My Sublime Wall by https://padlet.com/madeleine_restaino/madeleine_restaino Made With Bricks en-us 2018-10-16 01:14:25 UTC 2018-10-16 01:54:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png MLA Basics madeleine_restaino https://padlet.com/madeleine_restaino/madeleine_restaino/wish/293124399 Questions Addressed:
> How do we write different kinds of titles in an MLA style paper?
> How do we include information from other sources in our paper?
> What are the main things to think about when we get a writing assignment? How are they the same?
> What do we need to ask ourselves about our reading audience(s)?
> What is the purpose of an essay's title?
> What is the purpose of an essay's introductory paragraph?
> What is the purpose of an essay's organization?
> What is the purpose of an essay's conclusion?
> What is an "academic conversation"?
> What are the key steps to take when we write an essay?
> What is plagiarism, and why is it bad?
> What is our job as a peer reviewer, and why is it important?
> What is the point of the MLA Handbook (or any other style manual)?]]> 2018-10-16 01:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleine_restaino/madeleine_restaino/wish/293124399 General Writing Knowledge madeleine_restaino https://padlet.com/madeleine_restaino/madeleine_restaino/wish/293124460 Questions Addressed: 
> When do we cite a source? 
> What is a good source? 
> What goes in an in-text citation? 
> How do we format a Works Cited page? 
> What are the basics of a citation? 
> How do we format an MLA style paper? ]]> 2018-10-16 01:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleine_restaino/madeleine_restaino/wish/293124460 Punctuation madeleine_restaino https://padlet.com/madeleine_restaino/madeleine_restaino/wish/293124756 Questions Addressed:
> Commas
> Semi-Colons
> Em Dashes
> Hyphens
> Quotation Marks (single and double)
> Parentheses
> Colons
>Ellipses

a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.

a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

a long dash used in punctuation.

the sign -, used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence (as in pick-me-up, rock-forming ), to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing or implied element (as in short- and long-term ).

each of a set of punctuation marks, single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”), used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage or to indicate that a word or phrase is regarded as slang or jargon or is being discussed rather than used within the sentence.

a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas.

a pair of round brackets ( ) used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase.

another term for bracket 

a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.

a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane that does not intersect the base.
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