Grammar
Research
Literature
Research Formatting
Mixed Bag
100
A modifying phrase that contains a preposition and its object.
What is a prepositional phrase?
100
This should be the first thing you do when writing a research paper.
What is selecting your topic?
100
An educated guess, prediction, or small leap in logic.
What is an inference?
100
This is how a works cited page should be ordered and alphabetized.
What is by author's last name?
100
In literature, this a descriptive phrase that discusses one of the characters.
What is an epithet?
200
This is the action of a sentence.
What is the verb?
200
This is something that every research paper should have, and it is what you spend your paper proving.
What is a thesis statement?
200
The perspective from which we see a story.
What is point of view?
200
This is the location of your heading according to MLA format.
What is in the top left corner?
200
This is the object of the preposition found in the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "I am going to check the area for clues."
What is "clues"?
300
This is what a sentence is about; the person or thing performing the action of the sentence.
What is a subject?
300
This is the most important thing to consider when deciding whether a website should or should not be used.
What is evaluating the author?
300
When an author writes descriptively and appeals to one of the five senses, he is using this.
What is imagery?
300
When typing an essay, this is how the title of a book should be typed.
What is italicized (or in italics)?
300
This is the subject of the following sentence: "Of the 18 students in the class, not one of them failed the exam."
What is "one"?
400
About, after, for, except, and according to are examples of these.
What is a preposition?
400
The format that we use when citing research or formatting a paper.
What is MLA?
400
Much like its non-epic counterpart, this is a comparison of two things that goes on for several lines of poetry.
What is an epic simile?
400
This is how today's date would be written in MLA format.
What is "11 December 2014"?
400
In literature, this is a very typical or standard version of a particular type of character or thing.
What is an archetype?
500
This occurs when you have an action preceded by an auxiliary verb.
What is a verb phrase?
500
You should have one of these for every source that you use on a research paper.
What is a citation?
500
Odysseus is an example of this kind of character that has to endure many trials and tribulations.
What is an epic hero?
500
These are the two dates included in an MLA internet citation (name one for half of the points and both for full value).
What is the date the article was published and/or the date the user accessed the material?
500
This is the verb in the following sentence: "Jason will not be going to the game tomorrow due to his misbehavior."
What is "will be going"?
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