Parts of Speech
MLA
Research
Using AI
Babies
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
100
This is the size and type of font you should use for the entire MLA paper.
12 point standard font
100
A website that is user-editable and cannot be used as a source.
(But the reference section is a great place to find sources!)
Wikipedia / Baidu Baike
100
This is the critical step you must always take after getting information from an AI tool like ChatGPT or DeepSeek.
Fact-checking or verifying with reliable sources
100
A baby dog
Puppy
200
A word that describes something.
Adjective (Adj)
200
The list of all your sources at the end of an MLA paper.
Works Cited page
200
The reason you should check the "About Us" page of a website before using it for research.
To evaluate the author's credibility or to check for bias
200
Using an AI tool to brainstorm ideas or outline an essay is generally considered this type of use.
Acceptable or responsible
200
A baby cat
Kitten
300
Words that tell us what is happening.
Verbs
300
When citing a book by one author, the last name comes first, followed by this punctuation and then the first name.
Comma
300
To write information or facts from a source in your own words.
Paraphrase
300
Submitting an entire AI-generated essay as your own work is an example of this academic dishonesty.
Plagiarism
300
A baby tiger
Cub
400
Words that describe how an action happens.
Adverbs
400
When you quote an author or state a fact in your paper, you should include this
In-text citation
400
Stealing someone else's work or ideas and presenting them as your own.
Plagiarism
400
The term used when AI invents facts or provides incorrect information.
Hallucination
400
A baby cow
Calf
500
Words that connect other words, phrases, and clauses.
Conjunctions (linking words)
500
This is the information you must include in the top-left corner of the first page.
Your name, your teacher's name, the course name, and the date
500
This is a type of source created at the time of an event, like a diary, photograph, or official record.
A primary source
500
If you use an AI-generated sentence or idea in your paper, you must do this to give credit, just like any other source.
Cite it / Include it as a source
500
A baby goat
Kid
