The MLA Way
In MLA, your titles should have this alignment
What is center alignment?
In Taylor Swift's song, "You Need To Calm Down," Swift openly advocates for this community
What is the LGBT* or queer community?
This slang term can be used to refer to (usually visual) media that is disturbing and difficult to forget
What is cursed?
This type of thinking is intentional and involves engaging in analysis before making judgments
What is critical thinking?
People that believe that they're either smart or they're not hold this mindset
What is a fixed mindset?
In MLA, essays are formatted using this paragraph spacing setting
What is double-space(d)?
These are the "girls" Swift refers to in the lyrics: "And we see you over there on the internet /Comparing all the girls who are killing it"
Who are drag queens &/or transgender women?
The following acronym stands for this: IYKYK
What is if you know you know?
People often unknowingly engage in this type of (often negative & judgmental) thinking when they are in a boring, annoying, &/or inconvenient social situation
What is automatic thinking?
People that believe that they can continue to develop their skills through time & effort hold this mindset
What is a growth mindset?
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When formatting your essay in MLA, the following identifying information should appear in the top left corner in this order:
31 October 1993
Professor Mayor
What is the writer's first and last name, the teacher/instructor/professor's name, the class title/code, and the date?
Fill in the missing lyric from Swift's "You Need to Calm Down:" "And ____ and stones never broke my bones"
What is snakes?
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This adjective is used to describe food that is extremely delicious
What is bussin'?
Utilizing these three rhetorical appeals enables writers to build more convincing & effective arguments
What are ethos, logos, & pathos?
David Foster Wallace wrote & delivered this graduation speech
What is "This is Water?"
In MLA, this page cites the sources you've referenced & must be included in all final drafts of academic essays
What is a Works Cited?
Swift references this LGBT* organization in the following lyrics: "Why are you mad? / When you could be ____?"
What is GLAAD or Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation?
This slang term is a verb that can be used to refer to a collective action to publicly shame & boycott a specific person or entity (such as a show or company)
What is cancel*?
This method for structuring paragraphs involves moving from broad to narrow statements in the introduction & from narrow to broad statements in the conclusion
What is the funnel method?
This author wrote the widely-used textbook Thinking Critically
Who is John Chaffee?
When citing a book in MLA, the following information should be in this order:
1993
Reasons I Am the Pumpkin King: A Spooky Memoir
Jack O'Lantern
Halloween Town Publishing
What is the author's last name, the author's first name, the title of the book, the publisher, and the year published?
Swift shows her implicit bias towards this demographic of people by having them represent the haters in "You Need to Calm Down"
Who are rural/country people?
This slang term (derived from AAVE - African American Vernacular English) is a noun that can be used to describe someone that is socially/politically aware of injustice and inequality
What is woke?
Thinking that a particular gender is inherently better at a particular sport or that a student of a particular ethnicity is naturally smarter than other students are examples of this type of bias
What is implicit bias?
Core beliefs can be broken down into these three relational categories
What are yourself, other people, and the world?