Brian T. Murphy
ENG-270: Introduction to Poetry
Supplemental Materials
Introduction to Literature Courses 1-2
English Department Statement on Plagiarism 3
LaGuardia Community College Policy on Academic Integrity 4
English Department Style Sheet 5-6
Cover Page (sample) 7
Revising and Editing Checklist 8
Incorporating Sources 9
Works Cited:
Instructions 10
Sample 11
Research Paper Checklist 12
Selected Poems:
Anonymous, “[There was a young lady of Riga]” 13
Hashin, “[No sky and no earth]” 13
William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkness” 13
Randall Jarrell, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” 13
Langston Hughes, “Theme For English B” 14
Lewis Carroll, “Jabberwocky” 14
Lewis Carroll, “Humpty Dumpty Explicates ‘Jabberwocky’” 15
Richard Eberhart, “The Fury of Aerial Bombardment” 16
www.Brian-T-Murphy.com/Eng270.htm
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE ELECTIVES
You have taken one or more courses in the English Department. In this course you will build on your achievements. You should expect to write at the 200- level, and you should also expect to look at texts in greater depth and further your reading and writing analytical skills. This course will also help you prepare to transfer to a four-year institution of higher learning and help you prepare for the CUNY Proficiency Exam (CPE) graduation requirement, if you have not completed this requirement.
1. You will be encouraged to experience reading, writing, speaking, and listening as an integrated process. You should read closely and with an open mind, be prepared to make observations and ask questions in class, and then keep in mind that when you write, you are yourself creating a literary text. You are as much a part of the literary community as the authors of the texts.
2. Your instructor will encourage you to analyze and respond to the meta- phorical, imagistic, and symbolic language of texts; to develop the interpretative strategies and critical vocabulary needed to understand, talk, and write about literature; to appreciate the formal and thematic aspects of literature; to see connections between what is written and how it is written; to see the relationship of literature to society and to human experience; to see texts in comparison with earlier texts and to understand some of the historical forces which created them; to find joy and pleasure in reading a diversity of texts by women and men of varied philosophies and writing styles, from a range of social and ethnic origins.
3. You will be required to write three to four essays ranging from 500 to 2,000 words in length. At least one of these essays must incorporate secondary sources or alternate texts. Your instructor may also assign other writing assignments. As in English 101, you will be required to follow the appropriate MLA format. You will be reminded of the various pitfalls of plagiarism (presenting someone else’s work as your own). Any student who plagiarizes will be given a failing grade.
4. All of the essays written in the course will build on the writing skills you learned in English 101. All papers should use vivid and effective language and exhibit organized and developed ideas which support a thesis or main point.
5. Your instructor will also respond to your writing both in conferences and in written comments on your papers. The instructor will evaluate and grade your written work according to content, organization, style, grammar, and your use of analytical skills. The instructor will also make specific suggestions for revision.
6. Remember that tutors in the Writing Center (El 11) are available to offer you help in improving your writing skills. The Writing Center is a free service. You are encouraged to use it to help revise your work and to work on those areas which are giving you specific problems. Your instructor may require that you attend the Writing Center if your writing needs significant improvement.
7. You must buy the assigned text(s) and, if required, appropriate sized paper and/or a computer diskette. A dictionary should be used for all in-class writing assignments.
8. You may be absent for no more than four hours (not counting excused absences). Your instructor will decide what constitutes excused and unexcused absences.
9. Your instructor will determine your final grade primarily on the quality of the overall work submitted in the course. Your instructor has the right to refuse to accept a late assignment and may lower the grade for late work. Your instructor will inform the class of how final grades will be determined.
10. Your instructor will provide a detailed syllabus.
*Note that you must have passed ENG 101 to remain and receive credit for this literature electives course.
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STATEMENT OF PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is stealing. Plagiarized papers automatically receive a failing grade.
Sometimes students plagiarize papers because they do not wish to do their own work, but sometimes they plagiarize because they do not fully understand what plagiarism is. This explanation should help you to understand and avoid plagiarism.
Plagiarism is stealing the words and ideas of someone else. If you copy sentences from a book, magazine article, newspaper, encyclopedia, or any other printed source and do not put quotation marks around the sentences, you are plagiarizing. If you paraphrase the sentence (put the ideas into your own words) but do not show where you got the ideas, you are plagiarizing.
All research papers use ideas and actual sentences from printed sources; therefore, it is important to learn how to use this material in your paper without plagiarizing.
The following sentences appeared in the New York Post on July 4, 1978 on page 4:
The police have begun a new drive against midtown vice by having decoy plainclothes women officers arrest men who patronize prostitutes. The new effort, begun quietly four months ago, has resulted in more than 150 summonses, which could result in fines of up to $250 each. Many of the cases that have reached court so far ended in fines of $25 or less. Midtown police say the change in emphasis is in part a recognition that male customers contribute to the problem as much as the prostitutes.
A. If you wanted to use a sentence or two from this source, you would name the source, copy the words and punctuation exactly and put quotation marks around them. Your quote would look like this:
According to the New York Post (July 4, 1978), “The police have begun a new drive against midtown vice by having decoy plainclothes women officers arrest men who patronize prostitutes” (Smith 4).
If you had not used quotation marks, you would have plagiarized. Following the final quotation marks, put in parenthesis the last name of the author and the page number. If there is no author, put the article title in abbreviated form in parenthesis with the page number.
B. If you wanted to put the main point of the sentences into your own words, you would name your source but not use quotation marks. Your paraphrase might look like this:
According to the July 4, 1978 issue of the New York Post, women police officers dressed in street clothes now apprehend men who pay for the services of prostitutes (Smith 4).
Note: Commonly used words such as men and prostitutes may be used in a paraphrase without placing quotation marks around them.
