WRITING PROCESS
MLA FORMAT
PARAGRAPH FORMATTING
POEM TYPES
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100

This stage of writing focuses on improving word choice, sentence structure, and clarity without changing the main idea.

Revising 

100

This is the correct format for a book citation on a Works Cited page.

What is Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

100

The explanation part of a paragraph is also known as this.

Analysis 

100

A short poem that tells a story and often includes rhyme and rhythm.

Ballad 

100

In The Outsiders, The Greasers and Socs are divided primarily by this.

What is socioeconomic status (money/class)?

200

The difference between revising and editing is that editing focuses on ___ while revising focuses on ___.

What are grammar/mechanics and ideas/organization?

200

In MLA format, the Works Cited page must be this type of alignment.

What is hanging indent?

200

A topic sentence should do this in a paragraph.

What is state the main idea and connect to thesis?

200

A 5-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Haiku

200

In The Outsiders, This character represents loyalty and bravery despite being quiet and scared.

Johnny Cade. 

300

This part of the writing process is often skipped but includes checking for audience awareness and argument strength before drafting.

What is prewriting/planning?

300

The Works Cited page is organized in this order.

What is alphabetical by author’s last name?

300

This device is used when the author hints at something that will happen later.

What is foreshadowing?

300

A poem that does not follow regular rhyme or meter.

Free Verse

300

In A Long Walk To Water, This character’s story is based on a real-life Sudanese “Lost Boy.”

Salva Dut

400

A writer changes “went quickly” to “sprinted” during this stage of writing.

Revising 

400

In MLA format, the title of a book is styled how?

What is italicized?

400

“The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of this device.

Personification

400

What rapper did Mrs. V introduce as an example of true rhyme. 

Eminem

400

In ALWTW Nya’s daily struggle mainly revolves around this basic need.

Water Access

500

What does MLA in-text citation primarily help avoid?

Plagiarism 

500

This is the correct MLA in-text citation format for a quote from page 45 of a book by S.E. Hinton.

What is (Hinton 45)?

500

Comparing two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”

Metaphor

500

What poem structure includes shapes. 

Concrete

500

The narrator of the story is primarily this type of character perspective.

1st person 

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