MLA
Sentence Types
Correct Dialogue & Narratives
Themes from The Outsiders
Potpourri
100

Student Name, Teacher Name, Class, Date

What is an MLA header

100

She was an 8th grade student

What is a simple sentence

100

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Narrative Arc

100

Stay innocent and true to yourself

"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold."

100

An independent clause

A clause that can stand alone (simple sentence)

200

Last name, first name, title, city of publication, publication date, publisher, date of access

What is an MLA work cited citation

200

While, we were late for the bus

Dependent clause

200

"What_" she said_ "I didn't hear you_"

question mark, period, period

200

Pony and Cherry talking about the sunsets in the South and North sides of town

Socs and Greasers are really the same.

200

An exaggerated statement used for comparison

A hyperbole

300

(Johnson, 2018)

What is an MLA in text citation

300

She didn't like pizza, so she ordered a salad instead.

Compound sentence
300

Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publication

The writing process
300

Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Steve, Two-Bits, and Dally

Friends are like family
300

A direct definition of the meaning of a word

Dennotation

400

Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point

What is MLA Formating

400

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

FANBOYS Conjunctions

400

First person point of view

I, me, we

400

Dally goes to jail for Two Bits when he breaks a window at a school.

Gallantry

400

An inferred meaning of a word 

A connotation

500

Modern Language Association

Acronym for MLA

500

While we missed the bus, we were able to get a ride with my friend's mom, so we were not late to school.

Compound, complex sentence

500

You

Second person point of view

500

Socs think Greasers are dirty, and Greasers think socs are spoiled, mean rich kids.

Stereotypes

500

Subject, occasion, audience, purpose, situation, tone 

SOAPSTone

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