Today's Prompt: Model MLA Essay Scavenger Hunt

After choosing a partner, read the MLA model essay posted on the class website and find the following items, taking note of where each one is found in the essay.
  1. Where is the thesis in the essay?
  2. Can you break the thesis down into a claim and stated reason? What is the warrant that supports the stated reason?
  3. How does the MLA system inform the reader of the source of the information presented?
  4. What sort of information needs to have a parenthetical citation?
  5. What information is included in the introduction? What strategies does the writer use to interest the reader in the subject of the essay?
  6. On page two, why doesn't the citation for the Ted Williams quote include his name in the parentheses?
  7. On page five, why is there an indented quote?
  8. Find a citation for an internet source. How are internet sources cited?
  9. On page seven, why isn't the information about the effect on lion behavior of diminished resources cited?
  10. On page eight, why does the parenthetical citation include "Qtd. in"?
  11. What are some of the rules that seem to apply to the format of the Works Cited page at the end of the essay?

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