MLA
The title of the page that lists all of a document's citations.
What is "Works Cited"?
The process of looking back over your writing and making changes to improve it.
What is revision?
A bunch of words.
What is a phrase?
The only material that doesn't need to be cited.
What are my own ideas/analysis?
Appealing to character or perceived credibility.
What is ethos?
Where periods and commas go in relation to in-text citations.
What is after the in-text citation?
Example: Billy was nice (Bob 15).
The simple question you should answer about your topic by the end of your paper.
What is "so what?"
The grammatical term for a series of words with a subject (noun) and verb with tense.
What is clause?
A dangerous type of source integration that should be used very carefully.
A category of conventions that help determine the response to a rhetorical situation.
If there is no author or page number, you include this in the in-text citation.
What is the title of the source?
This sentence transitions into a new paragraph and forecasts what is to come.
What is topic sentence?
A phrase that can be placed anywhere in a sentence and still make sense.
What is a free modifier?
The type of source that has been carefully examined and fact-checked by experts in the field.
What is peer-reviewed?
The most important element to consider in the rhetorical situation.
What is audience?
The type of indent used for full citations.
What is hanging indent?
The portion of the introduction that reminds readers of what they know, have experiences with, or readily accept.
What is shared context?
The principle that involves focusing on a single point in a paragraph.
What is coherence?
It's important not to use too many of these when integrating sources.
What are long quotations?
The invitation to speak or write because doing so may solve a problem.
What is exigence?
The following citation is missing the ______.
Hall, Melanie. “Octavia Hill and the National Trust.” Octavia Hill, Social Activism and the Remaking of British Society, edited by Elizabeth Baigent and Ben Cowell, U of London P, 2016, pp. 209–39, www.jstor.com/stable/j.ctv4w3whm.17. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.
What is database?
Hall, Melanie. “Octavia Hill and the National Trust.” Octavia Hill, Social Activism and the Remaking of British Society, edited by Elizabeth Baigent and Ben Cowell, U of London P, 2016, pp. 209–39. JSTOR, www.jstor.com/stable/j.ctv4w3whm.17. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.
The important research-related factor to address before moving into your thesis.
What is the gap in the conversation?
Transitioning from old to new information, connecting your sentences together like puzzle pieces.
What is cohesion?
A research process that involves exploring information about a source outside of the source itself.
What is lateral reading?
Timeliness or the "opportune moment" to address an issue.
What is kairos?