Weakly integrated quotations have intros like “This quote shows…The author says…Stanza five reads…”
True
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Every page of a paragraph response or essay (Works Cited page too) requires page numbering (last name #).
True
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Tacked-on or stand-alone quotes make clear connections between your words and an author’s words.
False
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MLA headings should include your name, class name, assignment name, and a military-style date.
False
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“She had fallen in love with someone she could never marry,” so Dickinson was never able to marry (Dickinson 372). This is an example of bad quote incorporation (repetitive quote usage).
True
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Depending on an assignment’s length, thesis statements can be the first or last sentence of a paragraph.
True
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Proper structure for a single paragraph response is thesis statement, evidence-quotation-commentary x 3, conclusion sentence.
True
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Parenthetical in-text citation includes the first word of a works cited entry and a page # or line # if available.
True
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One inch margins, double spacing (no extra skipped lines), 11-12 font, and left-margin flush are required.
True
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In general, small works are shown by italics (poems-articles), large works by quotes (plays-books).
False
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Your essay titles should be original (not naming the assignment) and formatted like rest of the essay.
True
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Using questions and exclamations is one way to creatively emphasize an essay’s arguments.
False
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All words should be written out: contractions, abbreviations, dates, percentages, numbers to 1000.
False
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Write about literature in present tense; write about historical events or an author’s life in past tense.
True
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Never refer to an author by just a first name; use a full name when first naming, then last name only.
True
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Intro and conclusion paragraphs should be at least five sentences; body paragraphs should be at least twelve.
False
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Repeated phrases like “in the poem, during the poem, at the end of the poem” are useless wordiness to be avoided.
True
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Metadiscourse is when a writer writes about his own writing or writing process, and it is a sign of bad writing. (i.e. As shown by the quote…The last paragraph has proven…After much thought and analysis….)
True
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Single paragraph responses and body paragraphs in essays both need three points and three quotes.
False
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No matter where a quote appears in a sentence, in-text citation should be placed at the very end of the sentence.
True
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Works Cited Page = page #s, Works Cited top centered, ABC order, 2nd lines indented, all double-spaced.
True
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Speaking for the reader or audience means making weak, inaccurate, unknowable generalizations.
True
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Use specific details from literature being analyzed (dates, names, places, etc.) whenever possible.
True
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Previewing main arguments in the thesis statement is effective in persuasive writing of any length.
False
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1st Person POV is wordiness; 2nd Person POV speaks uncomfortably for the reader; avoid both.
True
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A single-paragraph response and a full essay assignment are structurally identical (five parts).