EOCT Grammar Review

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MLA Formatting

• In-text citations– Any text with an author: “words” (Lastname #).– A book with no author: “words” (Title #).– An article with no author: “words” (“Title” #).

– Text with ! Or ?: “words?” (Lastname #).– Text with any other punctuation: “words”

(Lastname #).

MLA Formatting

• Source citations– Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication:

Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

– Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

– “Title of Article with No Author.” Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

MLA Formatting

1. Book Night by Elie Wiesel, published in New York by Hill and Wang in 2006.

2. Text article titled “How to Win” published in Sports Illustrated, printed in New York in May 2013.

3. Internet article titled “English Rules,” published by Perdue University on January 1, 2010 and accessed on May 9, 2013.

Parallel Structure

• Def: Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

• Ex: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and biking.• Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to ride a

bicycle.• Mary likes to hike, swim, and ride a bicycle.

Run-On Sentences

• Two independent clauses combined without proper punctuation (two sentences in one)

• Example: Today I am tired I will take a nap later.

Comma Splices

• Type of run-on where two independent clauses (complete sentences) are incorrectly joined by a comma.

• Example: Today I am tired, I will take a nap later.

Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices

1. Replace comma with a period and make two different sentences.

1. Today I am tired. I will take a nap later.

2. Join the two sentences correctly by adding a coordinate conjunction (FANBOYS) after the comma

1. Today I am tired, so I will take a nap later.

3. Join two sentences correctly by inserting a semicolon.

1. Today I am tired; I will take a nap later.

Commonly Confused Words

• Accept/Except– Accept: to receive– Except: to leave out (you leave you ex out of your

relationship)• Affect/Effect– Affect: verb, to influence– Effect: noun, result of influence. The effect – e’s go

together!

Commonly Confused Words

• Its/It’s– Its: belonging to it. The baby will scream as soon as its

mother leaves.– It’s: contraction for “it is” – apostrophe shows omitted

letter. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood• There/Their/They’re– There: location (over there). Here and there.– Their: possessive of they. Their house is down the

road.– They’re: contraction for “they are” – apostrophe

shows omitted letter. They’re in Europe.