Essay Writing and MLA Citation Basics Flashcards
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Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, texts, and citation rules from the lecture transcript.
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E.B. White
A major essay writer for The New Yorker in the 1950s who had a farmhouse in Maine and authored the book Charlotte's Web.
Charlotte's Web
A book written in the 1950s by E.B. White, whose title must be formatted in italics when cited in an essay.
Wilbur
The pig character in Charlotte's Web who is being raised to be slaughtered before being saved by his spider friend.
Charlotte
The spider character in Charlotte's Web who uses her web to save Wilbur from being killed.
Works Cited
The centered heading on a separate page at the end of an essay that lists references, which always includes the letter 's' even if only one source is cited.
In-Text Citation
A parenthetical citation within the essay body that includes the author's last name and the page number.
EasyWriter
A reference guide whose page 157 details how to quote non-book media such as movies, documentaries, and video games.