Perspectives and How Arguments Relate

By excluding them to showcase your own ideas.

By copying and pasting them directly into your essay.

By integrating them into your argument and citing them.

By rearranging the words to create a new source.

To limit the reader's understanding.

To learn more about the topic.

To confuse the reader.

To discourage further research.

They were delegates at the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights.

They were Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War era.

They were members of Congress debating reconstruction policies post-war.

They were largely white abolitionists who celebrated Independence Day.

MLA parenthetical citation format

APA reference list

Fast footnotes

Chicago style bibliography

Appeal to popularity using widely accepted opinions on history

Appeal to authority based on the historian's expertise

Appeal to novelty by referencing cutting-edge historical theories

Appeal to emotion by eliciting feelings related to historical events

It underscores commonalities in fighting systemic inequality while respecting unique struggles across intersecting identities.

It delineates divergent historical contexts shaping the authors' respective rhetorical choices and effectiveness.

It compares stylistic elements that emphasize clarity over complexity in public discourse.

It contrasts modes of persuasion that appeal to emotion versus those appealing to reason among activists' audiences.

Appendix containing all notes taken during research.

Works Cited page (MLA) or Reference list (APA).

Footnotes listing every fact checked during research.

Bibliography with favorite readings only.

Synthesizing peer-reviewed studies with expert testimony that directly correlates with key points made in one's own analysis.

Citing anecdotal experiences as primary evidence because they offer relatable narratives even though they may not always represent reliable statistical trends or facts.

Selectively quoting sources that only affirm one’s perspective while disregarding any evidence from those same sources that might introduce complexity or contradiction into one's claim.

Relying heavily on post hoc ergo propter hoc assertions based on temporal sequences rather than actual causal relationships between events mentioned in sources.

To make their work appear more complex.

To prove they have done extensive reading.

Because it increases word count.

To avoid plagiarism.

Modern essayists reject traditional referencing techniques favor innovative experimental forms textual interaction.

Parentheticals distract less scholarly audiences who may become overwhelmed extensive bibliographical entries.

Enhancing readability maintaining smooth narrative flow avoiding interruptions caused footnote annotations.

Narrative essays do not typically include any form citation since storytelling prioritizes creative expression factual accuracy.