MLA format and citations

MLA format and citations

Multiple Choice

MLA stands for:

• Midcentury Linguistics Archive

• Modern Language Association

• Modern Linguistic Association

• Modern Language of Academia

Labeling

Label the parts that are included in an MLA-style heading:

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Instructor name

Date the assignment is due

Your first and last name

Course name

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An MLA heading goes in the ​

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corner of your document.

Multiple Choice

Which date is formatted correctly?

• September 21, 2018

• 21st of September, 2018

• 21 September 2018

• 21 September, 2018

Multiple Choice

Standard typeface, text size, and spacing for MLA is:

• Times New Roman, size 10, double-spaced

• Times New Roman, size 12, double-spaced

• Times New Roman, size 12, single-spaced

• Arial, size 14, single-spaced

Multiple Choice

A list of references in MLA format should be titled as:

• References cited

• Citations

• Work Sited

• Works Cited

Multiple Choice

On a Works Cited page, citations should be listed:

• In alphabetical order by author's last name, or title of the work if no author is given

• Chronological order by publication date

• The order in which they appear in the paper

• From shortest to longest by number of characters

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• Website titles should be both underlined and italicized when typed

• Website titles can be either underlined or italicized when typed

• Website titles should be placed in quotes when handwritten and italicized when typed

• Website titles should be underlined when handwritten and italicized when typed

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On a Works Cited page, citations that are more than a single line in length need to be formatted with this kind of indent:​

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Multiple Choice

True or false: Quotation marks are not required if the original text has been paraphrased, as long as there is still an in-text citation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following parenthetical citations is formatted correctly?

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” (Emerson 148)

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” (Emerson, 148)

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson 148).

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson p. 148).

Multiple Choice

True or false: Quotations should always be introduced (integrated into your writing), not simply dropped into your paragraphs as sentences with quotation marks around them.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the scenarios below is considered plagiarism?

• Copying an entire essay from the internet

• Using a friend’s essay with their permission

• Forgetting to include quotation marks around a direct quote

• All of these

Multiple Choice

Which parenthetical corresponds to this citation?

• (Foster)

• (1989)

• (Cambridge University)

• (Hirsch)

Multiple Choice

Which parenthetical corresponds to this citation?

• ("A Life")

• (Playbill)

• (Rothstein)

• (Web 2016)

Multiple Choice

Which parenthetical corresponds to this citation?

• ("Harold")

• (Academy)

• (Web 2016)

• (Museum of Living History)

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is used to indicate "and others" when a work includes more than two authors.