This is the statement that lets your reader know what your essay will be about.
What is the thesis statement?
100
Name two characteristics of MLA formatting
What is 12 point Times New Roman font, one inch margins, double spacing, header info on right corner, last name and page number on each page, working title
100
Who was the author of "Letter from Birmingham?"
Who is MLK Jr.
200
The second and consecutive line of each entry receives what type of indentation?
What is hanging indent?
200
Pathos is an appeal to what?
What is emotion?
200
A paragraph should contain three things:
What is topic sentence, evidence/details, and concluding/transitional/significant sentence?
200
What comes after the Instructor's name on the header information?
Your course info.
200
Who was the author of "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
300
What comes immediately after the website in an electronic entry?
What is the publisher/sponsor?
300
Establishing credibility or maintaining ethics is what type of reasoning?
What is ethos?
300
True or False: To compare something is to tell how it is different.
False: Comparing is finding the similarities whereas contrasting is finding differences.
300
What is the rule for punctuating your own original title?
All the major words need to be capitalized, and it needs to be centered.
300
When you are writing about a source or literature, what verb tense should you use?
What is present tense?
400
If there is no date on an electronic entry, what is inserted in its place?
What is n.d.?
400
Who was the famous philosopher who is known for logic, reasoning, and the rhetorical devices?
Who is Aristotle?
400
Tue or False: Denotation is the dictionary definition and connotation is the emotional/situational definition.
What is true
400
A parenthetical citation for a book with an author would generally contain two things:
What is author's last name and page number.
400
What database did I say contained newspapers, and where is it accessed?
What is Newspaper Source, and it can be found on the Cincinnati State Library database system.
500
If you have more than three authors on an entry, what should you do?
What is use the first author's information, and add et al. Example: Smith, John, et al.
500
What type of reasoning is mainly used in persuasion or argument? Inductive or Deductive?
What is inductive?
500
Which is true of a semicolon?
A. It separates two independent clauses that do not rely on each other for meaning.
B. It separates two independent clauses that rely one each other for meaning.
C. It is used to separate an independent clause and a phrase or fragment that are similar in meaning.
What is B?
500
If there is no author, a parenthetical citation will contain what?
What is first 1-3 words of title with appropriate punctuation.
500
Which is correct?
A. (Smith, 31)
B. (Smith 2009)
C. (Will Smith 31)
D. (Smith pg. 31)
E. None of the above