When does a writer use in-text citations? 

“My paper will explain that hard work is more important than talent” is an example of a strong thesis statement. 

Mary is writing an analytical essay about John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian.” Which of the following sources must be cited in her essay?

If a writer omits words from a direct quote, he/she should use: 

“The Unicorn in the Garden,” written by the American author James Thurber, appears in a book entitled Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems, published in New York by Harper in 1954.  Which of the following citations is formatted correctly for an MLA works cited page?               

In an essay, what is the first sentence of a body paragraph called? 

Revision and editing involves:

    I, Too, Sing America Langston Hughes (1925)   I, too, sing America.   I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.   Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.   Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed–   I, too, am America.  Which of the following is the correct paraphrase of this poem by Langston Hughes?

The author video on English Colonies in the Chesapeake Region, states that even though they are lumped together as English colonies, the settlements along the Atlantic seaboard were not all that different.

Which of the following prompted the European quest for a western water route to East Asia in the fifteenth century?