MLA 8

Reference and Lesson for MLA 8

Keep in mind there are some things in this lesson you will need in the future and some you need for your current research assignment.

Multiple Choice

What does MLA stand for?

• Modern language Association

• Monday's Lesson Always

• It doesn't stand for anything.

• Moon Lunar Association

Multiple Choice

What does MLA regulate?

• It regulates your science projects.

• It regulates in-text citations, document formats, works cited lists.

• It regulates nothing.

• It regulates what APA format.

Multiple Choice

An MLA Style Paper should be formatted:

• 14 font and single space should be used with 1/2 an inch margins in your paper.

• No formatting in needed. You can type and MLA paper any way you like.

• 12 font and double space should be used with 1 inch margins in your paper.

• 16 font should be used and you can use double or single space.

Multiple Choice

The portion of your MLA formatted paper with your full name, instructors name, course and date goes on every page of your research paper.

• True

• False

When do I NEED to use In-Text Citations?

You USE in text citations when you take anything from another source and use it in your paper.

SO WHEN YOU:

• QUOTE

• SUMMARIZE

• PARAPHRASE

Multiple Choice

When do you have to use in-text or parenthetical citation in a MLA formatted paper?

• When you place your own ideas in your paper.

• When you Quote Summarize or Paraphrase from your source (article, book, etc.)

Multiple Choice

What is an in-text citation?

• It is a citation that provides all of the source material. Usually it is the last page of your paper.

• It is something that you do not have to do in MLA format.

• It has nothing to do with your works cited list.

• It is citation that is sometimes the author's last name and page number that can be found within the text of your paper, and it should direct readers to the full citation on your works cited list.

Multiple Choice

From the example in the previous slide where does the period go when a citation is used?

• Before the citation.

• After the citation.

• Inside the quotes.

Multiple Choice

In the first sentence why didn't the writer place the name Wordsworth in the citation as well?

• Because the writer did not not know the author's name.

• Because the writer ran out of room or space to fit the name Wordsworth in his sentence.

• Because the writer mentioned the author's name Wordsworth in his sentence.

• Because the writer just forgot how to spell Wordsworth.

Multiple Choice

It is alright in MLA format to place this full citation inside of the in-text or parenthetical citation within your paper.

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When you have a print source with one author what do you do to complete an in-text citation?

• Nothing

• Add author's name and page number in parentheses, unless you use the author's name in the sentence.

Multiple Choice

How should you complete an in-text citation if there is no known author?

• Use the title of the source

• Don't worry about it.

• Just put a page number.

Multiple Choice

What do you do if your source has no page numbers? Maybe your quote or information was from Gale Databases.

• Don't worry about a citation at all.

• Just place the author's last name or just the title of the source for the in-text citation.