Your English Formatting Friend
Jane Doe
Ms. Benson
English II-II
4 March 2025
what is MLA?
contra
what is AGAINST?
the message of the work, often implied and not stated
what is THEME?
referencing something that people would know
giving human characteristics to an object or animal is an example of
what is PERSONIFICATION?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The chant for parenthetical citation *must show hand signs to activate daily double!*
what is COPY COPY AUTHOR PAGE PERIOD?
" " ( ) .
Daily Double!
One means good, one means bad
what is BENE? MAL?
the definition is "sentence structure," the word is ____
what is SYNTAX?
BQ, NS, and MM are all acronyms for
what are SIGNPOSTS? NOTICE AND NOTE?
boom, fizz, bang, and er er er er are examples of this figurative language
what is ONOMATOPOEIA?
You should integrate a parenthetical citation when one of two things happen...
*get both: DOUBLE the points!*
what is PARAPHRASE (INDIRECT) OR QUOTE (DIRECT)?
Auto
Connotation can be _______ or ________, and is often associated with feelings/context
what is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE?
the text feature that has a superscript and then provides more information at the bottom of the page
what is a FOOTNOTE?
"Life is a carnival" is an example of
what is METAPHOR?
It contains a double double... (quote quote)
What is ACADEMIC PARAGRAPH? ACAPARA?
what is NATURE? BODY?
the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters is this point of view
what is THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT?
tone is the ________'s attitude at different places throughout the text
what is THE AUTHOR'S?
"I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of this literary term -- it's also used in mathematics
what is PARALLEL? PARALLEL STRUCTURE? PARALLELISM?
what is CLAIM or THESIS?
beyond, through
what is TRANS?
punctuation such as ? or ! goes where in a quoted parenthetical citation?
use: "Ms. Benson, what" (Confused 8000) to demonstrate competence
What is INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS
"Ms.Benson, what?" (Confused 8000).
You should always do this before reading an entire article/passage
What is READ THE QUESTION OR LOOK FOR TEXT FEATURES FIRST?
this process of thinking requires a logical guess based on clues, details in the text and passage
(starts with an I)
what is an INFERENCE?