MLA Basics
In an MLA heading, the first line is the student's name and the second line is this.
What is the teacher's name?
The author of "Journal of the First Voyage to America."
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Stories spoken aloud rather than committed to paper.
What is oral tradition?
Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
Columbus was concerned with finding these two treasures in America.
What are gold and spices?
For a heading in MLA format, the third line is this.
What is the name of the class?
The author of "Museum Indians."
Who is Susan Powers?
Stories that answer the need to explain how life began.
What are origin myths?
This person wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation."
Who is William Bradford?
This person referred to himself in the third person and praised his own good qualities.
Who is John Smith?
The correct font for MLA format.
What is Times New Roman?
The author of "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
Records daily events and personal observations.
What is a journal?
The _________ Origin Legend was written by this tribe.
Who is the Navajo?
Bradford attributes the Pilgrims' safe arrival to this.
Who is God?
The date format for an MLA heading goes in which order:
Day Month Year
Month Day Year
Year Day Month
What is Day Month Year?
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses a person who is dead or not present, or a non-human thing, or an abstract quality or idea.
What is an apostrophe?
This person wrote "The General History of Virginia."
Who is John Smith?
Cabeza de Vaca and three countrymen journey through Texas in order to reach this city.
What is Mexico City?
The running header for an MLA paper includes these two parts.
What are the student's last name and the page number?
The author of "Huswifery."
Who is Edward Taylor?
A comparison of two unlike things that extends through a whole poem.
What is a conceit?
This is the meaning of the OP after Sister's name.
What is Order of Preachers?