ENGLISH COMP 2 midterm/final

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.

block quote

a type of MLA paragraph formatting where the first line begins at the left margin and all the following lines are indented by a set amount (0.5).

hanging indent

_____ are used to distinguish the ideas of the writer from the ideas of the sources he or she uses for support.

In-text citations

_____ is 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.

paraphrasing

_____ is using another writer’s exact words without quotation marks, ! (2) using another writer’s words or ideas without intext citation or other documentation, ! (3) paraphrasing or summarizing someone else’s ideas using language or sentence structure that is close to the original.

Plagiarism

_______ is 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.

Quoting

A ______ is a phrase, clause, or sentence that introduces a quotation, paraphrase, or summary in writing.

Signal Phrase

______ is when the main points of the text are important to your argument but the details can be left out in the interest of conciseness.

Summarizing

How does a writer decide if he or she should quote, paraphrase, or summarize source material when writing a research paper?

QUOTE- a text when the exact wording is critical to making your point or when the wording itself is part of what you're analyzing.
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 in the text.
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.

Required in text citations

paraphrases, summaries, quotes (including block quotes)

How does a writer signify that his or her own words have been inserted into source material quoted in the paper?

brackets

How does a writer signify that he or she has removed a portion of the original text from source material quoted in the paper?

ellipses

According to MLA, how should titles of articles and titles of books be formatted?

articles in quotations, books in italicize

“a Good Man is hard to find”

the purpose of the outing

a vacation to Florida

“a Good Man is hard to find”

the grandmothers attitude about traveling to florida

she would rather go to Tennessee than Florida

“a Good Man is hard to find”

the misfits motives

his belief is that only Jesus saves him

“The Necklace”

what was the setting 

france

“The Necklace,”

what was the price of the necklace

400 francs

“The Necklace,”

Characters’ reactions to major events in the story

madam leisey begins to cry

“The Necklace,”

The story told by the salesperson about the necklace case

that he only sold the box

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

How the old man reacts to the intruder

he lays in bed fearing for his life and asks who’s there

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

The narrator’s description of a particularly disturbing sound

beating heart

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

Impetus of the narrator’s confession

sounds of the beating heart

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

The narrator’s reason to fear the old man

his vulture eye

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

Where is evidence hidden in the story

under the floor boards

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

What the narrator is concerned about people thinking of him

that he is mad

“The Tell-Tale Heart,”

How the narrator feels on the eighth night

he had never before felt the extent of his own powers

“The Lottery,”

Villagers’ attitude toward the black box

never wanted to get rid of it

“The Lottery,”

Villagers’ attitude toward being selected as the lottery winner

they lack remorse and do not hesitate in sacrificing the “winner”

“The Lottery,” to whom the following quote is attributed in the story: “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.”

young kids

“The Story of an Hour,”

Time period during which the story was written

19th century

“The Story of an Hour,”

Use of irony in the story

Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn’t. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about.

“The Story of an Hour,”

Characteristics of Mr. Mallard

kind and loving husband to louise

“Why I Live at the P.O.,”

Time of the year (what holiday) the story takes place

4th of july

“Why I Live at the P.O.,”

Ages of the main characters

sister is exactly one year older than stella rondo

“Why I Live at the P.O.,”

Motive for Stella Rondo’s return home

she seperated from her husband

“Why I Live at the P.O.,”

Accusations that Stella Rondo makes about her father

she tells her father that sister said he should cut his beard off 

“Why I Live at the P.O.,”

What disability Sister insinuates that Shirley-T suffers from

she cannot speak