MLA Format
This is the correct font and font size for an MLA essay
Times New Roman and 12 point font
"Quotation Marks"
This is an easy essay structure to go with for shorter essays or as a starting place for longer essays
What should your list of sources be titled? (bonus points for where that title should be and what it should look like)
Works Cited
Bonus: it should be aligned to the center of the page and should be the same font and size as the rest of the essay.
What are the three types of rhetorical arguments?
Ethos, pathos, logos
This is the correct line/paragraph spacing for an MLA essay
Double Spaced
if a quote is a longer than four lines, it must be this
a block quote
What MUST be included in the introduction of your essay?
A thesis statement
How should be the Works Cited list be organized?
Alphabetically by the first letter of the entry
What does a Logos argument appeal to?
Logic, reason, and facts
How is a new paragraph formatted in a MLA essay?
The first line of each paragraph is indented, WITH NO SPACE BETWEEN ESSAYS
Framing a quotation: what is needed for introducing a source?
Who, Where, What (give the writer/speaker and any necessary context that might offer a hint as to the quotes’ purpose). Giving the full name of the author is a MUST the FIRST time you reference a source, after that you refer to him/her by last name only.
How long should your conclusion be?
If the source doesn't have a author, what should you put as the first part of the Works Cited entry? (There are multiple right answers)
1. The title of the source
2. The organization that published the source
What is a Pathos argument appealing to?
The emotion of the reader
Where do MLA headings go, and what must be included?
In the upper right corner of the first page of the paper, and the students name/professors name/class/due date of assignment
Framing a Quotation: This is used to set up the tone and direction of a quote (examples include: Said, argues, asserts, claims, contends, reports, responds, says, suggest, insists)
A signal phrase
For your research essay, how many paragraphs should you spend on each point of your argument?
Parentheses
What does an Ethos argument appeal to?
What should the title look like and where should it be?
The same font and size as the rest of the essay and center-aligned above the first paragraph of the essay, underneath the MLA headings
Framing a Quotation: What is needed after you use a quotation? (This is where you indicate WHY you have just included the quote: What purpose does it serve? What point does it make? Don’t assume the reader will know why you’ve used the quote.)
Analyze the quotation
Each of your body paragraphs should include this, usually near the beginning of the paragraph?
A topic sentence
Should your in-text citation come before or after the punctuation mark that ends your quote?
Before!
Example:
In his article for the Shakespeare Bulletin, Jake Raiter offered a scathing viewpoint on Romeo, stating how “stupid he was in comparison to Juliet” (Raiter, Shakespeare Bulletin).
Which is the riskiest kind of argument to use in an academic paper?
Pathos