MLA Formatting & Citations
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The works cited page
A thesis needs to share these two things.
A topic and a comment or opinion
This essay genre describes an event.
Narrative essay
A grammatical sentence (independent clause) must have these three components.
A subject, verb, and complete thought
This term refers to the reason a writer is creating a text.
Purpose
This font style and size are standard for MLA formatting.
12-point Times New Roman
This essay genre explores similarities and differences.
Compare and contrast essay
This is expected number of main ideas in each paragraph.
One main idea
This grammatical problem is demonstrated by the following example:
Never in my life.
A sentence fragment.
This term refers to the person or people who will read a composition.
Audience
This Works Cited element uses a unique indentation for every entry.
Hanging indent
This sentence expresses the main idea of a paragraph.
A topic sentence
This word or phrase shows the logical relationship between parts of sentences, entire sentences, or paragraphs.
A transition
This form of punctuation is missing in the following example:
I visited the library and the librarian showed me the computers.
This term refers to the sequential arrangement of a composition.
Organization
This is required in a parenthetical citation when a source has no page numbers.
The author’s last name (or shortened title)
The E in MEAL Plan stands for this word.
Evidence
This essay genre suggests the meaning of a concept or term.
Definition essay
This marking is used for contractions and possessives.
An apostrophe
This rhetorical term reveals an author's attitude toward their subject.
Tone
This attributive tag introduces an author’s name before a quotation.
Signal phrase
This term refers to offering examples, illustration, or evidence for a main idea.
Development
The A in MEAL Plan refers to this word.
Analysis
The sentence structure makes the subject the recipient of the action instead of the doer of the action.
Passive voice
This is the rhetorical term for essence of words and ideas.
Meaning