MLA in 1102

Works Cited Page

200

Where does your works cited page go in relationship to your essay, and what do you title it?

Separate page, titled "Works Cited"

300

For your research paper on video games, on July 7th you interview Morris Rasputin, the local geeky gamer who that hangs out at the Fullerton College Cafeteria. How do you list him in your works cited page?

Rasputin, Morris. Personal Interview. 27 July 2009.

400

There's a special kind of indentation used for works cited pages. What's it called and is there a quick way to do it?

What is hanging indent?

500

You're using a scholarly journal found in the online databases. How do you properly cite the information on your works cited page?
Author: David Masci
Title: "Future of Marriage"
Publication: CQ Researcher
Date Published: 7 August 2004
Pages: 397-420
Date accessed: 9 July 2009
URL: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher

Masci, David. “Future of Marriage.” CQ Researcher 7 Aug. 2004: 397-420. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Fullerton Coll. Lib., CA. 9 Jul. 2009 .

MLA Goodies

100

In order, you put these in parentheses when citing a print source in-text.

What is the authors name and the page number.

300

You’re quoting this sentence from page 2 of Pamela Anderson’s literary masterwork, Star: “‘Mom,’ she’d said quietly, sticking her head in her parents’ bedroom door. ‘Can I talk to you a minute?’” What’s proper MLA parenthetical citation for this, and where does it go in relation to the punctuation?

‘Can I talk to you a minute?’” (Anderson 2).

400

Is this example right or wrong:
According to journalist Tina Kelley, "The bill prohibits the use of a cell phone while driving unless it is equipped with an earpiece or can act like a speakerphone, leaving the driver's hands free" (1).

Right!

500

You’re citing a book or webpage with four authors (not uncommon in academic writing). How do you parenthetically cite this? Is this different for APA (American Psychological Association) style?

MLA format: (Simpson et al. 567)
APA format: (Simpson, Garcia, Golovkin & Lee, 1979, p. 567)

Setting Up Quotes

100

What is a signal phrase, and why is it important?

It's a phrase, clause, or even sentence which leads into a quotation or statistic. These generally include the speaker/author’s name and some justification for using him or her as an expert; it may also help explain why you're providing the quote/statistic.
Examples:
Patti Pena, mother of a child killed by a driver distracted by a cell phone, points out that “…”
Radio hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi offer a persuasive counterargument: “…”

200

Name five verbs you can use to introduce a quote ("argues" "concludes" "illustrates" etc.)

Acknowledges Adds Admits Addresses Argues Asserts Believes Claims Comments Compares Confirms Contends Declares Denies Disputes Emphasizes Endorses Grants Illustrates Implies Insists Notes Observes Points out Reasons Refutes Rejects Reports Responds Suggests Thinks Writes

300

Use a signal phrase to introduce the following quotation from Ralph Wiggum: “Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and then the baby looked at me.”

Ralph Wiggum, a classmate of Bart Simpson’s, claimed the following: “Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner…”

400

What's a block quote and when should it be used?

When the quote is longer than four lines; only quote this much text when you're going to be analyzing in depth all of the text you're quoting.

500

Is this an acceptable way of setting up quotes?
To Kittler, the concept of the pen as a masculine symbol imposing form and order upon feminized, virginal paper was "an omnipresent metaphor" (186) in the days before the typewriter. But businesses were soon clamoring for the services of typists, who were mostly female. In fact, "typewriter" meant both the machine and the woman who used it (183).

Yep!

The "Term"inator

100

The terminator is "concretely" frustrated because he can't remember what term is used to mean a succinct textual description of a paper.

What is an abstract?

200

After a few drinks, Arnold likes to make up really bad poetry. He keeps going on and on, from line to line without stopping. John Connor tells him that he's using this poetic technique.

What is enjambment?

300

Gosh, these days images of robots and terminators are everywhere. You could say that these machines are a term meaning "everywhere-ness."

What is ubiquitous?

400

When told about five these of rhetoric, Arnold thought he was being told about the battles of the Civil War.

What are canons?

500

THE DAILY DOUBLE!!! Being from the future, The Terminator has no idea that Aristotle said that we should use this five-word phrase to perform the best rhetoric.

What is "all available means of persuasion."

Class Potpourri

100

In class, we categorized "The Hollow Men" as falling into this genre.

What is apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic?

200

This aural way is how the world ends in "The Hollow Men."

What is not with a bang but a whimper?

300

For Bitzer, these three components make up a rhetorical situation.

What are exigence, audience, and constraints?

400

When writing your final paper for Mr. Donald, (as well as other academic pieces), you should always avoid these three pet peeves.

What is using the second person, vague pronouns, and the second-person "you"?

500

As manifested in shows such as CSI and Dexter, this type of argument deals with events that have happened in the past.

What is a forensic argument?