Studied by 5 peopleWhat does MLA stand for?
Modern language association
block quoting
when quoting more than three lines of poetry, more than four lines of prose, or dialogue between two or more characters from a drama, set off the quotation from the rest of your text, indenting it one inch (or ten spaces) from the left margin.
hanging indent
a setting that begins the first full line of text in a paragraph at the left margin; all the remaining lines in the paragraph are indented one-half inch from the left margin (how work cited is formated
in text citation
used to distinguish the ideas of the writer from the ideas of the sources he or she uses for support.
Paraphrasing
restating source material in your own words, using your own sentence structure
Plagirsm
Passing off someone else's ideas, words, or images as if they were your own and not giving credit.
quoting
reproducing language exactly as it appears in the source, using quotation marks
signal phrase
used to distinguish the words and ideas of your source from your own.
summarizing
presenting the source material in a condensed version, omitting unrelated information and using your own words and sentence structure
when to summarize?
when the main points of the text are important to your argument but the details can be left out in the interest of conciseness.
when to quote
a text when the exact wording is critical to making your point (or that of an authority you wish to cite), or when the wording itself is part of what you’re analyzing.
when to paraphrase
when the meaning of a text is important to your argument but the original language is not essential, or when you’re clarifying or interpreting the ideas (not the words) in the text.
What should be included in in-text citation
authors last name and page number (if there is no name put the name of the source)
What should be included if the sources has no page number
just the author’s name
What should be included if the source contains page numbers and the author’s name appears in the signal phrase?
just the page number
What requires in-text citation
Paraphrases, summaries, quotes, charts, photographs, graphs, ideas of other
What does not require in-text citation
your own thoughts and ideas
how does a writer signify that his or her own word have been inserted into a quote
brackets
how does a writer signify that he or she has removed a portion of the original text from a quote
ellipses
according to MLA how should the titles of books be formatted
italicized
according to MLA how should the titles of articles be formatted
quotes
purpose of the family’s outing
They were going to Florida for vacation
grandmother’s attitude about traveling to flordia
She does not want to go because she read about The Misfit escaping and wants to go to East Tennessee instead.
The misfits’s motives
He says there is no pleasure but in meanness. He does not see himself as a terrible person, and because he doesnt know if Jesus really rose from the grave, he decided to live by a meanness moral code
setting of the necklace
france
price of the necklace
40,000 francs
how did madame L react when her husband gave her an invite to the party
she began to cry
What did the salesperson say about the necklace case
that they only sold the case not the actual neckalace
How did the old man react to the intruder
he sprung up in his bed and asked who was there
the narrators description of a particular sound
a low, dull, quick sound
impetus of the narrators connfusion
he thought the policemen knew all along and that they were mocking him
the narrators reason for fearing the old man
the evil eye
where is the body hidden
under the floorboards
what the narrator is concerned about people thinking of him
narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. he wants them to think he is sane.
how the narrator feels on the eighth night
powerful and triumphant
What time period was the story of an hour written
late 1800s
what was ironic about the story of an hour
she is not sad about her husbands death but instead feels free.
how is mr. mallard characterized
"kind, tender hands" (13) and that throughout their married life he "had never looked save with love upon [his wife]". nothing but nice to his wife, and never did anything to make her feel like his death would be a blessing
what time of year did why i live at the po take place
the fouth of july
ages of the main characters in why i live at the po
sister is one year older than stella rondo
why did Stella-Rondo come back home
she never stated why but her and her husband deparated
what does stella rondo accuse sister of saying about the father
that he should cut his beard
what does sister think is wrong with shirly t
that she cant talk
What is the villagers attitude toward the black box
they were scared of it and what it stood for but they were unwilling to replace it
what is the villager’s attitude toward being selected as the lottery winner
impatients and nervous
Who says “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon”
Old man Warner
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