Noah Taxis
English Teacher
Education
- MA, Education, Speciality: English, Secondary, Stanford University
- MA, Comparative and World Literature; Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- BA, English; International Literary and Visual Studies, Tufts University
Certifications & Organizations
- California Single-Subject Teaching Credential
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Co-authored Articles (15)
Is It James' or James's?
Apostrophes can be super pesky to deal with, especially when it comes to plural possessives and words or names like “James” that end in “s.” Is it okay to just add a single apostrophe at the end, or should you ad...
How to
Do Footnotes
Footnotes are used generally in academic and professional writing to cite sources or add supplemental information to the main text of a paper. Academic citation styles, such as the Modern Language Association (MLA) and t...
How to
Cite Multiple Authors
All of the 4 popular citation styles have slightly different rules for citing multiple authors. In order to reference these sources properly, you’ll need to know how to cite them in bibliographies (also called Works Ci...
How to Cite a Textbook: In-Text Citations & Bibliography References
Quote from any textbook in your academic research paperWhen you use a textbook as a reference in an academic or research paper, your readers should be able to find the information you used. To give readers this informati...
How to
Make a Title Page
Title pages are not especially difficult to make, but you need to follow specific guidelines depending on the style guide your professor instructs you to use. The three major style guidelines are American Psychological ...
How to
Format Footnotes
If you are writing a paper or report using the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), you'll need footnotes to the text of your paper. These footnotes appear on each page, and may cite a research source, provide additional conte...
How to
Do a Media Analysis
A media analysis reviews a broad swath of news stories on a given subject. Media professionals may use media analysis to decide how to frame a story that they want to publish, such as by helping them choose specific term...
How to
Write an APA Style Paper
APA style can seem intimidating, but it’s mostly a matter of dividing your paper into the right sections and following basic formatting guidelines. Give your paper a strong intro, then follow up with the methods, resul...
How to
Write a Book Name in an Essay
When you’re writing an essay that includes a book title, it can be confusing to write the title correctly. However, it’s really easy once you know the rules. How you write the title will vary a little bit depending o...
How to Introduce a Journal Article in an Essay
Using a journal article in your essay can add to your credibility and make your points more persuasive. When you introduce an article to your readers, you help them understand why you're using it as a source. We've gathe...
What Was Dionysus's Personality Like?
Everything you need to know about the Greek god of wine, fertility, ecstasy, & theaterAs the god of wine, Dionysus is often associated with merriment, revelry, and celebration. There is, however, another darker side to t...
How to
Grade a Paper
Anyone can mark answers right and wrong, but a great teacher can mark up a paper in such a way as to encourage a student who needs it and let good students know they can do better. As the great poet and teacher Taylor Ma...
How to
Teach the Present Continuous
The present continuous, also called the present progressive, is a tense used to talk about things that are happening right now, created using the verb "to be" and a present participle (an action verb ending in "ing"). To...
How to
Cite an Article
Articles in scholarly journals and magazines, both in print and online, are common sources for research papers. Provide an in-text citation every time you paraphrase or quote from the article, and include a full citation...
How to
Use Its and It's
Like most English speakers, you probably confuse "its" with "it's" on occasion. This mistake is easy to make and easy to fix. To eliminate this tic from your writing, just remember that "it's" always means "it is" or "it...
