Ex-De-Texte Pt. 1
Ex-De-Texte Pt. 2
Research Paper
Miscellaneous
MLA Format
100

When something stands for something else

Symbolism

100

The person who is telling the story.

Speaker

100

Should be one sentence in length. 

Thesis Statement
100

The the thoughts and feelings we associate with a word is its _________ meaning.

Connotative

100

When you condense information from a source

Summarize

200

A classification of literature

Genre

200

A universal statement concerning all of mankind. 

Theme

200

This paragraph invites your reader and states basic facts of the paper. 

Introduction

200

There are three different types of this figurative language. 

Irony. 

Verbal

Dramatic

Situational

200

When you take information from a source using roughly the same number of words

Paraphrase

300

A universal statement found in one or two places of a work. 

Minor Theme

300

A condensed form of the plot. 

Subject

300

This part of the paper includes evidence that supports your thesis. 

Body

300

This type of punctuation mark indicates the omission of words. 

Ellipsis

300

If there is no known author, the in-text citation should contain this and the page number.

The title of the article. 

400

The difference between tone and mood.

Tone is the attitude the author has towards his subject, mood is how the work makes the reader feel.

400

How the author uses language

Diction

400

This expressed HOW your paper is written. 

Purpose Statement

400

When you address someone who is not present or alive. 

Apostrophe

400

This type of quote is used for more than four quoted lines of writing. 

Block Quote
500

A theme consists of these two things:

A subject and a predicate

500

What a character's language reveals about their education, social level, and other details?

Idiolect

500

Name three different databases you should be using in your research papers. 

1.Gale (In Context) Literature

2. Bloom's Literature

3. Salem Literature

500

The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

Literary Criticism

500

This is the type of Indent you should use on your Works Cited Page. 

Hanging Indent