M

magazines. See periodicals

main clauses. See independent clauses

main idea. See thesis

main point. See also thesis

main verbs

managing multimodal projects

managing time. See schedule

mankind, sexist use of

manuscript formats. See format, manuscript

mapping. See clustering

margins

mass nouns (noncount nouns)

quantifiers (enough, any, etc.)

may, can

may, as modal

maybe, may be

might of, may of, must of (nonstandard)

meaning

in multimodal texts

measurement, units of

media, medium

memos

me vs. I

might, as modal

might of, may of, must of (nonstandard)

minor ideas. See subordination

misplaced modifiers

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. SeeMLA papers

MLA papers

directory to MLA in-text citation models

directory to MLA works cited models

directory to sample student writing in MLA style

citation at a glance

formatting

in-text citations

directory to MLA in-text citation models

long quotation

page numbers

sources

verb tenses

visuals

URLs

works cited list

directory to MLA works cited models

modal verbs. See also Helping verbs

model papers

directory to APA model papers

directory to Chicago (CMS) model papers

directory to CSE model papers

directory to MLA model papers

directory to sample student writing, by genre (type)

modes

of writing. See Patterns of organization

Modern Language Association. See MLA papers

modifiers

dangling

modules

mood of verbs. See also subjunctive mood

moreover

most

motive. See purpose in writing; writing situation

moving images, analyzing

multilingual writers

adjectives

prepositions

adjective + preposition combinations

verb + preposition combinations

sentence structure

survey of tenses

multimedia sources, citing

multimodal projects, composing

video essay

website

multimodal texts, analyzing

outlining

music

must, as modal

must of, might of, may of (nonstandard)

Muybridge, Eadweard, and moving image of horse

myself

usage note

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