Citations
Also known as parenthetical citations, this type of citation is in the body of the paper and includes the author's last name and page number of reference (Krainski 1).
What is an in-text citation?
Me and Claire are going to the store.
What is "Claire and I are going to the store"?
This shortening of a word is usually created by omitting a sound or letter and replacing it in text with an apostrophe.
What is a contraction?
Not above, but ______. (the opposite of above)
What is below or beneath?
" "
What are quotation marks?
Also known as a bibliography, this page comes at the end of a paper, listing all referenced works.
What is "Works Cited"?
Do you want to go to the store with me and Claire?
"Do you want to go to the store with Claire and me?"
Adding an apostrophe + "s" to the end of a singular noun (my cat's food) forms this type of noun, which shows ownership or belonging.
What is a possessive?
Not over, but ______.
-
What is a hyphen?
Resources on the Works Cited page are arranged in alphabetical order according to this piece of information.
Whom moved my cheese?
"Who moved my cheese?" (It's already a question!)
Nouns that are referred to in a group/collective are called this.
What is plural?
Not before, but _____.
( )
What are parenthesis?
While it is often best to summarize the ideas of another author, quotation marks are necessary for this type of reference.
What is a (direct) quote?
"That's a awesome idea."
What is "That's an awesome idea."
This type of noun is not capitalized.
What is common?
Another word for beyond, as in "The gas station is beyond the town limits."
What is outside or past?
--
What is an m-dash?
APA and Chicago Manual of Style are two popular style guides for formatting academic papers, as well as this format, published by the Modern Language Association of America, that we reviewed in class.
What is MLA?
I could care less.
What is "I couldn't care less?"
This type of noun might be treated grammatically as singular, but it is actually made up of many nouns: a family, a herd, or a cache.
What is a collective?
"The deer is in front of the camel" shows an example of this kind of preposition.
What is a prepositional phrase or a phrasal preposition?
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What is an ellipsis?