I’ll give a short presentation on tricolon and tetracolon. Please post on your blog and also add them here (click Add Notes).

Today is a research day. By Wednesday, you should have 5 sources and notes on them.

Remember that you’re looking not only for resources that are credible and trustworthy, but you need at least one opposing view to write the rebuttal paragraph for.

HW: Research logs due.

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So, we’ll talk research:

How do you know a cite is trustworthy? We’ll note a few ways to be able to choose the best source for your information. Also, we’ll look at what the whois server and how it can help.

We’ll spend most of the rest of the day on research. Remember Inspiration, Research logs, and Noodle Tools.

Also, I want to show you Google Books, Google News, King County Databases, and Refdesk.

We’ll talk a bit about how to cite your research in class using MLA. Here are some examples.

Some good citation sites are:

• Son of citation machine
• EasyBib
• BibMe