Capitalization of Titles :: MLA Style

📜 Title Up Like a Pro! 📜
Learn these tricks to make your titles pop!

  1. Double Space for Drama:
    Leave a blank line between your title and the start of your text. It’s like giving your title its own spotlight! ✨
  2. First, Last, and the Big Shots:
    Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all the important words in between. Important words include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and even subordinating conjunctions (like “although” or “because”).
    📝 The Great Gatsby Goes Big
  3. Skip the Little Stuff (Unless It’s First):
    Articles (a, an, the), prepositions (to, on, by), and coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but) stay lowercase—unless they’re the first word of your title.
    📝 A Tale of Two Cities, The Road Not Taken
  4. Italics vs. Quotation Marks: Know the Difference!
    • Big works, like books, movies, and magazines, get the fancy italics.
    • Small works, like articles, poems, and song titles, get quotation marks.
      📝 Examples: To Kill a Mockingbird (book), “The Road Not Taken” (poem)
  5. Say It Once, Say It Full:
    When you mention a title in your writing, give the whole thing the first time. After that, feel free to shorten it.
    📝 Example: The Lord of the Rings (first mention); LOTR (next mentions)
  6. Mix It Up in Your Own Titles:
    If you refer to another work in your own title, remember to use quotation marks or italics, just like usual.
    📝 “The Great Gatsby” in Modern Times

According to Purdue OWL

Remember: Titles are like the headlines for your writing—give them style, make them shine, and they’ll make your work look amazing! ✨

Which emotion stands out in “Flowers for Algernon”??

Google doodle project

Maggie, 2003. Google doodle project

You wrote about an emotion that stands out most for you in “Flowers for Algernon” using the QuickWrite strategy (29th of September).
Transcribe, revise and upload that QuickWrite here. Be sure to check subject-verb agreement, punctuation, and spelling in each sentence.
You may use your notes.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude . . .

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N. Faris, 2013 Google doodle project.

Transcribe, revise and upload your critical lens focus write, completed on 22 September, having the title, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.”

Pay close attention to subject and predicate agreement in your sentences.  Singular subjects require singular predicates; plural subjects require plural predicates.

Remember, the critical lens requires these steps:
1. paraphrase the prompt (the quotation);
2. interpret the quotation (what does the author mean?);
3. explicitly agree or disagree (not both);
4. explain why you agree/disagree using textual evidence.

TKAM Characters commit plot in a setting

Based on your reading of To Kill a Mockingbird, which characters are of most interest to you? Describe three of them, including their names, ages, and something that distinguishes them from each other.

What do the characters do? What happens in the story so far? Retell the plot in your own words, as descriptively as possible.

Where are the characters? What is the time period? What do the houses, towns, parks, gardens, trees, living rooms, etc., look like?TKAM

Blue Tag on Their Big Toe :: Follow the Commas

From http://patronsofthepit.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/fire-and-ice-the-rise-of-the-snow-weber/

fireA Blogger wrote the following:

“. . . A frozen monument if you will, erected in a semi-stately homage, symbolic to all the keepers of the grill out there, who do not, and will not, save for a trip somewhere with a blue tag on their big toe, take the winter off…. A tale of fire and ice.”

1. What does the Blogger mean by “save for”? 2. What is the definition of “save,” used in this context? 3. What does the Blogger mean by “trip somewhere with a blue tag on their big toe”? 4. Is this “trip” literal,metaphorical or both? 5. What does a blue tag on a big toe symbolize or represent?
[Use R.A.F.T. in your response]

. . . to all the keepers of the grill out there, who do not, and will not, save for a trip somewhere with a blue tag on their big toe, take the winter off.