MLA Formatting
Trivial Pursuit
Parts of Speech
ENG 1101 Review
Potpurri
100
Margin width and paragraph spacing in a document should be...
1" Margins and double-spaced
100
The author who was born Samuel L. Clemens is better known as ________.
Mark Twain
100
A person, place, or thing
A noun
100
"Bedchel writes..." is an example of a ________.
Signal Phrase
100
Provide an example of terminal punctuation.
Period, exclamation point, or question mark
200
Would the title of a novel appear in italics or quotation marks?
Italics
200
What was the name of the first ever professional baseball team?
The Cincinnati Red Stockings
200
A word that expresses action or a state of being
A verb
200
Name the 5 elements of the Rhetorical Situation
Purpose, Audience, Genre, Stance, Media/Design
200
How can you earn extra credit in this course?
By providing proof of a visit to the Writing Center for help with an essay from this course.
300
What font and point size does MLA format require?
Times New Roman and 12 point
300
Who was the third President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
300
A word that modifies a noun
An adjective
300
What does it mean to paraphrase a source?
To present basic source information, using your own words & sentence structures
300
What section of your textbook contains grammar and usage assistance?
The Handbook (all those bright yellow pages!)
400
After the first mention, how do you refer to an author you are citing?
By last name only
400
Who was the Captain of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
Jean-Luc Picard
400
A word that links phrases or clauses (ex. And, But, Or)
A conjunction
400
List the three types of rhetorical appeal
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
400
Making margin notes, underlining, and highlighting passages of a text is called _________.
Annotation
500
On what page of your textbook can you find the citation format for citing an entire website?
Page 508
500
Cats are felines. What are cows?
Bovines
500
On, Above, Over, Through: These are examples of what part of speech?
Preposition
500
The CRAAP test is a method of evaluating online sources. What does CRAAP stand for?
Currency, Reliability, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose/Point of View
500
MLA stands for ______________.
Modern Language Association
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