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1
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MLA header order

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Name
Teacher’s name
Class
Date

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Font size/style

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Times new roman, 12pt

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3
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Spacing

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Double

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Quote citation

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(author page).

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What do you do for your quote citation if there is no author

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Cite the title of the article/essay

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6
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What titles should be in quotes and what titles should be in italics

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Quotes- article and short stories

Italics- all source titles

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7
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Funnel introduction

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- general statement
Linking sentences
Intro of author/novel
Background information
Thesis statement
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Thesis statement formula

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Novel+author+literary device+ theme statement/argument

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9
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Singular indefinite pronouns

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  • Bodies
  • Ones
  • Anything
  • Each
  • Either
  • Everything
  • Neither
  • Nothing
  • Somethings
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Plural indefinite pronouns

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  • Both
  • Few
  • Many
  • Several
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Singular or plural indefinite pronouns

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  • All
  • Any
  • More
  • Most
  • None
  • Some
  • Singular when reffering to singylar words and plural when refferring to plural words
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When to not use a common

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Between a verb and a object
Between a preposition and an object
after such as

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When to use a semi colon

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  • Between independent clauses that are closely related in thought and that are not joined by a coordinatioing conjection (fanboys)
  • BTWN independent clauses with conjunctive adverb or transitional expression like however
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14
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That and which

Comma or no

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Use a comma with which

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Affect meaning

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To influence

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Effect meaning

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Something that was influenced

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17
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When to use among or between

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Among- 3 or more people or things

Between- two people or things

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When to not use a lot

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In formal situations

19
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Amount vs number

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Amount is plural

Number is singular

20
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All together vs altogether

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All together- in a group

Altogether- wholly or throughly

21
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Awhile vs a while

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Awhile- for a short period of time
A while- used after for
Did you have to wait for a while at the doctor’s office

22
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Should you use because after the reason

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No. Use one or the other

23
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Being as, being that

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Replace with because or since

24
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Should you use the before both ever

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No.

Both of them went to the concernt

25
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Bring vs take

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Bring- indicates motion toward the speaker

Take- indicates motion away from the speaker

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Can vs may

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Can- expresses ability

May- expresses possibility or permission

27
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Should you use etc

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Dont use in formal writing

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Farther vs further

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Farther- distance

further- in addtion to

29
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Fewer vs less

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Fewer plural-> things that can be counted

Les- singular and things that cannot be counted

30
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Into vs in

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Use into when expressing motion from one place to another

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KInd of and sort of

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Kind of -> rather

Sort of -> somewhat

32
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Lie vs lay

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Lie- Rest or recline

Lay- put or set something down

33
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Shall vs will

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Shall with first person and will with second and third person pronouns

34
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Lead-in

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Includes back ground info and connection to thesis statesment
Include speaker
Connect to the quote to be a complete sentence

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Reversed funnel conclusion paragraph

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  • Rephrased thesis
  • Summary of each main pt
  • Reference author and tgitle of novel in conclusion
  • Provide concluding statement (insight or message learned)
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Prose

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Ordinary language people use in speaking and writing

37
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Aside

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An actor’s utterance heard by the audience, but supposedly not by other characters

38
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Soliloquy

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A dramatic monologue that gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections (given by an author on hte stage- thinking out loud)

39
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Unrhymed iamic pentameter

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  • AKA blank verse

- Poetry that is made of lines that are ten syllables long with a strong accent on every other syllable

40
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Primary source

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The original publication of a scientist’s new data, results and theories. In political history, primary sources are documents such as official reports, speeches, pamphlets, posters, or letters by participants, official election returns and eyewitness accounts

41
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Secondary source

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not an original source. It has no direct physical connection to the person or event being studied. Examples of secondary sources might include: history books, articles in encyclopedias, prints of paintings, replicas of art objects, reviews of research, academic articles

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Direct quote

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report of the exact words of an author or speaker and is placed inside quotation marks in a written work.

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Paraphrase

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Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

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