Genres
Structure
Modern Language Assn.
Advanced Genres
Potluck
100

This genre helps us understand a single phenomenon as it relates to an entire set.

What is a case study?

100

These make good attention getters in papers.

What are narratives, surprising facts, and series' of questions.

100

This is the order we place sources in on our works cited pages and annotated bibliographies.

What is alphabetical?

100

Generally speaking, this should be the length of both a cover letter and a resume.

What is one page each?
100

This assignments served as a model of your college readiness.

What is the portfolio?

200

In this genre we examine a persons credentials and events that show them in use.

What is a biography?

200

An effective essay does this in both the introduction and conclusion.

What is stating/restating the thesis verbatim?

200

The first item (unless not provided) on an MLA citation is this, given in this order.

What is the authors name, last name first.

200

These are the three 'lines' of an article.

What are headline, byline, placeline?
200

This is the protocol when there is no author present while cresting an MLA citation.

What is move to the next available item (eg Title of Article...)?

300

An effective one of these can effectively spread ideas from one persons view to the entire world?

What is an opinion-editorial?

300

This is how we properly introduce a source within an essay (not parenthetical citation).

What is 'According to *blank* who works for *blank*, they stated on *blank day* that...'?

300

(You have 90 seconds for this question and may use your phones)


This is the list of items needed for an ELECTRONIC SOURCE MLA citation.

What are author, article name, title of website, edition/version/number, publisher, URL, publication date/date accessed?

300

These are the TWO key elements of narrative.

What are movement through time and change?

300

This is what we call evidence that is proven by the way things interact in the world (observation & experimentation).

What is empirical evidence?

400

This uses multiple perspectives to tell its narrative.

What is a history?

400

This is the correct way to craft an main point preview.

What is stating main points in the order they are written in?

400

(You have 60 seconds)

Create a citation for the article you're being handed.

Magra, Iliana. Schools in England Introduce a New          Subject: Mindfulness. New York Times. URL.              04 Feb 2019.

400

This is a law, or set of rules that you generally have to abide by within society or organizations. 

What is a policy?

400

This is the sequence of markers used when writing an outline for an essay.

What is Roman numeral, capital letter, lower case letter, Arabic numeral (and if there is another level lower case Roman numeral eg i, ii, iii, iv)?
500

These make papers easier by helping writers effectively organize research.

What is an annotated bibliography?

500

This is the proper structure for a body paragraph.

What is topic sentence, paragraph claim, evidence, paragraph conclusion?

500

This is how you write a second author on a citations, as well as how you credit a source with more than three authors in text.

What is first name first, and et. al?

500

This is how comparison is described.

What is placing two items side by side and assessing their qualities shared in common.

500

These are the three major worldviews as identified by Ariela Keysar in 2013.

What are religious, spiritual, and secular?