Who Said It?
This type of hero is characterized as childish, having an aversion and distrust of society, the law and even marriage.
What is the outlaw hero
"I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one's own greed!"
Who is Langston Hughes
Without doing this, it is impossible to know what to write
Every paper that is formatted to fit MLA standards must have the following things:
header with last name and page number, first and last name, professor's name, course title, date formatted 02 18 20XX
In the beginning of an essay, the introduction usually contains an interesting fact, personal anecdote, or startling statistic
What is a hook
"We can now be tracked in time and space with a degree of precision that would make tyrants of days past envious--all by our own consent."
Who is Ronald J. Deibert in Black Code: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Dark Side of the Internet
"At its core, the American Dream represents a state of mind—that is, an enduring optimism given to a people who might be tempted to succumb to the travails of adversity, but who, instead, repeatedly rise from the ashes to continue to build a great nation."
What is The Making and Persistence of the American Dream by White and Hanson
Free writing, making a tree diagram, and lists are all examples of
Brainstorming
This is a short introduction that indicates that a quote or paraphrase is coming. ... A writer uses it to avoid dropped quotations, smoothly leading the reader into the source's ideas
What is a signal phrase
a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs.
topic sentence
"Movies are still the most seductive and powerful of artistic mediums, manipulating us with ease by a powerful combination of sound and image. In many ways, as females and as Asians, as audiences and performers, we have learned to settle for less--to accept the fact that we are either decorative, invisible, or one dimensional."
Who is Jessica Hagedorn
"The echo chambers give rise to cybercascades: when a "fact" sent by one perosn spreads in a geometric progression to others until millions of people around the world potentially believe it."
Brooke Gladstone in Influencing Machines: The Echo Chambers of the Internet
This is the last step of the writing process
proofreading
For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations
in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks.
one sentence that expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay, such as an expository essay or argumentative essay. It makes a claim, directly answering a question.
What is a thesis statement
"The Black artist cannot live in a place, in a revisionist place. The Black artist can only tell the truth about humanity, and humanity is messy, people are messy."
Who is Viola Davis
"In fact, the ads may signal your opportunities actually are narrowed if marketers and publishers decide that the data points--profiles--about you across the internet position you in a segment of the population that is relatively less desirable to marketers because of income, age, past-purchase behavior, geographical location, or other reasons."
Who is Joseph Turow from The Daily You
This step of the process must be done (ideally) several times before submitting
revision
What's wrong with this citation?
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. 10 May 2006.
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.
This contains your opinion about the topic. It shows what direction you are going to take in writing about the topic. It helps the reader understand your purpose for writing the paragraph or essay.
What is a controlling idea
This cliche character found in films, "wasn't invented in the 1990s. He's been around for at least a hundred years, accumulating enough examples (from Uncle Remus in Song of the South through the clock-keeper palyed by Bill Cobbs in the Hudsucker Proxy) to merit snarky lists, an entry in the urban dictionary, and a detailed Wikipedia page..."
What is Matt Zoller Seitz historical analysis of Spike Lee's term "the magical negro"
Many activities and modes of expression are recognized by most members of society as feminine. Any of these can be, and often are, displayed by persons of either gender.
Who is Aaron Devor in Gender Roles Behaviors and Attitudes
What is the difference between proofreading and revising?
Proofreading is the final step when you go through a finished paper to polish up any issues in grammar, mechanics, and spelling. Revision is looking at overall content, focus, and structure.
When deciding how to cite your source, start by consulting the list of core elements. These are the general pieces of information that MLA suggests including in each Works Cited entry. In your citation, the elements should be listed in the following order:
a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.