Author's Purpose + Main Idea
The "P" in P.I.E. stands for this.
What is Persuade?
This is the word or phrase that everything in a text links back to.
What is a topic?
The "A" in A.C.E. stands for this.
What is answer the question?
MLA format requires this font size.
What is 12 point font?
This always comes first in a Works Cited entry.
What is the author's last name?
The "I" in P.I.E. stands for this.
What is Inform?
The best way to find the topic in a text is to look for these.
What are repeated words and phrases?
The "C" in A.C.E. stands for this.
What is cite the evidence?
MLA requires this font style.
What is Times New Roman?
Works Cited entries should be organized in this manner.
What is alphabetically?
The "E" in P.I.E. stands for this.
What is Entertain?
These provide information to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea.
What are supporting details?
The "E" in A.C.E. stands for this.
What is explain the connection?
MLA requires the header of a paper, which includes the name, instructor, class, and date, to be in this position on the document.
What is the top left side?
Parenthetical citations are also referred to as these.
What are in-text citations?
You can think of a thesis statement and this as the same thing: one sentence that describes what the article is about.
What is the main idea?
Supporting details in a sentence or a paragraph often begin with these.
What are transition phrases?
This is what your answer to a question is if you cannot find evidence in the text to back it up.
What is wrong?
MLA requires this before the page number in the top right corner.
What is your last name?
This always goes outside of the parenthesis after in-text citations.
What is a period?
Topic + this = the main idea.
What is what the author has to say about the topic?
Supporting details demonstrate the validity (or truth) of this.
What is the main idea?
This is who you should imagine spelling out your answer to in your explanation.
What is a kindergartener?
MLA requires this size margins on the document.
What is one inch?
This is what you include in a parenthetical citation if no author's name is given.
What is the title of the work?