Grammar, Sentence Structure, and MLA Formatting... Oh My!
This sentence type consists of one independent clause.
What is a SIMPLE SENTENCE?
The minimum required word count for the argument essay.
What is 1250 words?
At the end of the first paragraph of any argumentative essay, you will find this statement.
What is a thesis statement?
This 22-year NBA veteran has won not one... not two... not three... but four NBA championships with three different organizations.
Who is LeBron James?
This book series has captured the hearts of about half the class, as they claimed it to be their favorite series.
What is "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"?
When making an in-text citation in MLA formatting, these are the two items that are required.
What is the author's last name and page number?
This is the number of outside sources that must be used on your argument essay.
What are three sources?
This acronym can be used to describe the format that any body paragraph in an argumentative essay can take.
What is TEAC?
This player was the starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in game 7 of the 2016 Baseball World Series.
Who is Kyle Hendricks?
This totally normal pizza topping was dubbed "the strangest" by most of the class.
What is pineapple?
When making an MLA Citation, you must use this kind of indent.
What is a hanging indent?
This is the amount of points that the argument essay is worth.
What is 200 points?
These are the three items that a three-prong thesis must include.
What is a topic, assertion, and arguable claims?
The Los Angeles Lakers were defeated 4-0 in the Western Conference finals in 2023 by this powerhouse organization.
Who are The Denver Nuggets?
This is Matts favorite species of shark.
What is a Goblin Shark?
These are the four different sentence structures that we covered.
What are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences?
This is the expectation for what follows every quote or paraphrase used in your essay.
What is an in-text citation and works cited page entry?
This kind of word helps you in fluidly moving between one idea or paragraph and the next.
What is a transition word?
In 1996, this commentator, coach, and all-around football fanatic helped to introduce the "Turducken" thanksgiving dish to the world live on air.
Who was John Madden?
When asked about something that very irrationally annoys him, Zo answered with this experience.
What is breaking in new cleats?
When joining two independent clauses, there are two ways to link them together. One is via a semicolon ( ; ), while the other is via this.
What is a comma + a coordinating conjunction?
This is the due date of the argument essay.
What is 11:59pm on December, 2nd?
These are two items we discussed that are not used in formal or academic writing.
What are contractions and first/second pronouns?
This player is, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest basketball player of all time.
Who is Nikola Jokic?
When asked about what his favorite dinosaur is, Deion answered this.
What is "Does an alligator count as a dinosaur?"