MLA and More
The author's last name usually comes where in a citation...
What comes first in an MLA citation?
Claim, evidence, and reasoning.
What is the connotation of a word?
Making an indirect reference to Romeo and Juliet would be best described as an ____________.
Ex: Timothy is the Romeo of 8th grade, as he is often considered romantic.
What is an allusion?
The verb mood that suggests a condition or something that could happen.
What is the conditional verb mood?
This punctuation is used to join two independent clauses or sentences together.
Ex: Ms. Waagner is ready to prepare you for the GA Milestones_ it is time to test your knowledge.
What are semicolons ;?
The dictionary definition of a word
What is the denotation of a word?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is an example of alliteration?
Past, present, and future tense
Ex: She ran. She runs. She will run.
What are the three tenses of verbs?
You need a ______________ which acknowledges the other side of an argument.
What makes 8th Grade Argumentative Writing different than other grades is that you need a counterclaim?
This part of speech modifies or describes nouns.
Ms. Waagner's noisy second period was excited to play the game.
Noisy acts as a _______.
What is an adjective?
The author's attitude towards to subject.
What is tone?
What is an example of personification?
The trees danced in the wind.
What is an example of passive voice?
When an author is unable to remain neutral when writing about a topic because they have ____________.
What is bias?
This is a verb that acts as an adjective and often ends in -ing or -ed.
Ex: Running to school is a terrible way to start your morning.
What is a gerund?
What is the denotation of the word "stench" and "smell"?
An indirect reference to another work of art
What is an allusion?
When the subject is actively performing the verb
I broke the vase.
What is the active voice of a sentence?
The author's last name inside quotes (Waagner #)
What comes first in MLA 8th ediiton?
Stanzas
What helps break up poems into specific lines to convey ideas and influence its structure?
A flashback is used in what kind of plot.
What technique is used in a non-linear plot?
One using like or as and one does not.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
When the action is performed by the subject
The vase was broken by me.
What is passive voice?