MLA Format
In these types of classes you will use MLA format to cite your sources and format your essays.
What are English/humanities courses?
These are elements that every complete sentence needs in order to be an independent clause.
What are subject and verb?
This is where the period goes when you have an in-text citation in your sentence.
What is after the in-text citation?
These are the paragraphs in an essay between the introduction paragraph and the conclusion paragraph.
What are body paragraphs?
This is where you can find my email if you need to contact me about anything.
What is "Tutor Emails" tab in BBLearn?
These are the two components that are needed for an MLA in-text citation.
What are the author's surname and page number?
This is the most commonly used letter in the English language.
What is the letter "e"?
This is a sentence element that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
The first sentence in a body paragraph is always called this.
What is a topic sentence?
These are the class requirements to receive a passing grade in ENGL 109
What are 12 contact hours and at least one visit to the Writing Center?
This is what MLA stands for.
What is Modern Language Association?
This is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
What is "Go."
This is what happens when you join two independent clauses with a comma.
What is a comma splice?
This is the backbone of your entire essay.
What is a thesis statement?
This is where the Writing Center is located on campus.
What is the third floor of the ISUB/ISUB 323?
This is usually the first element in a works cited entry.
What is an author's last name?
Identify the gerund in this sentence: Studying takes a toll on the nerves.
What is studying?
The words "a," "an," and "the" all fall into this element of speech.
What are articles?
This is a detailed layout of your essay, including topic sentences, claims, evidence, etc.
What is an outline?
These are the three different types of tutoring appointments you can make at the Writing Center.
What are eTutoring, Zoom, and face-to-face appointments?
These are 3 scenarios when you would need to cite a source using MLA.
What is quoting a source directly, paraphrasing someone else's ideas, and using data or content that is published somewhere else?
This is the longest word in English that doesn't contain any vowels.
What is "rhythms"?
This is when you can use a semi-colon in a sentence.
What is to join ideas that are related and also equal in grammatical structure?
This is the part of a paragraph near the end that moves the essay from one idea to the next.
What is a transition statement?
Give me one fact that you learned through the Purdue OWL website.
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