MLA Format
Titles of novels should be italicized
Who is the nicest lady in Scout's life?
Miss Maudie
How are the Ewells characterized?
Mean and lazy
What is a "flat" character?
An often easily recognized character type (archetype) in fiction who is not fully delineated (described in detail) but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose. A one-dimensional character.
Picking on those who are helpless and do not harm others is a terrible thing. Is this an example of a topic or a theme in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Theme
What is the proper way to format the titles of short stories in MLA format?
Titles of short stories should be in "quotation marks."
What is the name of Scout's aunt?
Alexandra
What is Tom Robinson's disability?
He has a permanently injured arm
What is a "round" character?
A character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated (described in detail) by the author. A three-dimensional character.
Justice, liberty, freedom, racism, and growing up are all examples of what?
Topics
When writing a paper in MLA format and when quoting from a text, where should the sentence ending punctuation go?
After the parenthetical citation. UNLESS, it is an exclamation mark or question mark.
Who is Macomb's Sheriff?
Heck Tate
What is a symbol?
Symbols signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. In other words, they are objects representing another thing, to give and entirely different meaning that is deeper and more significant.
What is a dynamic character?
A dynamic character develops and grows during the course of the story.
She taps her hand with a ruler and makes her stand in the corner.
Is this the correct way to integrate a quotation?: Atticus believes that courage is standing up for what you believe. "Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."
No
Who is Tim Johnson?
The mad dog Atticus shoots
What is dialect?
A particular form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Example: “We’s safe, Huck, we’s safe! Jump up and crack yo’ heels. Dat’s de good ole Cairo at las’, I jis knows it.”
What is a "static" character?
A static character does not change during the course of the story.
What was Dolphus Raymond drinking out of his paper bag?
Coca-Cola
What goes in a parenthetical citation?
If it is your first time citing an author, the author's last name and page number. Every subsequent time, it should just be the page number. Example: (Lee 26). or (26).
Who is John Taylor in the novel?
The judge in Tom's case.
What surprising skill does Atticus have that shocks his children?
He is a good shot
What are the three types of point of view and how are they different?
First person (narrates using "I")
Third person limited when a voice outside the story narrates and sees the story through only one character’s eyes and reveals only that character’s thoughts
third person omniscient: the narrator moves from character to character, place to place, and episode to episode with complete freedom, giving himself access to his characters’ thoughts and feelings whenever he chooses and providing information whenever he wishes. Such a point of view does not require the author to stay outside his narrative; he may interject his own commentaries.
Who says, "He does tollable, 'cept when--"
Mayella