Elements of Plot
MLA Format
Grammar Check
Tone
Research Papers
100
The main character who takes part in the action of a literary work and the author clearly states personality types.
What is Direct Characterization?
100
It is the last statement in the introductory paragraph and contains an opinion that needs to be proved through examples.
What is the thesis statement?
100
It is a clause that can stand alone and makes coherent sense.
What is the main clause?
100
" 'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); " - Lewis Carroll
What is surprised?
100
Label the pieces: Eduard Shure declares, "Anyone who views life other than as an illusion that consumes itself is entangled in life. Life should not be a novel given to us, but one written by us." (Koulias 8).
What is a lead-in, quote, and citation?
200
A contradiction in what the character thinks and what the audience knows to be true.
What is dramatic irony?
200
The Students name, the teacher's name, the course name and the date appear on the left hand side of a 8 1/2 by 11 " paper.
What is the MLA?
200
Using a semi-colon is not hard ____ I once saw a party gorilla do it.
What is ; ?
200
"The secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles." - Frances Burnett
What is happy?
200
MLA format is an abbreviation.
What is Modern Language Association?
300
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience or subject and can be described using a single adjective.
What is tone?
300
The author's last name and the page number that follow the quote.
What is parenthetical citation?
300
Identify the name for the proper literary device. "When we were walking down the stairs ... I tripped and spilled all of my coffee."
What is an ellipse?
300
"After a few hours the road became rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven." - Frank Baum
What is forbidding?
300
It was written by an expert from the time period or by someone who has researched the subject thoroughly and their facts can all be checked.
What is a credible source?
400
The struggle between opposing forces that provides the drama in a written work.
What is the conflict?
400
It is indented and spaced from the paper with the quote entirely single spaced followed by the citation.
What is a quote with more than 3 lines?
400
What kind of phrase is this ? {Giving gifts} is an act that requires thought and caring.
What is a gerund phrase?
400
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in the possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." - Jane Austen
What is sarcastic?
400
A hand drawn map by Lewis and Clark.
What is a primary document?
500
The feeling created by the author in the reader by a literary work or passage that is often suggested by descriptive details.
What is the mood?
500
The final page of a research paper.
What is the work cited page?
500
After Amy sneezed is an example of ....
What is a subordinate clause?
500
"... the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of women through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light -- are unsolved ... so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use." -- Victor Hugo
What is negative?
500
Why do we use brackets in a research paper? "[The] President spoke last night on television." (CBS.com)
What is adding your own words?
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