @1000-1200 word MLA Format research paper on the subject/genre that you chose in class for your oral presentation.
If you choose a composer, be sure to give a thorough biography and include song titles and dates as well as other milestones.
If you chose a genre, be sure to include the origins, history, and several examples of the genre (composer, song title and date composed). (THIS ONE)
Use MLA format parenthetical citations in your paper to cite all source information you use (not just quoted material).
Cite your sources in a separate MLA Works Cited page at the end of your paper.
Use at least 2 different resources other than your textbook. For this assignment, they can be general internet sources.
GORDON WRITING REQUIREMENTS FOR A WRITING-ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM COURSE
Each MLA paper should include a thesis sentence in a proficient introductory paragraph, a main body, a conclusion, a Works Cited page and parenthetical notation.
As a rule of thumb, no more than 30% of your paper should be taken from direct text. For success, develop your topic in advance of the due date in order that you might work on paraphrasing.
Refrain from plagiarism. Plagiarism, in short, occurs when the writer gives the impression that what has been written or thought is original even though the information has been borrowed without crediting the resource. It is often unintentional when a student begins to write but may surface as a bad habit and crutch when the writer procrastinates and hurriedly fulfills an assignment overnight.
Specified due dates will be cited in class. Papers are not accepted after 1 week past the due date.Select one composer/genre from a provided list as the subject of your oral presentation. This assignment will be the research for your oral presentation and will assist you in presenting an informative and interesting oral presentation. Your research will help you become familiar with the origins, history and general information of the genre of your subject, as well as the biography of your composer, if chosen.
Write a @1000-1200 word MLA Format research paper on the subject/genre that you chose in class for your oral presentation.
If you chose a composer, be sure to give a thorough biography and include song titles and dates as well as other milestones.
If you chose a genre, be sure to include the origins, history and several examples of the genre (composer, song title and date composed).
Use MLA format parenthetical citations in your paper to cite all source information you use (not just quoted material).
Cite your sources in a separate MLA Works Cited page at the end of your paper.
Use at least 2 different resources other than your textbook. For this assignment, they can be general internet sources.
GORDON WRITING REQUIREMENTS FOR A WRITING-ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM COURSE
Each MLA paper should include a thesis sentence in a proficient introductory paragraph, a main body, a conclusion, a Works Cited page and parenthetical notation.
As a rule of thumb, no more than 30% of your paper should be taken from direct text. For success, develop your topic in advance of the due date in order that you might work on paraphrasing.
Refrain from plagiarism. Plagiarism, in short, occurs when the writer gives the impression that what has been written or thought is original even though the information has been borrowed without crediting the resource. It is often unintentional when a student begins to write but may surface as a bad habit and crutch when the writer procrastinates and hurriedly fulfills an assignment overnight.
Specified due dates will be cited in class. Papers are not accepted after 1 week past the due date.Select one composer/genre from a provided list as the subject of your oral presentation. This assignment will be the research for your oral presentation and will assist you in presenting an informative and interesting oral presentation. Your research will help you become familiar with the origins, history and general information of the genre of your subject, as well as the biography of your composer, if chosen.
Write a @1000-1200 word MLA Format research paper on the subject/genre that you chose in class for your oral presentation.
If you chose a composer, be sure to give a thorough biography and include song titles and dates as well as other milestones.
If you chose a genre, be sure to include the origins, history and several examples of the genre (composer, song title and date composed).
Use MLA format parenthetical citations in your paper to cite all source information you use (not just quoted material).
Cite your sources in a separate MLA Works Cited page at the end of your paper.
Use at least 2 different resources other than your textbook. For this assignment, they can be general internet sources.
GORDON WRITING REQUIREMENTS FOR A WRITING-ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM COURSE
Each MLA paper should include a thesis sentence in a proficient introductory paragraph, a main body, a conclusion, a Works Cited page and parenthetical notation.
As a rule of thumb, no more than 30% of your paper should be taken from direct text. For success, develop your topic in advance of the due date in order that you might work on paraphrasing.
Refrain from plagiarism. Plagiarism, in short, occurs when the writer gives the impression that what has been written or thought is original even though the information has been borrowed without crediting the resource. It is often unintentional when a student begins to write but may surface as a bad habit and crutch when the writer procrastinates and hurriedly fulfills an assignment overnight.
Specified due dates will be cited in class. Papers are not accepted after 1 week past the due date.