Citation
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
What are the two types of clauses?
Independent and dependent
What was the title of the reading about the phone and the autistic child?
To Siri with Love
What is a fragment?
A sentence missing an independent clause
What is the difference between a quote and a paraphrase?
Quotes are word for word from a source and a paraphrase is a summary in your own words
What are two ways to integrate outside sources into your essay?
Quotation and Paraphrase
Commas connect what?
dependent to independent, introductory phrases, and asides
Name one of the poems we went over in class
“The Charge of the Light Brigade”
“Caged Bird”
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - (314)
Rupi Kaur's poems had no titles
What is a run-on?
A sentence with too many independent clauses and without proper punctuation
What is a hanging quote?
A quote that is not connected to a full sentence
What discipline uses MLA?
Humanities
Semi-colons connect what?
Independent to independent clauses
Name a reading for the Reflection section
"The Sanctuary of School," “The Talk, “The ‘Busy Trap, "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant," "The Logic of Stupid Poor People," and "To Siri With Love"
When should apostrophes be used?
To make things possessive, not to make things plural
What is a block quotation?
A quote that takes up four or more lines of text
What can you use to change quotations?
Ellipses, brackets, break up by sentence
What is a colon used for?
Starting a list and creating emphasis
What was the goal of "Serving in Florida"?
To survive on minimum wage
How should dialogue be set up?
The speaker gets their own line, typically separate dialogue from text with a comma, punctuation goes within the quotation marks
When do you need to use a quotation?
If you like the way a sentence is phrased, if you need that specific wording, if it backs up your ideas
What is the difference between a Works Cited and a Bibliography?
Works Cited is only what is directly used in the essay and Bibliography is every source read, but not necessarily used
What is the term for words that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings.
Homophones- a specific type of homonym
What is the Cosmic Perspective?
We are both tiny and large and it is important to contemplate our place in our universe
What is a comma splice?
When a comma is used incorrectly, a semi-colon is actually needed
What is the order of citation, meaning in class, what did we discuss was the best information to cite with?
Author, if no author title, and if multiple pages the whole website