English Exam

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