1. MLA Format & Grammar

2. MLA Format
Front page left - Name, instructor’s name, class title, date
Heading, top read corner - Last name, page numbers
Creative Title
Ex: Is the Digital Age Really That Bad?
12 pt font, “normal” font style
Paragraph indentations
Double spaced

3. Commas After dependent clauses Not in or between independent clauses
Lists, lists, and lists

4. Quotation Marks Thompson says, “Bla bla bla bla” (21).
Put commas and periods inside quotes: “audience effect,” and “audience effect.”
Put colons and semicolons outside quotes: “audience effect”; “audience effect”:
Block quotes - more than 4 lines

5. Semicolons and Colons
Use a semicolon with two independent clauses that are related; they might say connected things and by using a semicolon you show their connection.
Use a colon when a dependent clause directly relates to the sentence: when it is an elaboration on it. You can also use an em dash—that’s good, too.

7. Subject-Verb Agreement: Singular-singular, plural-plural

8. Passive Voice
If you can end the sentence with “by zombies,” then you are speaking in passive voice. Put your subject in control… not zombies. easy-way-to-help-you-find-passive-voice/

9. References Book titles and Magazines
“Chapters,” “poems,” other small things

10. Assumptions/Generalizations/Big words
To avoid saying something untrue for all people/audiences, so as not to limit/alienate your audience to only people who agree with these views, avoid “big words”:
always, proves, perfect, never, fact, only, would/will, is, every, everyone/everybody