Essay writing terminology
MLA
Chicago Style
Reporting
text structure
100

Which is a key component in serving an essay's argument?

a anecdote                   c. citation

b.repetition                   d. synonym


c

100

When do you need to provide an in text citation?

  • When you paraphrase information or include a direct quotation from a source in your paper.
100

When you provide a citation within your text in an essay what three components must you include

Surname, year, pp.

100

name 15 reporting verbs 

Argue, assert, claim, conclude, confirm, contend, insist, maintain, state, warn, believe, consider, say, suggest, think, demonstrate, explain, indicate, note, prove, reveal, show ,accept, agree, deny, doubt,blame, condemn, criticize ,characterize, classify, define, evaluate, identify, portray, present 

100

What does expound mean?

A repeat

B Mention briefly

C. Develop

D.Emphasize

C

200

What is the name of the sentence or sentences that outline the main argument of an essay?

Thesis statement

200

Which sources need to be written in italics

Name 5

Play , book/anthologies, film title, journal  Magazine titles, newspaper titles

200

For in film citations which components must you provide

Director's surname, year and the time range of the citation

200

Name at least two synonyms of the verb 'highlight'

draw attention to 

emphasize 

accentuate 

stress 

underline

underscore

200

What's the word which means repeated

A Reloaded

B. Touch upon

C. Alluded

D reiterate

D

300

What is the name of the sentence that acts as the quality control manager of a paragraph and helps the reader to decide what is relevant or irrelevant  in a paragraph

topic sentence

300

In MLA style, the list of references on your Works Cited page should be in order by:

  • Alphabetical by author’s last name.
300

If you find a quote from someone in a secondary source, but you can’t track down the original what do you do?

you use:

 “quoted in” in your Works Cited page and give both references:

Zukofsky, Louis. 1931. “Sincerity and Objectification.” Poetry 37 (February): 269. Quoted in Bonnie Costello, Marianne Moore: Imaginary Possessions (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

300

What are the other forms of the following verbs:

analyse 

distribute

compete

require


analysis analytical analytically

distribution distributive 

competition competitive competitively

requirement required 

300

If more than one topic comes under one heading is it

Summarized,  subsumed , contained, consisted of

subsumed

400

What is the capital of Lithuania

(Googlers will be punished!)

Vilnius

400

What does no. stand for in an MLA Works Cited entry? 

a Page number

b volume number

c pages

b

400

When your source is from film or tv put the quote in the correct running order:

distributor or studio /URL/director  /  first name  /releasing/film title/organisation/platform/surname/year/year of medium/


400

Name 3 synonyms of the following words

1.momentarily

2.significant

3.consistently

1.briefly, temporarily, for an instant

2. notable,crucial, vital, paramount

3. routinely, steadily, persistently

400

If you mention something only briefly in a presentation do you?

Suggest, touch upon, summarize or condense it

I would like to TOUCH UPON some other issues

500

In academic writing what does the abbreviation 'et al'

signify?

And others

500

Select the Works Cited example that has the correct format for citing a book with multiple authors in MLA style:

a. Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.

b.Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.

c.Wysocki, A.; Johnson-Eilola, J.; Selfe, C. L.; and Sirc, G. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.

  • Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004

A

500

If there is no season or month information in a journal aritcle what is the order?

If there is no season or month information:

Surname, First Name. Year. “Article Title.” Journal Title X (Y): MM-NN.

LaSalle, Peter. 2017. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England

    Review 38 (1): 95–109

500

What are some synonyms for the verb 'claims'?

assert ,declare , maintain, profess

500

How many people live in Glasgow approximately

a 10            b 100,000   c. 550,000 D 650,000

D