Wednesday content, for Friday prep
BRING YOUR DIGITAL MEMO TO CLASS ON FRIDAY. We will revise working on a few items, principally signal phrases in both reference citation and formal citation. Citation is an act of ethos -- building trust with your reader using strong, authoritative sources; Citation is also an act of generosity, making referrals to help the reader select further reading.
Let's start, however, with a little warm-up joy on ABT. Can you find the ABT in this song? 'Tis in the chorus.
Now, for science fun, look at this parody of CRJ's uber popular bubble gum pop song:
UMSOM does the BEST parodies (lesson: medical schools need you to build community and some fun; who knew?):
Question: do they use the ABT structure?
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SIGNAL PHRASES and natural language (referral citation). Newspapers provide clues to source details without using parenthetical phrases or formal end notes). Wht is the job of signal phrases? Three fold:
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DRAW boundaries: Signal phrases demark your words and the source’s words. These phrases provide smooth transition for the reader between your words and the source; signal phrases distinguish between two or more sources in a paragraph.
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Emphasizes source, thereby ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY: Signal phrases reveal the author or source being invoked. You can also provide additional and important details like: publication name, date, and perhaps location. Think of the clues that a reader could use to find this original in a google search: Who, where, when....
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AVOIDING plagiarism and intellectual property violations: All source material must be cited EVEN in less formal settings. Signal phrases plus additional details are one way to cite a source within sentences or even your spoken voice.
Look at your document and think about how to use such phrases:
According to this well-written Wikipedia entry on bioretention,
These details about rain garden design are taken from the "bible" of bioretention, The Bioretention Manual, posted at the Prince George's County website. Written in 2009, the pdf form is used widely for rain garden implementation.
. . ., according to several EPA sources that assess the cost-effectiveness of rain gardens in environmental problem solving.
This 2007 slide set, available at Allen Davis' faculty web page, provide an open access overview of his work on bioretention effectiveness. . .
See more about how serious these environmental problems are in the Prince George's County Bioretention Manual (pages X-Q, especially.
Marybeth Shea
From Andy K, this excellent suggestion: a Group Me option to support peer review, questions, and learning together. Our name comes from my preference of having a HelloKitty Pirate mini stapler. I hope I said this in all classes but perhaps I did not. If you find such a stapler, please buy this for me and I will reimburse you, up to 25 bucks. I am totally team Hello Kitty PIRATE-style.
Sorry that Andy's image does not size right. Go here for the location.