Citations
The citation used to reference an article within the actual essay is called
The font, font size, page alignment and spacing of MLA format is...
12pt Times New Roman, Double spaced, aligned to the left.
Give the basic components of an MLA Header.
Professor
Section
Date
True or False: Paraphrasing sources means you do not have to cite them in the text, or in your works cited page.
False; all sources, even ones paraphrased, need to be cited both in the text and in your works cited page.
What was the first Youtube video to get over 1 Billion views?
The Music Video for Gangnam Style; by Psy
In-Text citations for peer reviewed journal articles consist of...
(Author's Last Name, Page #)
Ex.
(Smith 45)In your works cited page, what is the special sort of indention used on each citation?
How should your citations be organized?
0.5 Inch Hanging Indent
Alphabetical order
When referring to your instructor in your header for this course, you should put...
Mr. Weisskopf
In a previous class we looked at an article from buzzfeed written by a medical journalist; Would this article be considered a scholarly article? Explain why.
No; because it is not a peer reviewed article.
There are many different species of sentient people in the world of middle earth; what species is Gandalf?
Istari, Maiar
True or False, Titles of short works of scholarship or literature, such as articles, poems, and short stories should be written in italics.
False; Short works of literature should be put in parentheses.
Last name and page number.
The proper order for the date in your MLA Header is...
day, Month year
The library is a helpful tool for finding sources. Name three services they offer for helping students research that was displayed to us the day we went to the library.
Inter-library Loan
Databases
Online Search Engine
Scheduled Appointments
Research Specialists
Research Guides
There are one thing connecting all of these names,
Bane, Loki, Malfoy, Maverik, Spiderman,
What is it?
Is the following quote and in text-citation correct, and if not, why?
John Smith writes in their article, "7,000 capybaras die every year due to habitat loss" (27).
It is correct. It clearly states both the author and the page number; Author is states while introducing the quote, page number is stated in parentheses.
John just finished his first intro paragraph and wants to start on the next. What does he need to do indicate the beginning of a new paragraph?
Press enter and make sure to indent the new paragraph; first line of every every paragraph must be indented.
True or False: The proper orientation for an MLA header is the Justified orientation.
False; Headers need to be oriented to the left, and not indented.
False; Your sources should not reflect what you expected to find, but rather the research conducted in that field.
Lebron's Scoring Record as of Today (If you get within 200 points, you got it)
41,557
The proper order for an in-text citation for a peer reviewed journal article is...
Author, Title of source, Title of container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location
ex.
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.
This common mistake riddles most essays in this class. Identify the rule, and give an example of the common verb mistake that students will do on their papers.
Passive Voice
Ex
Will do, I will argue, I have shown, the point was made, etc.
Without Looking, the initials, course number and section for our section of Comp II is...
EN-1103-60
For this paper, you will need to find 12 sources to use in total. If I wrote four paragraph paper, how many sources would I need to use for each paragraph?
Three.
There are several hidden rooms beneath the foundation of campus connected by large tunnels left from when the college doubled as a military base. Name one of these rooms.
Dragon Room, Puppet Room