By the book
Essay Patterns
Steps to writing
Parts of an Essay
MLA Style
100
These exercises aren't counted in your grade, but can help you identify where you are having difficulties.
What are practice questions?
100
It's when you take a position on an issue and offer reasons for your position.
What is an argument essay?
100
You do this first, even before prewriting or making a rough draft.
What is brainstorming?
100
This sentence are commonly quotations, a surprining or provocative statement, or a question.
What is a lead-in sentence?
100
A research essay will always contain one of these separately as the final page in MLA format.
What is a works cited page?
200
These are brief entries in light purple boxes, designed to give you and edge in writing.
What are hints?
200
This tells a story about a sequence of events that happened.
What is narration?
200
This is done after you write your essay.
What is creating a title?
200
These paragraphs contain examples, facts, anecdotes, and quotations.
What are body paragraphs?
200
When using MLA style, you must do this in your text whenever you paraphrase, summarize, or quote a source. Failure to do this constitutes plagiarism
What is an in-text citation?
300
These are important words or phrases in the text which stand out due to their thicker type. You should highlight them.
What is boldface type?
300
This proves a point using specific examples.
What is illustration?
300
An introductory paragraph should have this as the last sentence.
What is a thesis statement?
300
This type of paragraph would contain a prediction, suggestion, quotation, or call to action, dependingon what type of essay is being written.
What is a concluding paragraph?
300
This is the type face and font size used in MLA style essays.
What is Times New Roman 12 point?
400
These green boxes are found at the end of each chapter and remind you what you should be aware of.
What are checklists?
400
This presents information about similarities and differences.
What is cause and effect?
400
This is what you do when you modify your writing to make it stronger and more convincing.
What is revising?
400
These should not be sentences, be descriptive, relate to the writing pattern, and should be centered on your page.
What is a title?
400
The correct spacing for MLA style essays.
What is double spacing.
500
This listing is found at the end of the book and will direct you to items you need to find.
What is the index?
500
This explains why an even happened or what the consequences of an event were.
What is cause and effect?
500
You do this to correct errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
What is editing?
500
This never ends in a question.
What is thesis statement?
500
Your surname should precede this on your paper.
What is a first name?
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