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MLA in a Nutshell
This link takes you to Utah Valley University Writing Center's helpful guide to MLA 9th Edition. It takes a lot of good infomation and simplifies it down into a handy reference.
TIES! And here are some helpful hints and suggestions from Riverside Community College in California about how to avoid "Floating Quotes" and "Quote Bombs" in your papers.
Works Cited Page Resources
Help from Utah Valley University's Writing Center
Purdue OWL's Works Cited Page Basics (Once on this page, see the menu at the left for more specific examples)
Handout-Argument-Construction (1).pdfReading Fiction:
Here are the Elements of Fiction. Use this worksheet to find definitions and examples of these literary terms.
Here is very helpful worksheet from the NCTE's Read*Write*Think on characterization. Whenever you think of how an author develops a character, think STEAL!
Close Reading of Literature:
Need help describing an author's tone or attitude? Here is a helpful wordbank from Austin, Texas' Gretchen Polnac that offers some suggestions. You may also find this resource from Fort Worth Independent School District helpful.
What is syntax? Here are some tips from apstudynotes.org and Learn by Doing, Inc. about how to analyze an author's syntax.
What is diction? I have shamelessly borrowed this helpful resource from Mrs. Opalesku-DiMeo of Jackson School District in Jackson Township, New Jersey..
Shared Inquiry
Use the following folder to read about how SHARED INQUIRY will aid discussion. This is originally from Great Books: Roundtable, Level 2, published by the Great Books Foundation.
You can apply what you have learned using Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron." This story may also be found in Great Books: Roundtable, Level 2 (2010), pages 13-21.
Purdue OWL Important Links:
Please note that the Modern Language Association (MLA) released the 8th edition of their handbook recently. This means that some rules may have changed since the last time you have used them. If you are in doubt, consult the MLA 8th edition directly, or ask your teacher how he or she wants you to format your work.
Argumentative Writing:
Here is a link that can help you organize an argumentative response into paragraphs.
A helpful resource you might consider checking out to help conceptualize the argumentative paper is the text They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. I am including their INDEX OF TEMPLATES here for you to use as a resource to give you ideas how structuring sentences and ideas for your paper. It could be especially helpful in providing ideas on how to craft sophisticated transitions to help you move back and forth between claim and counterclaim, construction and refutation.
ACT Writing Resources:
An explanation on how ACT scores responses with a simplified scoring rubric and a sample essay to score.
The ACT writing rubric
An ACT Writing Prompt on Intelligent Machines
Sample Responses to the prompt
A prompt and sample responses for an argumentative essay on violent video games.
Here is an article from PrepScholar Classes that includes several ACT writing prompts and some good advice about how to approach the writing task.
Purdue OWL Important Links:
Please note that the Modern Language Association (MLA) released the 8th edition of their handbook recently. This means that some rules may have changed since the last time you have used them. If you are in doubt, consult the MLA 8th edition directly, or ask your teacher how he or she wants you to format your work.
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