Generally, what information should go in an in-text citation?
(Author's last name page number)
What country is Joseph Asagai from?
Nigeria
What does the E in ACES stand for?
Explain evidence
The ___________ of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
subject
A student wants to cite from A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. What should they cite?
(Hansberry 2.2).
What is Walter’s main internal conflict throughout the play?
A. He wants to get a raise.
B. He is angry that his mother will not let him have all the money for himself.
C. He dislikes the fact that Beneatha wants to be a doctor.
D. He wants to feel like a “man” and provide for his family
D. He wants to feel like a “man” and provide for his family
(Literary device)
_____________ is to give human qualities to inanimate objects.
Personification
In a sentence, a _________ _________ is the thing being acted on by the verb.
direct object
A student wants to cite a quote from Act 2 Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. What should go in their citation?
(Hansberry 2.2).
What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do in Act 3?
Move to Africa with him to practice medicine and (presumably) get married
(Formatting question)
Titles of long works like books or plays should be placed in __________.
Italics
the action in a sentence
A student is quoting from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes. What should go in the parentheses?
The poem brings up the concept of a dream that "sags like a heavy load" if it's not acted upon (_______).
(Hughes).
The simile, “Her bearing is most like the noble bearing of the women of the Heroes of Southwest Africa” serves to show that Mama is
A. elderly
B. tired
C. hardworking
D. dignified
C. hardworking
If you are citing an article, and author's last name is NOT available, what should you cite?
("Article title")
A ______________ is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.
Independent Clause
A student wants to cite from page 17 of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. What should go in their citation?
Coriolanus explains that the "bulk of the Snow family fortune had been invested in munitions- but in District 13" (________).
(Collins 17).
Why do the Youngers decide to move to Clybourne Park?
Walter decides to honor his father's memory and to preserve his family's pride.
What's wrong with the following sentence/quote:
Mama says Ain't nothin left to say. (Lorraine Hansberry 3)
-No comma after signal phrase
-No Quotation Marks
-Citation should have last name only
-Period in the wrong place
Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentence:
I want to buy one hundred books.
Subject- I
Predicate- want to buy