MLA Format
Ideally, the very first word listed in an MLA-format bibliography entry
Author's last name
The three key elements of a Personal Narrative
A well-told story, vivid detail, and indication of significance
The paragraphs in an essay between the introduction and the conclusion
body paragraphs
The place you have to go to activate your QCC barcode
the library's circulation desk
This is the name of the progress report that often (but not always) gets e-mailed to students and their advisers
Starfish
The name of the website that has online templates and guidelines for MLA format
The OWL at Purdue
Malcolm X used this book to learn to read
the dictionary
The sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph
Topic sentence
The name of the database that we usually start our searches with
Academic Search Complete
This word describes the notes that you should take in the margins of your readings.
Annotations
In an MLA heading, this goes in the top right corner of every page
your last name and page number
James Baldwin argues for the legitimacy of this language
Black English
This word describes the thoughts and ideas that we associate with a word, even if that's not what a word technically means.
Connotations
This type of website generally has a commercial interest
.com
This man writes about a hypothetical solution to world poverty.
Peter Singer
The maximum number of lines in an in-text quote before it becomes a block quote
3-4 lines
Christy Brown uses this limb to write the letter "A"
His left foot
This is the standard font and size used in MLA format
Times New Roman, size 12
If QCC databases are unavailable, this search engine available to anyone can provide an academically reputable alternative.
Google Scholar
The correct spelling of your teacher's last name
Baldassano
The components of an annotated bibliography
summary, credibility, usefulness
Zitkala-Sa looked at these plants as "living symbols of omnnipotent thought."
flowers
The most important thing you can do to strengthen your paper for the final draft
REVISE IT!
The name of the worksheet used to evaluate credibility of articles given to you at the Library Research workshop
CRAAPS
Fill in the blanks with the CORRECTLY spelled word: "First comes love, [blank] comes marriage," but having a cat is better [blank] having a husband anyway.
"First comes love, THEN comes marriage," but having a cat is better THAN having a husband anyway.