english help (hw)

[dannyd]

i have a report due next week friday for english. i have to write 2.5 to 3 pages on an writer. in my report i have to write about the writers life and memorable moments. i also have to write about 2 pages of quotes for short stories and poems.

my problem is i dont know how to write a quote. since my teacher is in college and figures we are all going to collega next year she wants the quotes to be just like they should be done in college. she showed us in school a while ago but i didnt get it then or now.

all i remember is that it has to include where i got if from, who wrote it originally i guess a website and some other stuff.

I'm preety sure there are some college students here. I'm really hoping you can give me some pointers. oh yeah I'm doint this on Edgar Allen Poe. I've done everything else i dont get how to do the quotong. she made it sound all confusing.

 

[bustedgears]

This should answer all your questions.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html

The style that your teacher is probably looking for is MLA (modern language association). This has examples of citation styles for pretty much any source.

I hope this helps.

 

[jon2]

I think you are talking about a Bibliography right? You have to be able to reference where the quotes you used are located. So you have to get the info and be able to show it.

Check this link out...EXAMPLE

 

[bustedgears]

BTW: where the heck did you get that avatar???

 

[dannyd]

thanks busted and jon. i think I'm starting to understand this.

me and my teacher go at it all the time. i personally dont think I'm going to need this. reason being I'm going to a trade school majoring in automotive. i could care less about some writer. my teacher says well how do you know? then i say well last time i checked it wasn't a crazy write who was in love with his cousin who built the fist automobile. then it will die out and we will go at about something else. she knows i dont like her and she possibly dont like me. on the other hand she gave me a 85 on my report card.

sorry thinking out loud.

oh if you want to know where i got my avatar from igot it from where i got a couple of my others

http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Various/Scary/

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Danny, no matter if you attend a trade school or medical school, being able to read and write proper English is paramount to your success. It may suck having to write a specific report on an author, and you may be right, you may never have to submit a report on an author to an employer, but you may have to submit a report.

Let's say you work yourself into a management position at a trucking company and you're in charge of the garage area. At some point, you will (I guarantee it) have to submit a report summarizing the work activities of your shop including financials on money spent on repairs and the like. Included in this report will be your request for budget money to either expand the shop, update tools, increase your headcount, additional training for your technicians and the like.

Your personal success and the success of your department may very well hinge on how well you prepared this report and part of that is your ability to communicate effectively via the written word. I find it extremely ironic that, as the world continues to evolve towards electronic messaging consisting primarily of written communication, there is actually a de-emphasis on basic writing skills and an increase in the use of I'm shorthand, like "R U OK".

I'm not singling you out by any stretch, so do not take anything personally from this. I'm merely suggesting that, rather than fight your teacher because you are going to a trade school, try to learn it to better yourself. Proper English is not reserved for those with college degrees, it is required (at least in my opinion) of anyone that lives in works in this country!

Anyhow, good luck with your report. Just curious, what author did you choose?

 

[vbgagnon]

Danny would it be possible to change your avatar. I gag every time I see it. This may sound scarcastic, but I'm totally serious.

 

[jon2]

Danny would it be possible to change your avatar. I gag every time I see it. This may sound scarcastic, but I'm totally serious.

....ahem....WUSS....ahem...wuss! LOL Just playin.


I agree with MW, just because it may not seem to be relevant in your career, doesn't mean it will not help you out. The best things in life can be done with just your mind. If you enrich your mind with knowledge you won't have to choose to do labor work. Granted, I understand that with hard work you can still achieve great things; it's just that giveing yourself that knowledge can be benificial to you in so many different ways then you probably can think of right now. I find myself surprising myself on things I haven't used since High School. Been 12 years only but still it helps me out now.

You seem like a great kid with goals and soon to be a young man that will acheive those goals. Just don't give up on things that you think is a waste of time. Your teacher is there for a reason, to help you prepare for things later in life.

Good luck on your report!

Your friend

Jon

 

[NvNitro]

Danny, no matter if you attend a trade school or medical school, being able to read and write proper English is paramount to your success. It may suck having to write a specific report on an author, and you may be right, you may never have to submit a report on an author to an employer, but you may have to submit a report.

Let's say you work yourself into a management position at a trucking company and you're in charge of the garage area. At some point, you will (I guarantee it) have to submit a report summarizing the work activities of your shop including financials on money spent on repairs and the like. Included in this report will be your request for budget money to either expand the shop, update tools, increase your headcount, additional training for your technicians and the like.

Your personal success and the success of your department may very well hinge on how well you prepared this report and part of that is your ability to communicate effectively via the written word. I find it extremely ironic that, as the world continues to evolve towards electronic messaging consisting primarily of written communication, there is actually a de-emphasis on basic writing skills and an increase in the use of I'm shorthand, like "R U OK".

I'm not singling you out by any stretch, so do not take anything personally from this. I'm merely suggesting that, rather than fight your teacher because you are going to a trade school, try to learn it to better yourself. Proper English is not reserved for those with college degrees, it is required (at least in my opinion) of anyone that lives in works in this country!

Anyhow, good luck with your report. Just curious, what author did you choose?

Read this over and over danny...it's great advice, and also very true about a report that you may have to write down the road. Cause in the line of work your going to be going into...guaranteed.. you'll be up for a report writting of some sort. It may not be soon, but it will come. IMO

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Danny would it be possible to change your avatar. I gag every time I see it. This may sound scarcastic, but I'm totally serious.

Oh, I agree! I just sit and wince and wince seeing that nail go through that finger. Yeah, I may be a wuss, J2, what of it?

 

[jon2]

Yeah, I may be a wuss, J2, what of it?

Nothin... you are happy

 

[dannyd]

thank you guys for the advise and tips on how to do this. i was at my mothers job today and i saw her writing a report but it was all numbers ( she works at time warner cable). her report included how much was made during the month, time on the phone for the poeple and other things.

anyway i see iom going to have to do reports when i get older so let me just do it.

btw. i changed my avatar for some of you softies. hope this one wont make you sick. lol

thanks again
Daniel.

 

[hb1111]

you need to read english because:

 

[dannyd]

hey HB what the hell is he doing? he looks dumbfounded.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Read the label on the tube he's holding.

 

[jon2]

ooohhh the menthol feeling..... gross.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Kicking this up because I caught an article in today's USA Today that reinforces my original post earlier:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-05-29-teen-texting_x.htm

See? Monkey Wrench isn't crazy after all!

 

[dannyd]

nice find monkey. oh yeah btw i handed in my report friday. my teacher said it was very good. it was suposed to be a 3 page typed report but i ended up doing 4 pages. that same day the english department decided to change it up a bit. before it was 1 page on the persons life and stuff and the other was involing quotes from different short stories and poems. now they want the quote and biography to mixed into one. i got my paper back today. when i heard that i just said fine and thats it. no use in saying nothing else to her. if i dont do it i dont graduate.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

nice find monkey. oh yeah btw i handed in my report friday. my teacher said it was very good. it was suposed to be a 3 page typed report but i ended up doing 4 pages. that same day the english department decided to change it up a bit. before it was 1 page on the persons life and stuff and the other was involing quotes from different short stories and poems. now they want the quote and biography to mixed into one. i got my paper back today. when i heard that i just said fine and thats it. no use in saying nothing else to her. if i dont do it i dont graduate.

Yeah, I can tell the assignment really paid off!

 

[Got Nitro?]

From reading this i actually learned something new,thank's for bringing this topic up,I also have to do a report next year for my senior project,this should help me,I think.