C. However, sometimes a paraphrase may contain phrases from the original. If your paraphrase includes phrases from the original, those phrases must be in quotation marks. If you do not do this, you are plagiarizing. The following is an example of plagiarism:
According to the New York Post on July 4, 1978, there is a new drive against vice in midtown Manhattan because decoy plainclothes women officers are now apprehending men who patronize prostitutes.
Notice that the phrases a new drive against, decoy plainclothes women officers, and men who patronize prostitutes are quoted, but they do not have quotation marks around them. The writer has just changed a few words. That is plagiarism, even though the writer refers to the New York Post.
A paraphrase containing quoted phrases should look like this:
According to the New York Post (July 4, 1978), there is “a new drive against” vice in midtown Manhattan because “decoy plainclothes women officers” are now apprehending “men who patronize prostitutes” (Smith 4).
D. Remember to list all of the sources that you have used in your bibliography.
LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICY ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
It is the responsibility of each student to familiarize himself or herself with the information written here.
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ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Academic Dishonesty is prohibited in the City University of New York and is punishable by penalties ranging from a grade of “F” on a given test, research paper or assignment, to an “F” in the course, or suspension or expulsion from the College.
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Academic Dishonesty includes:
● CHEATING—the unauthorized use or attempted use of material, information, notes, study aids, devices or communication during an academic exercise. Examples: Copying from a student during an examination, unauthorized collaboration on take home assignments, submitting someone else’s work as your own, allowing another student to take an examination for you, or unauthorized use of notes, electronic devices or other materials during an examination.
● PLAGIARISM—the act of presenting another person’s ideas, research or writings as your own. Examples: Copying another person’s actual words without the use of quotation marks and/or footnotes, failure to acknowledge a source when using information that is not common knowledge or failure to acknowledge collaborators on homework or laboratory assignments.
● INTERNET PLAGIARISM—plagiarism that includes the submitting of downloaded term papers or parts of term papers as a student’s own work, paraphrasing or copying information from the internet without citing the source, as well as other forms of “cutting and pasting.”
● OBTAINING UNFAIR ADVANTAGE—any activity that intentionally or unintentionally gives a student an unfair academic advantage over other students. Examples: Stealing, circulating or otherwise gaining access to unauthorized examination materials, intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student’s work, depriving other students of access to needed class or library materials by stealing, destroying or defacing them, retaining or circulating examination materials that clearly should have been returned at the end of the exam.
● FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS Examples: Forging signatures or authorization, falsifying information on academic records, falsifying official documents such as grade reports, drop/add forms, ID cards or other college documents.
● MISCONDUCT ON INTERNSHIPS— Behavior inappropriate to a professional setting or in violation of the rules established by either the College or the internship site. Noncompliance with local, state and federal laws while on internship is also included. (Above adapted from The CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity, June 2004)
VIOLATIONS OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The handling of violations of academic integrity involves the imposition of sanctions in accordance with the College’s definitions of academic dishonesty as listed above.
● When an incident involving apparent academic dishonesty occurs, the instructor will retain related documentation and complete an “Academic Integrity Complaint Form.”
● The instructor will then meet with the student to discuss the academic integrity charge and to explain the proposed sanction.
● If a student does not challenge the accusation and accepts the proposed sanction, the student signs the Academic Integrity Complaint Form and is given a copy. The remaining copies are then given to the Department Chairperson and the College Adjudicator in the Office of Enrollment and student Development.
● If a student indicates on the Academic Integrity Complaint Form that he or she wishes to challenge the accusation or penalty or does not wish to make a statement, or if the student refuses to sign the Form or meet with the instructor, the Complaint Form is forwarded to the Department Chairperson. The student may request to meet with the Department Chairperson. If the matter still remains unresolved, a copy of the Complaint Form is given to the student and the instructor. The remaining copies of the Complaint Form and related documentation are then forwarded to the College Adjudicator in the Office of Enrollment and Student Development for further action.
a) Students challenging cases involving plagiarism: The College Adjudicator will forward the complaint to the College’s Academic Standing Committee for review. The ASC will evaluate the alleged violation and return its decision to the College Adjudicator in a timely fashion. At that time, the College Adjudicator will inform the student of the final decision and sanction, if any.
b) Students challenging all other cases of academic dishonesty: The College Adjudicator will forward the complaint to the College’s Faculty Student Review Board. The FSRB will evaluate the alleged violation and return its decision to the College Adjudicator in a timely fashion. At that time, the College Adjudicator will inform the student of the final decision and sanction, if any.
c) Students indicating “I do not wish to make a statement at this time” or refusing to sign the complaint form or meet with the instructor: The College Adjudicator will call the student to a meeting to determine an appropriate course of action as described above. In cases in which a student fails to appear at the required meeting or to contact the adjudicator within one week of his or her failure to appear, the instructor’s sanction shall apply without further benefit of student appeal.
The Adjudicator will keep records of all cases involving academic dishonesty. In cases involving a second or further offense, the Student Faculty Review Board may impose a disciplinary sanction in addition to the academic sanction imposed by the instructor.
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LaGuardia Community College English Dept.
Rev. Jan. 21, 1998
STYLE SHEET
Papers written to fulfill requirements for the English Department must follow the format outlined below.
Format / Handwritten / Typedpaper / white looseleaf (8 ½ x 11)
(no spiral or legal or colors) / plain white unlined
(no onionskin or erasables; remove perforations from computer pages, separate the pages, put them in order and staple)
ink
Spacing
left margin
right, top
& bottom margins / blue or black
skip lines
1 ½ inches
1 inch / black
double space
1 ½ inches
1 inch
paragraphs
clips / indent 1 inch
staple once in left-hand corner or clip / indent 6 spaces
staple once in
left-hand corner or clip
If you do not follow these formats, you will be asked to recopy your work.