This major project of the course explore this broad category of business communication genre: (1) genres related to your personal identity (e.g. resumes, cover letters, other job materials), Rather than produce this genre, the major project should examine how this genre works and why it is the way its portrayed, using one of the following methods; YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE TOPIC BELOW( historical comparison, technology network, interview a practitioner, case study, propose a innovation) ( AND RELATE IT TO GENRES TO YOUR PERSONAL IDENTITY.) (e.g. resumes, cover letters, other job materials) This major project of the course explore this broad category of business communication genre: (1) genres related to your personal identity (e.g. resumes, cover letters, other job materials), Rather than produce this genre, the major project should examine how this genre works and why it is the way its portrayed, using one of the following methods; YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE TOPIC BELOW( historical comparison, technology network, interview a practitioner, case study, propose a innovation) ( AND RELATE IT TO GENRES TO YOUR PERSONAL IDENTITY.) (e.g. resumes, cover letters, other job materials) ? Historical Comparison: Find a 30+ year-old example of your genre and compare it to a contemporary version. Select examples that let you say something interesting about the comparison. ? Technology Network: Map out the infrastructure of relationships involved in the production and implementation of your genre, including the entities (processes, technologies, objects, people, and so on) that make up the network. ? Interview a Practitioner: Contact someone who works in a field you’re interested in and who frequently engages with (writes or reads) your genre in a professional context. Interview them about their experiences and knowledge about your genre. ? Case Study: Find an interesting real-world situation/event (more than just an interesting example) involving your genre, provide an overview and context, and explain the relevance and implications. ? Propose an Innovation: Create a detailed proposal that would change how the genre functions and/or how it is used. The proposal should be targeted at a specific real-world ‘client’ or audience. The method you choose should be a central component of your project, but it is not an end unto itself. Your project should leverage the method you choose in service of a larger purpose that explores some interesting feature of the type of communication you’re writing about, and should make it clear what this all means and why it matters. You can produce any type of document that allows you to meet your goals for the project—as long as it isn’t a generic assignment-style 12 point, double spaced document. Projects will all be graded based on the following general criteria. ? Purpose: Projects should have a unique purpose that you invent and that is made clear in the document itself. Projects should have a reason for existing beyond just a selection of assignment parameters. ? Focus: Projects should maintain a unified focus on a central theme or claim. ? Organization: Projects should have a structure that logically develops and that is made clear in the document itself. ? Support: Assertions and information should be supported with evidence and citations as appropriate to develop a robust foundation. ? Design: Projects should be created with design in mind; visual and textual functions should synergize with each other. PROJECT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 2000 WORDS. Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 2000 words Tags: business Personal Identity professional writing User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.