Writing
MLA
Scarlet Letter
The Crucible
Huck Finn
100
Ellipses are three equally spaced dots
What is true
100
QCP, the way we remember to cite concrete details from our sources.
What is quotation, citation, punctuation
100
Three major scenes take place here.
What is the scaffold.
100
An unfaithful man who is hanged for not admitting he participated in witchery.
Who is John Proctor.
100
Plays Tom Sawyer, George Jackson, and Sarah Williams
Who is Huck.
200
Thesis statements and topic sentences a re facts from the literature you are writing about.
What is false. Thesis and TS are all commentary.
200
This is also known as a parenthetical reference, it includes the author's last name and page number.
What is in-text citation.
200
In The governors house, when Dimmesdale's comes near pearl, she did this.
What is put her cheek against his hand.
200
The man who came from Beverly to Salem to rid the town of witches.
Who is Reverend Hale.
200
Plays Sid Sawyer and Jim's mother
Who is Tom
300
Period and commas go outside closing quotation marks.
What is true.
300
Postman, Neil. amusing Ourselves to Death. New York: Penguin-Viking, 1985. Print.
What is (Postman #).
300
Hester believes that THIS stemmed from the impassioned state she was in during pregnancy.
What is Pearls wildness.
300
She confesses to witchcraft to avoid being hanged; she is from Barbados.
Who is Tituba.
300
Plays Romeo and Uncle William Wilks
Who is the Duke
400
Concrete details can be quotations, but not paraphrases or summaries.
What is false. All three are concrete details.
400
Graff, Gerald. Professing Literature. Chicago: U of Chicago, 1987. Print.
What is (Graff #).
400
Claims Hester has turned him into a fiend.
Who is Chillingworth
400
She was the Proctor's servant
Who is Mary Warren.
400
Plays Juliet and Uncle Peter Wilks
Who is the King
500
Use double quotation marks to enclose a quotation within a quotation.
What is false. Use single quotes inside the double quotes.
500
Jenkins, Henry. "Bearings." MIT Comm Forum. MIT, 19 Feb. 2002. Web. 16 June 2005. .
What is (Jenkins 1).
500
She tells Pearl that her father is the Prince of Airs
Who is Mistress Hibbins
500
He was pressed to death; a friend of John Proctor.
Who is Giles Corey
500
Plays a drowned Arab
Who is Jim
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