Research Writing
MLA Format
Writing
Letter Writing
Figurative Language
100

This occurs when you use the words of someone else without giving them credit.

Plagarism

100

This goes in the top right corner of the page. 

What is last name and page number?


100

The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.

Which of the following alternatives to the italicized portion would NOT be acceptable? 


A. path, paving B. path and then paved 

C. path before paving  D. path paved


D. path paved 

100

This part of the letter

Dear Sally,

is known as this term.

What is salutation?

100

What is the type of figurative language in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series?

Alliteration 

200

In this example of a citation  "A year later, he tried again with the same result" (78-79). this item is missing. 

What is the last name of the author?

200

Your paper should be typed either Times New Roman or this font.  12 points for each!

What is Arial.
200

The two principal types of kayaks are: the easily maneuverable white-water kayak and the largest sea kayak.

A. NO CHANGE  B. very biggest 

C. more large D. larger

D. larger 

200

A letter should be double spaced.


True or false?

True.

200

"Into a thousand whirling dreams/ Of Sun!" is an example of this type of figurative language.

What is imagery?

300

The period goes at this location in sentence with an in-text citation. 

After the parentheses. 


300

The Works Cited Page should go in this location.

What is at the end of the document on its own page?

300

As the dancers step to the music, they were also stepping in time to a sound that embodies their unique history and suggests the influence of outside cultures on their music.

A. NO CHANGE  B. are also stepping 

C. have also stepped D. will also step

B. are also stepping 

300

An envelope should have the address for the recipient in the middle and the sender's address, also called this, in the top left corner.

What is the return address?

300

What is the type of figurative language in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes?

Personification

400

Which is the correct format of an in-text citation:


A. "... and the band played on" (Spottiswoode 89).

B. "... and the band played on. (Spottiswoodie)

A. "... and the band played on" (Spottiswoode 89).

400

                         Works Cited

Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving             the Planet." The New York Times, 22 May 2007,         Accessed 12 May 2016.

The indent in this example is known as this

What is hanging indentation?

400

To add to the confusion, every New Year’s Day a person according to this Korean counting system, becomes a year older, regardless of his or her actual birthday.

A. NO CHANGE  B. person, 

C. person; D. person who,

B. person, 

400

Professional letters should be written in a type of format known as this term.

What is block?

400

"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?

What is a metaphor?

500

This is the order that entries in works cited should appear. 

B. Numerical then Alphabetical

500

These four pieces of information should be provided at the top of your paper with left alignment.

What are name, teacher's name, class period, and due date?

500

Some sixty years later, an elderly Frances Griffiths publicly admitted that her and her cousin had staged the photographs as a practical joke.

A. NO CHANGE  B. her cousin and herself 

C. she and her cousin D. her cousin and her

C. she and her cousin 

500

This is the number of spaces between the complimentary close and the typed sender's name.

Four

500

"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?

Simile