Guajardo, Emilia
English 1302 - 212
6 March 2015
Professor Dziadek
MLA Assignment
1.Book
Direct Quote: Filipino leader, Emilio Aguinaldo explains in his speech on American Imperialism in the
Philippines how Americans do not take them seriously, “You repeat constantly the dictum that we
cannot govern ourselves…little over a hundred years ago, it was extremely questionable, when you,
also, were rebels against the English government, if you could govern yourselves…” (qtd. in Foner 69).
Paraphrase: In “Aguinaldo’s Case against the United States”, Emilio Aguinaldo explains how Americans
believe Filipino’s to be ignorant when it comes to taking care of themselves. He states it wasn’t that long
ago when American’s were rebels and were being questioned by the English government on whether or
not they could govern themselves so they should give Filipino’s the benefit of the doubt instead of
assuming (qtd. In Foner 69).
Work Cited: “Aguinaldo’s Case against the United States,” North American Review, No. 514 (September
1899), pp.425-32. Print.
2.Database
Direct Quote: An employee at the University of Maryland School of music explains that there is a strong
imbalance between males and females in fine arts programs, “As expected from the attention paid to
‘missing males’ in the prior literature, there is an extreme imbalance between male and female
enrolment in choir. Across all 10 cohorts, the ratio of females to males enrolled in choral music
ensembles remains remarkably stable at roughly 70% female to 30% male, with some slight deviation
from cohort to cohort” (Elpus 88-102).
Paraphrase: In the article, “Music Education Research” by Kenneth Elpus, Elpus explains that in fine arts
programs such as choir, orchestra, and band, that there is a huge imbalance in the amount of females
and males who participate. It’s shown that there are significantly more females are enrolled in choir
versus males (Elpus 88-102).
Work Cited: Elpus, Kenneth. "National Estimates of Male and Female Enrolment in American High School
Choirs, Bands and Orchestras." Music Education Research 17.1 (2015): 88-102. TAMUCC Library. Web. 25
Feb. 2015. <http://rattler.tamucc.edu>.
3.Newspaper
Direct Quote: Journalist Siobhan Hughes talks about how Republicans are against the executive order
that President Obama made on immigration and the measures they are going through to go around it,
“In January, the House passed a measure to block Mr. Obama’s immigration plan – which includes giving
millions of illegal immigrants a reprieve from deportation – as part of the bill funding the Homeland
Security Department” (Hughes A2).
Paraphrase: In the article, “House Passes Homeland Security Bill” by Siobhan Hughes, Hughes describes
the distaste that Republicans have for the executive order that President Obama signed for illegal
immigrants. The House of Representatives passed a bill to block the measures that President Obama
took (Hughes A2).
Work Cited: Hughes, Siobhan. “House Passes Homeland Security Bill.” The Wall Street Journal [New York
City] 4 Mar. 2015: A2. Print.
4.Webpage
Direct Quote: Indiana Senator and Historian, Albert J. Beveridge explains that Filipino’s are not able to
create a working government in a short time period because it took white’s thousands of years to
achieve it, “What alchemy will change the Oriental quality of their blood and set the self-governing
currents of the American pouring through their Malay veins? How shall they, in the twinkling of an eye,
be exalted to the heights of self-governing peoples which required a thousand years for us to reach,
Anglo-Saxon though we are?” (Beveridge).
Paraphrase: In the speech, “In Support of an American Empire” made to congress by Albert J. Beveridge
in January of 1900, Beveridge expresses his opinion that “Orientals” or Filipino’s are not capable of
creating a working government such as an American democracy in a short time period. Beveridge says
that this holds truth because it took Anglo-Saxons thousands of years to reach the point that they are at
so there is no way Filipino’s can do it in a shorter amount of time (Beveridge).
Work Cited: Beveridge, Albert J. "In Support of an American Empire." Congress. 09 Jan. 1900.Teaching
American History. Web. 02 Mar. 2015. <http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/insupport-of-an-american-empire/>.
5. Magazine
Direct Quote: Journalist Olga Khazan explains that male birth control is being researched and trials are
being conducted, “…clinicians injected dozens of men across eight countries with a serum containing the
hormones progestin and testosterone. The men had unprotected sex with their female partners…just
four women had gotten pregnant” (34).
Paraphrase: In the article “Block That Sperm”, journalist Olga Khazan describes how the research that
scientists are performing for male birth control is coming along. Males are injected with two different
hormones, progestin and testosterone then are directed to have unprotected sex with their female
partners. The birth control was showing good results, only four women have gotten pregnant (34).
Work Cited: Khazan, Olga. “Block That Sperm.” Atlantic Mar. 2015: 34+. Print.
6. Literature Book
Direct Quote: Professor of Linguistics, John Swales distinguishes between a discourse community and
speech community when he says, “A speech community typically inherits its membership by birth,
accident or adoption; a discourse community recruits its members by persuasion, training or relevant
qualification” (220).
Paraphrase: In the article, “The Concept of Discourse Community”, the author distinguishes between a
speech community and a discourse community, he suggests, members in a speech community, are born
into or adopted into the group while a discourse community recruits membership by use of persuasive
communication and training to qualify for membership (Swales 220 para 9).
Work Cited: Swales, John. "The Concept of Discourse Community." Genre Analysis: English in Academic
and Research Settings (1990): 21-32. Rpt. in Writing About Writing. Ed. Elizabeth Wardle and Doug
Downs. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St.Martin's, 2014. 215-29. Print.