Research & Sources
This type of source provides first-hand accounts or original data for a research paper.
What are primary sources?
In MLA format, this is where the Works Cited page should appear.
What is the last page of the document?
This occurs when two independent clauses are improperly joined by only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
This technique helps blend a quote smoothly into your own sentence.
What is quote blending?
This is the main idea or claim of your argumentative essay.
These sources analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources.
What are secondary sources?
The correct way to format the title of a book in an MLA Works Cited entry.
What is italicizing the title?
This error occurs when two independent clauses are fused together without any punctuation or conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
A phrase used before introducing a quote to indicate its source and relevance.
What is a signal phrase/quote introduction?
The strategy of revising sentences to combine short, choppy sentences into longer, smoother ones.
What is sentence combining?
This term describes the practice of misrepresenting someone else’s work as your own.
When citing a source in MLA, this must be included in an in-text citations if there's no author.
What is the title of the source?
This error occurs when a "sentence" does not have a subject, predicate, and a complete thought.
What is a fragment?
This is how you should indicate that part of a quote has been omitted.
What are ellipsis points (. . .)?
This is the appropriate punctuation used after a formal introduction to a long quote (more than four lines).
What is a colon?
When evaluating a source, these three factors are most important to consider
What is CRAAP: What are credibility, relevance, and accuracy?
This format is required for MLA in-text citations for a direct quote from page 57 of a book by John Smith.
What is (Smith 57)?
This punctuation mark is used to link two independent clauses that are closely related.
What is a semicolon?
This term describes restating a source's information in your own words while giving credit.
What is paraphrasing?
This is the term for unnecessary information that does not support the thesis.
What is extraneous information?
This database is an example of a reliable source for academic research.
What is JSTOR, EBSCO, Galileo, Google Scholar, other academic journals
When citing a website, this specific date is required if available.
What is the date of access?
This type of sentence starts with a dependent clause followed by an independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
When quoting a source that quotes someone else, this terms refers to the practice of citing it secondhand.
What is indirect quotation?
This type of reasoning involves starting with specific facts and drawing a general conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning?