MLA Formatting
Vocabulary
Jo Ann Beard
The Body
Bonus
100
All MLA Style papers are written in this font and size.
What is Times New Roman, 12 point?
100
Using another person's words or ideas in your own work, making it look like your original ideas, without acknowledgment.
What is plagiarism?
100
The periodical in which "Fourth State of Matter" was published.
What is the New Yorker?
100
The film adaptation of "The Body" by Stephen King.
What is Stand by Me?
100
This actor, widely known for his role of Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, also appears in Avengers: Infinitiy War.
Who is Peter Dinklage?
200
These are the two components of page numbers according to MLA Style.
What is Last Name space Page number?
200
A short, nonfiction piece of writing; also in the title of your textbook.
What is an essay?
200
The university where the shooting takes place.
What is the University of Iowa?
200
The Body takes place the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, but the film is set in this state.
What is Oregon?
200
In a PowerPoint presentation on the first day of class, I showed the class images of two of my favorite books, A Song of Ice and Fire, and this book series, about a fictional world of wizards.
What (who) is Harry Potter?
300
This is the sentence that appears at the end of the first paragraph and states the purpose of the paper.
What is a thesis statement?
300
The group of people a writer thinks will be reading their work.
What is an audience?
300
This is the fourth state of matter, in addition to solid, liquid and gas. It is also the colorless fluid part of blood.
What is plasma?
300
The news cites this as the cause of Ray Brawer's death, although the author implies it could have been something more nefarious.
What is getting hit by a train?
300
This is the criteria for applying for a Los Angeles Public Library card online.
What is living in Los Angeles?
400
This section of an MLA Style paper is listed alphabetically, whether author name or publication title comes first.
What is the Works Cited page?
400
The angle from which a writer sees and writes about their subject.
What is point of view?
400
This is the number of dogs living at Jo Ann Beard's house when the essay takes place.
What is 3?
400
Teddy, Chris, Vern and Gordie had these for dinner around a campfire on their quest to find Ray Bradbury.
What are hamburgers?
400
The example final project Adaptation paper shared and read with the class examined this book and film.
What is "Planet of the Apes"?
500
These are the components of a citation for a printed book with one author.
What are Author, Title, Publisher, Publication Year?
500
The circumstances in which you communicate; including your audience, topic, purpose, and the context and culture in which you communicate.
What is the rhetorical situation?
500
This band is on a t-shirt Jo Ann Beard's husband leaves behind, in a box where the baby squirrel sleeps.
Who are the Rolling Stones?
500
Vern overhears his brother disclose the location of a dead body while he is under the porch, digging for a jar of what?
What are pennies?
500
This is the website that should never, ever be referenced in Language Arts 1.
What is Rotten Tomatoes?