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- don't capitalize de if it follows a title or first name or if it comes before a one-syllable name
- capi
Titles of Literary Works
Only use the title of a literary work found in its title page for citations
- use colons to separate the main title from the subtitl
Plagiarism
plagiarism - from Latin plagiarus (kidnapper); taking else's info and presenting it as one's own
- type of intellectual the
MLA Rules and Guidelines
Informational articles on the MLA format below:
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Appositive
Appositive: a noun or noun substitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive. The appositive can be placed before or after the noun:
- Henry Jameson, the boss of the operation, always wore a red baseball cap.
- A notorious annual feast, the picnic was well attended.
- That evening we were all at the concert, a really elaborate and exciting affair.
Assonance
Assonance: similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants:
- A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. --Matthew 5:14b (KJV)
- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. --Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
Symploce
Symploce: combining anaphora and epistrophe, so that one word r phrase is repeated at the beginning and another word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences:
- To think clearly and rationally should be a major goal for man; but to think clearly and rationally is always the greatest difficulty faced by man.
Dirimens Copulatio
Dirimens Copulatio: mentioning a balancing or opposing fact to prevent the argument from being one-sided or unqualified:
- This car is extremely sturdy and durable. It's low maintenance; things never go wrong with it. Of course, if you abuse it, it will break.
- . . . But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. --l Cor. 1:23-24 (NASB; cf. Rom. 13:4-5)
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