Stuff You Should Know
The deadline for your final revised essay and reflection letter
TONIGHT! 11:59 PM on Canvas
Monday, 4/24/23
This is the preferred line-spacing for MLA style essays
What is double-spaced?
A type of quote containing four or more lines of text
What is a block quote?
True or False: There should be an extra white space between each paragraph
What is SO UTTERLY FALSE!?!?
(Stop doing this. You know who you are.)
The correct order for entries listed on your works cited page
What is alphabetical?
Author's last name in A-Z order.
(If there is no author name, double-check the credibility of your source. Where'd you find it?)
Required minimum page length for your final revised essay
8 full pages, double spaced (does not include works cited page)
Book titles, newspapers, magazines, films, and TV series. should be formatted in this way
What is italicized?
A type of citation formatted like this: (author's name, page number)
What is a parenthetical citation?
The required font style and size for MLA essays
What is Times New Roman and size 12?
(You cannot fool me with your Georgia 14. Canvas tells me what your word counts are, so I know if you've succeeded at meeting length requirements.)
When sharing a web-based source on your Works Cited page, these are the two dates we need to see
What is date of publication and date of access?
These are three ways you can provide commentary/analysis in your final essay
(Remember that video we watched?)
What is contextualizing, interpreting, and responding to sources?
The preferred margin size for MLA formatted essays
What is one inch?
This is the correct location for the period when in-text citation is present
What is outside of the parentheses at the very end of the sentence?
Ex: Her research suggests, "blah blah blah" (author, page #).
The acronym M-E-A-L stands for...
Main point/claim
Evidence/Example
Analysis
Link (back to thesis or next idea)
A paragraph structure you can use if you get stuck writing
True or False: Everything listed on your works cited page must be used in the essay with in-text citations
What is TRUE!
(I'm not a mind-reader, you need to be able to attribute all of your sources accurately in the essay)
Required number of sources used in your final revised essay
What is at least 8 sources (and 5 must be academic)?
Book chapter titles, articles, TV episodes, and songs should be formatted this way
What is quotations marks?
When introducing a new source in your essay, these two things are important to see
What is the author's full name and the title of the source?
True or False: The title of your essay can be the assignment's name
What is frickin' false?!?!
(I KNOW what the assignment is--I wrote it. Write a title that reflects your essay's topic/central argument.)
The works cited page(s) is located here
What is on a separate page at the very end of the essay?
(After your essay concludes, on the very next page the works cited should be present)
Say a sentence that's never been said before for 500 points.
???
True or false: the essay's header containing a student's name, the instructor, class name, and date should only be on the first page
What is TRUE!?!?
(For repeat offenders, please stop trying to fill up space by posting this header on every page of your essay)
When a quote is included in an essay with no context or introduction
What is a quote bomb?
(We've been over this, but seriously, I can't un-see some of your harrowing citation sins)
The upper right corner of your essay should contain these two components on every page.
What is the student's last name and the page number?
True or False: There's no indentation required on a works cited page.
What is False?
(The first line of an entry has no indent, but every other line is indented--it's called a hanging indent)
I would show an example here but I can't indent in this game template. Dang it!