Part 1) Find two critical sources you think you might use in your research project. These sources can be critical essays originally published in academic journals, essays published in a print volume of critical essays, or a book of literary criticism. All of these types of sources can be found through databases or the Mason library website.
Select a passage that from each source that you think someone could read in five minutes; this will usually be somewhere from three to six paragraphs, depending on their length. You can do this by copying and pasting to a Word document, or by using an app like Genius Scan to take a photo of the text and convert it to a pdf, and then printing it. As we have discusssed, you will almost never find a passage worth quoting in the first or last paragraphs of a source, so the selection you copy should not include the first or last paragraph of an essay or book chapter.
Make a document with this passage on it and e-mail it to the peers with whom you did peer response last week; please cc me when you do that.
Part 2) On a separate document, type out a passage from each source you think might be worth quoting. The quotations should be between one sentence and three sentences long. Format and cite the quotation correctly. Explain how you plan to use eacb quotation: whether you will extend, apply, or rebut it with logic or evidence, and how exactly you think it will help support your argument. In the process, and especially when applying, you may want to quote one of the primary sources, too. At the end of the document, put correctly formatted MLA-style works cited entries for both sources.
E-mail this document only to me, and then have it ready in front of you when class begins. Do not show your peers this document.