Your English Formatting Friend
Jane Doe
Ms. Benson
English II-II
4 March 2025
what is MLA?
the message of the work, often implied and not stated
what is THEME?
referencing something that people would know
giving human characteristics to an object or animal is an example of
what is PERSONIFICATION?
an aha moment! or sudden realization
what is EPIPHANY?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The chant for parenthetical citation *must show hand signs to activate daily double!*
what is COPY COPY AUTHOR PAGE PERIOD?
" " ( ) .
when writing anything academic, you should always use what point of view? ____ _____ ________
BQ, NS, and MM are all acronyms for
what are SIGNPOSTS? NOTICE AND NOTE?
boom, fizz, bang, and er er er er are examples of this figurative language
what is ONOMATOPOEIA?
shorten something or an excerpt
what is ABRIDGE?
You should integrate a parenthetical citation when one of two things happen...
*get both: DOUBLE the points!*
what is PARAPHRASE (INDIRECT) OR QUOTE (DIRECT)?
the definition is "sentence structure," the word is ____
what is SYNTAX?
the text feature that has a superscript and then provides more information at the bottom of the page
what is a FOOTNOTE?
"Life is a carnival" is an example of
what is METAPHOR?
grandma's heartfelt memory
what is ANECDOTE?
It contains a double double... (quote quote)
What is ACADEMIC PARAGRAPH? ACAPARA?
the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters is this point of view
what is THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT?
when you don't know a word(s), you should look for these
what are CONTEXT CLUES?
"I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of this literary term -- it's also used in mathematics
what is PARALLEL? PARALLEL STRUCTURE? PARALLELISM?
What is ADVERSARY?
what is CLAIM or THESIS?
punctuation such as ? or ! goes where in a quoted parenthetical citation?
use: "Ms. Benson, what" (Confused 8000) to demonstrate competence
What is INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS
"Ms.Benson, what?" (Confused 8000).
You should always do this before reading an entire article/passage
What is READ THE QUESTION OR LOOK FOR TEXT FEATURES FIRST?
this process of thinking requires a logical guess based on clues, details in the text and passage
(starts with an I)
what is an INFERENCE?
confirm or give support to... e.g. Your friend needs an alibi and asks you to ___ their whereabouts
what is CORROBORATE?