Show:
MLA
The Essay
Readings
Writings
Grammar
100
What is the bibliography for MLA called?
Works Cited
100
What is the central argument for an essay called?
The thesis.
100
What did Holmes argue?
When it comes to gender, it all depends.
100
Name two ways you might prepare for an essay?
outline brainstorm freewrite
100
What citation style do we use in class?
MLA
200
For an in-text citation, what is the order for the following punctuation marks: -- quotation -- period -- parenthesis
quotation parenthesis period.
200
What does ICE stand for?
Introduce Cite (twice!) Explain
200
What does Hayakawa argue?
English should be the official language in the US.
200
What is a story, that usually appears in a news paper, that includes the views or positions the author personally feels are true?
An Opinion Editorial (OP-ED)
200
What are two of the most common articles?
THE A
300
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
300
What is the basic rule for paragraphs?
ONE idea per ONE paragraph
300
Name three ways to actively read:
Journal Annotate Outline Summarize Question Analyze
300
Name two of the four elements of a paragraph:
Unity Coherence A topic sentence Adequate development
300
Subject verb agreement concerns placing plural subjects with plural verbs and singular subjects with singular verbs. Which is correct? The students writes their papers. OR The students write their papers. AND, complete the following: The two essays _(verb: be)_ incredibly interesting.
Students write and two essays are
400
Who is your audience for an paper written in this course?
The academy or university or collegiate community (scholars)
400
What is the rebuttal to an original thesis called?
A counter argument
400
What theme did the first unit cover?
Gender and Language
400
Name two ways to tighten your prose:
Redundancy Empty Phrases
400
Name six of the eight parts of speech:
noun verb adjective adverb pronoun preposition interjection conjunction
500
Name two other citation styles
APA and Chicago Style
500
What are three rhetorical strategies/approaches that can be employed in essay writing?
Logos, pathos, ethos.
500
What theme did the final unit cover?
English as an official language (or not)
500
What did William Zinnser argue?
That writing is not glorious nor fashionable, but hard work and grueling.
500
What are all the tenses of the verb: to be
Am was will