Style: Dress-Ups
Name the five dress-ups
What are -ly adverb, w/w clause, strong verb, www.asiab, and quality adj.?
What do we call the time and place in a story?
The Setting
Which numbers should be spelled out rather than written as numbers?
numbers that can be written in one or two words
When writing from pictures, what should the topic sentence include?
the central fact
When is it acceptable to use first person in an essay?
When writing a personal essay
Underline
What do we call the problem, want, or need in a story?
The conflict
When ending a quote, do periods and commas go insider our outside the end quotes?
Inside
What question should one ask to identify the central fact?
What is happening in this picture?
When is it acceptable to use second person in an essay?
NEVER!
If you take a who/which out of a sentance, what is left?
A complete sentance
What do we call the turning point of the story that leads to the conflict being solved?
The climax
Correctly punctutate this sentence:
When the bell which was hung in the steeple of the Methodist Church sounded everyone hid because they knew it was a warning.
When the bell which was hung in the steeple of the Methodist Church sounded, everyone hid because they knew it was a warning.
In a bibliography, what is a container, and how should it be written?
The container is the book, journal, website, etc. that contains the article being cited. It should be italicized.
What person should be used for an academic research paper?
Third
Name six banned words
go/went, say/said, came/come, get/got, good, bad, big, small/little, happy, sad, quickly, amazing
What is the Title rule?
The title must reflect 1-3 words from the final sentance
Capitalize this title: "i heard the bells on christmas day"
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
How should a bibliography be formatted?
The word "Bibliography" should be centered at the top of a fresh page. The first line of each entry should be at the left margin, and subsequent lines should be indented.
What verb tense should be used when writing about literature?
literary present tense
How many dress-ups do you need?
one of each per paragraph
When are topic/clincher sentences NOT used?
They are not used in stories or in introductions and conclusions.
List any four requirements of MLA format.
double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12pt. font
indent, 1 inch margins
page # & last name in upper right-hand corner
quotes should be followed by page # in parenthesis
What should each body paragraph of a report have?
topic/clincher sentences
What does TRIAC mean?
topic sentence, restriction, illustration, analysis, clincher