Documentation/Works Cited/Format: Use Modern Language Association (MLA) parenthetical documentation and a Works Cited page for all assignments. Use chapters 52-55 of the Bedford Handbook or visit Bedford’s wonderful website for guidelines on in-text citations—pay special attention to citation differences for fiction, plays, and poetry.

Academic Honesty:  In order for an academic community to thrive, members of that community must be able to trust the honesty and sincerity of communication between members. The very integrity of a college is grounded in academic honesty. One form of academic dishonesty that can undermine this integrity is plagiarism, intentionally or unintentionally copying the words or ideas from another source without giving that source credit. Because of the serious harm plagiarism causes an academic environment, I have zero tolerance for it: students who plagiarize will likely fail the class. Other form of academic honesty (including but not exclusive of, cheating, double submission, inappropriate collaboration)  may result in a range of penalties between zero on an assignment or failure of the class.  Do not hesitate to consult with me if you have questions about academic honesty.(For more information, see "Academic Dishonesty" in the college's catalog and pages 575-80 of Bedford.)

Major Errors: At this stage in your student career, you should not be making grammatical errors that significantly detract from verbal expression.  When these errors appear in resumes, they will send your application to the bottom of the stack, or when they appear in article submissions, they will send your essay to the rejection bin.  Essays which contain fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences; and also subject/verb agreement, pronoun/antecedent, verb tense, tense shift, and pronoun reference problems will be penalized by following the English Department's minimum standards guidelines.