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A Basic MLA Principle:

Practice in Why We Document

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Basic MLA Principles

 

 

 

As you just learned, there are three reasons why we document our term or research papers.

Can you pair up the reasons with the different analogies for documentation? Click on the box that is the appropriate analogy for each reason to document.

We document in order to be taken seriously by readers.

In this case, documentation is

a "thank-you"
support for our argument
a license

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We document to protect ourselves.

In this case, documentation is

a "thank-you"
support for our argument
a license

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We document to give recognition, or credit, to the person who originally had an idea.

a "thank-you"
support for our argument
a license

Let's try one more screen of practice before we move on.

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