This format is use by writers to format papers so they are uniformly organized and sources are cited fairly and accurately.
What is MLA Style? (Modern Language Association)
100
It is a short note included in your paper which tells the reader where you got your information.
What is a citation?
100
It is a stage in the writing process during which a writer just writes down on paper, organizing information and ideas into sentences and paragraphs.
What is Drafting (Writing stage)?
100
This word is use to describe the kind of writing.
What is GENRE?
100
It contains a topic sentence, at least 3 detail sentences, and a concluding or transition sentence.
What is a paragraph?
200
Written assignments required at college level to present a point of view in a concise and clear manner supported by research, facts, or examples.
What is an academic essay?
200
It is re-wording the original written information into your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
200
It is the initial creative stage before the writing of an initial draft in which the writer formulates ideas, gathers information, and plans out ways in which to organize and present the information.
What is the Pre-Writing Stage? (includes brainstorming, outlining, and research)
200
This word indicates who you are writing to.
What is AUDIENCE?
200
It is the portion of an essay that focuses the reader on the topic and includes the thesis statement.
What is the INTRODUCTIO?
300
It is the subject-A narrow area of study that can be investigated within the limits of a given assignment.
What is a topic?
300
It is an exact copy of the material from your source.
What is a quotation?
300
The stage in which the writer has someone read their writing in order to: 1) help pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the writing and 2) to help improve the paper.
What is the Peer Review stage?
300
This word indicates the REASON for writing.
What is PURPOSE?
300
This section of the essay discusses the issue or problem and elaborates on the thesis.
What is the BODY?
400
It is a statement placed in the introduction of an essay which tells the reader what the writer will discuss or prove.
What is a thesis statement?
400
It is the last page of an essay which lists where the reader can find the information the writer used to support his/her paper.
What is a Works Cited Page?
400
It is the process of re-reading the text and making changes (in content, organization, sentence structure, and word choice) to improve it by making words and sentences clearer, more precise, and more effective.
What is the REVISION process?
400
This word indicates the writer's MOOD or EMOTION?
What is TONE?
400
This section of an essay restates the thesis, brings closure and provides a final comment or ending to the paper.
What is the CONCLUSION?
500
They are publications, web sites, magazines, etc. that writers use to support their argument.
What are sources?
500
It is the act of learning more about a subject by exploring, interpreting, and evaluating sources in order to support the writer's point of view.
What is research?
500
The last stage of the writing process where the writer reads the paper to correct spelling, grammar, and by making words and sentences clearer, more precise and more effective.
What is Editing?
500
These are TWO RULES to follow in ACADEMIC ESSAYS.
What is use NO SLANG; NO CONTRACTIONS; NO use of "I" or "I think"; USE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE.
500
This type of essay addresses a topic that is debatable and requires the writer to take a position and convincingly defend it.