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Three Types of Writing
Narrative, Informative, Argumentative
MLA Heading
Includes Name, Teacher's name, Class, Date
MLA Header
Last name, Page number
MLA Title: Specifies words NOT to be capitalized
articles, prepositions
MLA Attention-Getters
Question, Quote, Statistic, Story, Definition, Addressing the opposite side, Analogy
MLA Introduction
Involves providing background info, defining terms, historical overview, controversy, stimulating interest
MLA In-Text Citations
Formats for citing books with one author, two authors, and more than two authors
MLA Works Cited
Formats for citing books, website pages with or without an author, entire websites
MLA Thesis
Guidelines for a strong thesis statement
Body Paragraphs
Guidelines for using and discussing quotations in a paper
Topic Sentences
Characteristics of a strong topic sentence
Imagist Poetry
Describes sensory images, examples by William Carlos Williams
Modernism
Literary works from the 1920s & 1930s, including works by Carl Sandburg and John Steinbeck
Harlem Renaissance
Literary works from the 1920s by Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson
World War II Literature
Includes "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Hyphen Usage
Rules for using hyphens in numbers, fractions, compound adjectives, and for clarity.
Simile
a figure of speech that compares two things, oftentimes using “like” or “as” to introduce the ideas
Metaphor
comparison without "like" or "as"
Personification
give non-human human qualities
Pun
play on words for humorous or rhetorical effect
Oxymoron
two opposite words side by side
Euphemism
nicer way of saying something
Idiom
phrase with two meanings
Hyperbole
exaggeration
Paradox
a statement or event that seems to contradict itself