MLA Style
MB's Major Concepts
Rhetorical Analysis 101
Research Review
Parts of a Paragraph
100

This is where you place your last name and page numbers

What is a header?

100

This belongs at the end of an introduction paragraph 

What is a thesis statement? 

100

Connecting to an audience through their emotions 

What is pathos? 

100

A claim you are advocating for

What is an argument? 

100

The start of a paragraph announcing its purpose!

What is a topic sentence?

200

This is the amount of space between lines in an essay

What is double spaced?

200

This group of common lettered ideas helps gather information on a reading 

What are the 5 W's?

200

Connecting to an audience through their logic

What is logos? 

200

Your point of view on an idea or issue

What is a stance? 

200

An element that helps move between ideas in an essay

What is a transition?

300

This is the name of the source list on the last page

What is works cited? 

300

This typically includes a claim and reasoning

What is a thesis statement? 

300

Connecting to an audience's sense of credibility

What is ethos? 

300

Determined by how reliable or trustworthy a source is 

What is credibility? 

300

An idea explained in your own words

What is analysis?

400

This is found on lines after the first line of a works cited citation

What is a hanging indent? 

400

This should be the most prominent part of your writing (or the "loudest")

What is your voice? 

400

This is the "point" of a piece you are analyzing

What is the purpose? 
400

This, also referring to a lunch item, is a way of incorporating sources into your paragraphs

What is a sandwich? 

400

An idea explained by someone else

What is evidence?

500

An example of a title that should be in quotation marks 

What is an article title, song name, or chapter of a book? 

500

The big three 

What are audience, purpose, and genre? 

500

The choices we make about how we communicate

What is rhetoric?

500

This writing exercise features citations, summaries, and explanations 

What is an annotated bibliography?

500

A paragraph has one of these, not multiple

What is a controlling idea?