MLA Format
________ and ________ go in the parenthetical when you're using novels, and ________ and ________ go in the parenthetical when you're using poems.
author's last name and page # / author's last name and line #
Text evidence chosen from the text should support the __________________ in one's paragraph.
claim OR topic sentence
Join the following simple sentences into one complete sentence using an appropriate conjunction and punctuation.
Sentence 1: I cannot complete my tasks at work.
Sentence 2: My manager comes to help me.
Possible Answer 1: I cannot complete my tasks at work until my manager comes to help me.
Possible Answer 2: My manager comes to help me because I cannot complete my tasks at work.
There is no comma. No comma should be used if the subordinating conjunction comes after an independent clause.
Read the following sentences.
We must test it, discuss it, research it, and make our best decision based upon what we know and have learned. Truth is relevant, contextual, and based on the facts we know.
What does the word contextual mean in this sentence?
A. Dependent on the situation in which something happens
B. Referring to information that is irrelevant or unrelated to the main subject
C. Based solely on personal opinions or individual preferences
D. Unchanging regardless of the situation
A. Dependent on the situation in which something happens
What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
A) Avengers: Endgame
B) Titanic
C) Avatar
D) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
C) Avatar
When you paraphrase text evidence to use as support in your writing, which of the following do you NOT need in the evidence sentence?
A) summarized details of events from text
B) page #
C) quotations marks
D) author's last name
C) quotation marks
Which piece of evidence provided would best support the following claim?
Claim: Junior's poverty causes him to have poor self-esteem.
D) “You start believing that you’re poor because you’re stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you’re stupid and ugly because you’re Indian” (Alexie 13)
The italicized word in the following sentence is what part of speech?
The grand mansion around the corner stands alone.
A) Noun B) Verb
C) Adjective D) Adverb E) Preposition
E) Preposition (tells placement, position, or location of something)
Read the following sentence.
Garrett Morgan was born with a curious, inventive mind and a knack for fixing machinery.
What does the word knack mean in this sentence?
A) desire B) ability C) impulse D) plan
B) ability
What fictional character have both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch played?
Sherlock Holmes
Rewrite and correct the following text evidence sentence:
Due to not having enough money junior, "sometimes [my] family misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing [we] have for dinner" (8).
Possible Answer: Due to not having enough money, Junior's "family [sometimes] misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing [they] have for dinner" (Alexie 8).
Which piece of evidence provided would best support the following claim?
Claim: Violence will perpetuate (cause to continue) more violence.
B) “Whenever he came to school with a black eye, Rowdy made sure to give black eyes to two kids picked at random” (Alexie 41)
The italicized word in the following sentence is what part of speech?
Amy's little brother is quite an energetic fella.
A) Noun B) Verb
C) Adjective D) Adverb E) Preposition
B) Verb (to be verb)
Read the following sentence.
During this period, many musical forms and genres have risen to prominence (importance); some have faded into obscurity, while others have endured.
What does the word obscurity mean in this sentence?
A) unknown B) mystery
C) confusion D) insignificance
D) insignificance
In which U.S. state is the country's busiest airport located?
Georgia (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)
Rewrite and correct the following text evidence sentence:
Juinors father "dad did what he always does when we don't have enough money. He took what little money we did have and ran away to get drunk." (150).
Possible Answer: Junior's "dad did what he always does... [and] took what little money [they] did have and ran away to get drunk" (Alexie 150).
Which piece of evidence provided would best support the following claim?
Claim: Junior's poverty creates a great challenge in his friendships by making Junior feel inferior to his friends.
D) “I pretended to have a little money… I pretended I belonged” (Alexie 119)
Write a sentence following parallel structure listing different ways someone could spend their summer vacation.
Then state the pattern used in your sentence.
Must have:
-one complete sentence
-a list of activities adhering to parallel structure
-the pattern-used stated
Read the following sentence.
And the belief that Iraq was an imminent nuclear threat had rallied us together and provided an easy justification to doubters of the nobility of our cause.
What does the word imminent mean in this sentence?
A. Unlikely to happen
B. Distant in the future
C. Likely to happen very soon
D. Completely preventable
C. Likely to happen very soon
What is acrophobia a fear of?
Heights
NOTE: The prefix "acro" means top/most/tip while the suffix "phobia" means fear of.
Embed both of the following direct quotes into your own sentence correctly with proper citation.
Claim: Always searching for more truth can feel overwhelming and lead to unhappiness.
Direct quotes: "Every day, we're forced to make decisions about how much we want to know" & "Sometimes we opt to remain ignorant"
Text Title: When the Truth Hurts
Author: Jess Whittlestone
Page Number: 1
Possible Answer: Because "Every day, we're forced to make decisions about how much we want to know," people often "opt to remain ignorant" to avoid the potential feelings of stress and unhappiness that comes with more knowledge (Whittlestone 1).
Which piece of evidence provided would best support the following claim?
Claim: Junior's decision to better his life requires great sacrifice.
C) “The rez basketball fans were chanting… They weren’t calling me by my rez name, Junior. Nope, they were calling me by my Reardan name” (Alexie 143)
Correctly write a sentence listing groceries that you'd buy at the store and use a colon.
Possible Answer:
Sammy went to the store to buy some things from his grocery list: apples, bread, pasta, ketchup, and chips.
NOTE: The noun before the colon must be vague enough to be expanded upon by the items after the colon (in the list).
Read the following sentence.
Tribal governments also need to provide the laws, regulations, and independent court systems that will assist and protect business and property rights
Which of the following words could best be used as a replacement for regulations in the sentence?
A) policies B) recommendations
C) standards D) demands
A) policies
In what year was Nintendo founded?
A) 1991
B) 1889
C) 1997
D) 1885
B) 1889
Fun Fact: They manufactured playing cards before video games.