Text Structures
MLA Details
CRAAP
Lenses
Evidence
100

A way of organizing information where a writer explains an event or action and then describes the resulting consiquences or outcomes.

What is a cause and effect text structure?

100

describe the order of an MLA heading

What is Student Name, Teacher Name, Class Name, Day Month Year?

100

When was the information gathered, and if it has been updated?

What is Currency?

100

Examines how male or female roles and power dynamics are portrayed, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of the characters

What is the Gender Lens?

100

Identify whose idea the evidence is and what makes that person an authority

What does it mean to Introduce the source of the evidence?

200

a writing format where the author first clearly identifies an issue, then presents one or more potential resolutions to address that issue

What is Problem Solution Text Structure?

200

The name of the bibliography page at the end of an MLA paper

What is  Works Cited?

200

How important the information is to your needs?

What is a Relevance?

200

focuses on the text alone in isolation from any other text and considers lterary choices like diction or syntax impact the meaning of the work.

What is the Formalist Lens?

200

Identifying for the reader what was happening in the text that helps explain this evidence, or, what the purpose of the scholarly source is before giving the evidence from that source 

What is providing context for the evidence?

300

a way of organizing information within a text by highlighting the similarities and differences between two or more people, ideas, events, or concepts, essentially showing how they are alike and how they differ from one another.

What is a Compare and Contrast Text Structure?

300

the name for the alphabetical entries formatted in MLA at the end of the paper

What is citations?

300

Is the source of the information an expert?

What is Authority?

300

a literary lens that helps readers understand a work of literature by analyzing the time period and context in which it was written.

What is the Historical Lens?

300

a restatement of a short text, passage, or work giving the meaning in the writer's own words

What is paraphrasing evidence?

400

a writing style where information is presented in a specific order, typically listing events or steps in chronological order, from beginning to end

What is Sequence Text Structure?

400

the term for how the entries on the last page of the paper appear- beginning at the margin with the first line of the entry, and indenting all subsequent lines

What is Hanging Indent?

400

How reliable, truthful, and correct the content is

What is Accuracy?

400

a way of analyzing the text by exploring how it conveys the identities of people from different races, ethnicities, religions, or cultures, and how economic or ethical practices affect the group 

What is the Sociological Lens?

400

to express the most important facts or ideas from a longer text in a short and clear form

Who is summarizing evidence?

500

an introduction with a clear thesis statement, a body with multiple paragraphs that support the thesis using evidence from the text, and a conclusion that summarizes the main points and reiterates the central argument

What is literary analysis?

500

A reference in the paper that can be linked to an entry on the last page of the paper - it may appear in parentheses

What is in text or parenthetical citations?

500

 The reason the information exists

What is Purpose?

500

A way of analyzing literature by exploring how it depicts the human psyche, including unconscious and repressed desires and fears.

What is the Psychological Lens?

500

Taking text word for word from the original source

What is quoted evidence?