Citations and Works Cited
What two pieces of information should an in-text citation typically include?
Last name and page number
(Jones 19)
What font should always be used in MLA papers?
Times New Roman (12pt)
How long should your final argumentative essay be?
6-8 pages
Where can you go on campus to get help with your writing?
The Writing Center! (or me)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (2X Points)
Name ONE of my cats (includes partner's cats too)
George, Ginny, Reginald, Phoebe, Bishop, Grayson, Missy, or Tony.
In which of the following situations would you NOT need to cite:
A) Paraphrasing in your own words
B) Direct quote
C) Telling a personal narrative
C) Telling a personal narrative
False
How many hard copies (minimum) should you bring to class for peer review on Thursday?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (2X points!)
What was Gutenberg's first printed book after his invention of the printing press? (1440/1445)
the Bible (specifically, the Gutenberg or Latin bible)
What's my star sign (astrology)?
Leo
If your citation has no author, what do you put for the in-text citation?
Title in quotes (or first few words of title).
("Title of Article").
What two perspectives should you keep to a minimum when writing in MLA
1st and 2nd person (I, we, us, our, my, etc.)
What TWO things must you convince your readers of (according to the instruction sheet)?
1. The problem you are discussing needs to be solved
2. How to solve it
What do the following books all have in common: Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm, Anne Frank's Diary, Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Hate U Give
They're all banned books (booooooo)
What instrument do I play?
Violin
What is the correct way to cite a work with two authors in your works cited page?
Last, First and First Last.
Doe, Jane and Sam Jones.
When should "et. al." appear in an MLA works cited page?
When there are 3+ authors of a single source.
What is the minimum number of sources needed for this paper excluding encyclopedias/dictionaries?
Five
Name any TWO of Shakespeare's plays (comedies or tragedies)
All's Well that Ends Well, 12th Night, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Love's Labor's Lost, Measure for Measure, Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Windsor, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado, Taming of the Shrew, Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Winter's Tale (comedies)
Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo+Juliet, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, Troilus+Cressida (tragedies)
What other language have I studied (aside from English)?
German/Deutsch!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (2X Points)
You only need to cite the city of publication under which circumstance?
If it was published before 1900
What four pieces of information should you header include, in order?
Your name, instructor name, course name, date.
What should EVERY paragraph of your essay begin with?
A topic sentence
What author wrote the poem Hero and Leander and the play The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus?
(hint: it's the guy I research as a graduate research assistant...)
Christopher (Kit) Marlowe
Double Jeopardy (2x points!)
Name my favorite movie.
(or one in my top 3 for regular points)
Favorite: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001)
Other top two if I HAD to choose: Alien (1979) or Inglorious Basterds (2009)