Definition Essay on the word OPPORTUNITY
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Your Last Name
Set up your MLA format correctly using the structure below. Remember YMCA:
Your name
My name
Class
Age (or date of paper)
Title Centered:
All Major Words are Capitalized Especially the First and Last Words
(Do not use the name of the assignment.)
Introduction: The term you are defining
I. Example 1.
II. Example 2.
III. Example 3.
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b. Item
c. Item
II. Example 2.
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III. Example 3.
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Your name
Professor Taylor
English 101
Date
Essay Title
Your essay should be double-spaced, in MLA format. For a sample paper, see Russell, page 355-359. When you include information from outside sources in your essay, make sure you have in-text documentation and a Works Cited page. See the Russell section on MLA for more on this. See below for a sample entry included in the Works Cited page and the Russell section on MLA for more detailed information on using resources.
Works Cited
Desai, Anita. “Scholar and Gypsy.” The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Ed. Patricia Craig. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996. 251-73. Print.
