MLA
We need one of these when we make a paraphrased remark or direct quotation.
What is an in-text citation?
This type of fallacy is when you attack the person instead of the argument.
What is Ad Hominem?
To urge, persuade, inform, explain, correct, and so on.
What is Purpose?
A sentence boundary issue in which the sentence has too many fundamental elements and just keeps talking even though it should stop because it knows it has been told to do so over and over again but it still keeps going...
What is a run-on sentence?
A thing that I don't ever want to see people starting an intro paragraph with.
What is a hook?
The "container" of the information is displayed in this
What is italics?
Here we exaggerate our opponents points and then attack them more easily. Don't do it!
What is the Straw Man Fallacy?
These are the people we have to think about when writing something a little less than obvious.
Who is the Audience?
This kind of punctuation effectively joins two independent clauses without the use of a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
This is the number of Superbowls Touchdown Tommy has won.
What is six?
You use these when you need to make a direct quotation fit grammatically into your sentence.
What are square brackets?
That doesn't seem to follow...
What is a non-sequitur?
The first of the "S" words. This deals with the Thesis statement.
What is the Subject?
Because as I always say.
What is a sentence fragment?
These are two qualities of an effective thesis.
MLA cares less about this piece of information than its counterpart, APA
What is the date?
Everybody agrees with this argument, just because!
What is the bandwagon fallacy?
This is all about how things are organized in your paper.
What is the Structure?
This is the possessive form of that elusive "th" word.
What is their?
These are the three different types of evidence.
What are common knowledge, stats and numbers, and specific information.
Common knowledge, quantitative, qualitative
This is when you put something into your own words. Still needs to be cited, though!
What is a paraphrased remark?
An argument based on these will soon fall down.
What are faulty assumptions?
How you explain yourself. Not too much flair, though!
What is Style?
Two words beginning with 'C' to explain the best kind of writing.
What are 'clear' and 'concise?'
This is the number that the GOAT was drafted overall in 2000.
What is 199th overall?