As you prepare your final submission, be sure you've done the following:
included at least 15 sources, with full MLA citations & 3-4 sentence-long summaries
alphabetized the sources by first word of citation entry
used hanging indent and other Works Cited page formatting guidelines
included an 4-line MLA page heading on the first page, and your last name & page number in the top right corner of all pages
included at least 5 articles from our library's journal databases
included at least 2 book-length sources
included at least 1 online media source
identified at least 2 of the sources in the bibliography which contain arguments which disagree with your own thesis. Be sure to note that in the summary for these sources; otherwise I may not recognize them as opposing viewpoints.
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Citations exactly follow MLA guidelines for bibliographic entries. They will need few to no changes in order to be ready for use in the final research essay.
Citations follow MLA guidelines, but are missing key elements and/or have elements out of order. They will need editing before they are ready for the final research essay.
Citations do not follow MLA guidelines at all, though they do have some sense of formatting. They will need to be heavily edited before they are ready for the final research essay.
Paragraphs following citations are richly detailed, giving a clear summary of the source along with brief but thorough explanations regarding the source's validity and usefulness to your research goals. Expertly edited and proofread content.
Paragraphs following citations are detailed, giving a summary of the source along with some explanations regarding the source's validity and usefulness to your research goals. Edited and proofread content, perhaps with some minor errors.
Paragraphs following citations are detailed but may be missing one of the following: summary/ validity/ usefulness. Edited content, though containing multiple errors.
Paragraphs following citations are extremely brief and don't convey how the sources fit in with your research project. No sense of editing or proofreading before submission; errors may lead to misunderstanding or confusion.
Bibliography contains at least 15 sources; of these at least 5 are from the library, at least 2 are book-length; at least 1 is an online media source; at least 2 contain opinions that disagree with your own.
Bibliography contains at least 15 sources; of these at least 5 are from the library, at least 2 are book-length; at least 1 is an online media source. If there are two that contain opinions contradictory to your own, they are not clearly marked in the bibliography and so not immediately obvious to your reader.
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