MLA Format
WRITING PROCESS
PARAGRAPH FORMATTING
POEM TYPES
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100

This is the correct MLA in-text citation format for a quote from page 45 of a book by S.E. Hinton.

What is (Hinton 45)?

100

This stage of writing focuses on improving word choice, sentence structure, and clarity without changing the main idea.

What is revising?

100

A topic sentence should do this in a paragraph.

What is state the main idea and connect to thesis?

100

A short poem that tells a story and often includes rhyme and rhythm.

What is a ballad?

100

A comma must be used before FANBOYS when this happens.

What is connecting two independent clauses?

200

In MLA format, the title of a book is styled how?

What is italicized?

200

What does MLA in-text citation primarily help avoid?

Plagiarism 

200

The explanation part of a paragraph is also known as this.

What is analysis/commentary?

200

A 5-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Haiku
200

The “B” in FANBOYS stands for this word.

But

300

The Works Cited page is organized in this order.

What is alphabetical by author’s last name?

300

The difference between revising and editing is that editing focuses on ___ while revising focuses on ___.

What are grammar/mechanics and ideas/organization?

300

This device is used when the author hints at something that will happen later.

What is foreshadowing?

300

A poem that does not follow regular rhyme or meter.

Free Verse

300

In As Brave as You, The narrator of the story is primarily this type of character perspective.

1st Person 

400

In MLA format, the Works Cited page must be this type of alignment.

Hanging Indent 

400

This part of the writing process is often skipped but includes checking for audience awareness and argument strength before drafting.

What is prewriting/planning?

400

“The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of this device.

Personification

400

Rapper that Mrs. V showed the class as an example of rhyme? 

Eminem

400

In a Long Walk to Water, This character’s story is based on a real-life Sudanese “Lost Boy.”

Salva Dut

500

This is the correct format for a book citation on a Works Cited page.

What is Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

500

A writer changes “went quickly” to “sprinted” during this stage of writing.

What is revising?

500

Comparing two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”

Metaphor

500

A poem that includes shapes 

Concrete