Text Structures
A way of organizing information where a writer explains an event or action and then describes the resulting consiquences or outcomes.
What is a cause and effect text structure?
describe the order of an MLA heading
What is Student Name, Teacher Name, Class Name, Day Month Year?
When was the information gathered, and if it has been updated?
What is Currency?
Examines how male or female roles and power dynamics are portrayed, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of the characters
What is the Gender Lens?
Identify whose idea the evidence is and what makes that person an authority
What does it mean to Introduce the source of the evidence?
a writing format where the author first clearly identifies an issue, then presents one or more potential resolutions to address that issue
What is Problem Solution Text Structure?
The name of the bibliography page at the end of an MLA paper
What is Works Cited?
How important the information is to your needs?
What is a Relevance?
focuses on the text alone in isolation from any other text and considers lterary choices like diction or syntax impact the meaning of the work.
What is the Formalist Lens?
Identifying for the reader what was happening in the text that helps explain this evidence, or, what the purpose of the scholarly source is before giving the evidence from that source
What is providing context for the evidence?
a way of organizing information within a text by highlighting the similarities and differences between two or more people, ideas, events, or concepts, essentially showing how they are alike and how they differ from one another.
What is a Compare and Contrast Text Structure?
the name for the alphabetical entries formatted in MLA at the end of the paper
What is citations?
Is the source of the information an expert?
What is Authority?
a literary lens that helps readers understand a work of literature by analyzing the time period and context in which it was written.
What is the Historical Lens?
a restatement of a short text, passage, or work giving the meaning in the writer's own words
What is paraphrasing evidence?
a writing style where information is presented in a specific order, typically listing events or steps in chronological order, from beginning to end
What is Sequence Text Structure?
the term for how the entries on the last page of the paper appear- beginning at the margin with the first line of the entry, and indenting all subsequent lines
What is Hanging Indent?
How reliable, truthful, and correct the content is
What is Accuracy?
a way of analyzing the text by exploring how it conveys the identities of people from different races, ethnicities, religions, or cultures, and how economic or ethical practices affect the group
What is the Sociological Lens?
to express the most important facts or ideas from a longer text in a short and clear form
Who is summarizing evidence?
an introduction with a clear thesis statement, a body with multiple paragraphs that support the thesis using evidence from the text, and a conclusion that summarizes the main points and reiterates the central argument
What is literary analysis?
A reference in the paper that can be linked to an entry on the last page of the paper - it may appear in parentheses
What is in text or parenthetical citations?
The reason the information exists
What is Purpose?
A way of analyzing literature by exploring how it depicts the human psyche, including unconscious and repressed desires and fears.
What is the Psychological Lens?
Taking text word for word from the original source
What is quoted evidence?