The Writing Process & MLA

​DRAFT

Multiple Choice

Imagine Madison is on a journey to become a celebrated chef! What is a "draft" in Madison's recipe development process?

• The final presentation of Madison's signature dish

• The initial ingredient list for Madison's innovative recipe

• To adjust, remove, incorporate, or modify with the aim of crafting Madison's culinary masterpiece

• A version of the recipe that Madison experiments with before presenting the ultimate, refined dish to the world

Multiple Choice

The act of improving a piece of writing by substituting, taking out, adding, or removing paragraphs, sentences, phrases, or words. This makes the ideas clear and developed.

• revise

• edit

Multiple Choice

What does the letter 'A' in the revising acronym stand for?

• Add more details

• Remove words/details

• Move things around

• Substitute better words

Multiple Choice

When you revise, what DON'T you do?

• Add new thoughts

• Add more details

• Choose more descriptive words

• Fix grammar errors

Reorder

Put the steps of the writing process in the correct order

• Brainstorm

• Draft

• Revise

• Edit

• Publish

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the MLA Formatting and Style Guide?

• To provide guidelines for writing research papers

• To teach students how to write essays

• To explain the history of MLA

• To offer tips for public speaking

Multiple Choice

What does MLA regulate in academic writing?

• Document formatting

• In-text citations

• Works-cited lists

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What are the three guiding principles of the MLA 9th edition?

• Cite the standard traits shared by most works

• Remember that there is more than one way to cite the same source

• Make your documentation useful to readers

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What are the general guidelines for formatting an MLA Style paper?

• Typed on white 8.5" x 11" paper

• Single-space everything

• Use 10 pt. Times New Roman font

• Indent the first line of paragraphs one inch

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to format the MLA header?

• Your Name, Teacher's Name, Date (last name and page number in upper left-hand corner)

• Your Name, Date (last name and page number in upper right-hand corner)

• Teacher's Name, Your Name, Course, Date (last name and page number in upper right-hand corner)

• Your Name, Teacher's Name, Course, Date (last name and page number in upper right-hand corner)

Multiple Choice

The only time you should include a title page is when...

• on an assignment that is over 100 points

• it is requested by your teacher

• your essay is over 5 pages long

• when you feel like it

Fill in the Blanks

Before you begin typing, apply these four MLA formats to the whole document: Times New Roman 12,

, 1 inch margins, Left-align

Multiple Choice

When creating a Works Cited page in MLA format, how should the entries be organized?

• By publication date, oldest to newest

• Alphabetically by author's last name

• By the order in which they appear in the essay

• Alphabetically by title

Multiple Choice

What is the correct format for MLA in-text citations?

• Author's last name and page number

• Only the author's first name

• Only the page number

• Author's last name and title of the work

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of using a signal word or phrase when citing print sources?

• To provide a summary of the source

• To omit the phrase from the citation

• To include the page number

• To make the citation longer

Multiple Choice

What should you do when citing a source with no known author?

• Place the title in quotation marks if it’s a shorter work

• Italicize the title if it’s a longer work

• Provide a page number if available

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What additional information is needed when citing works by the same author with the same title?

• Edition number

• Publisher

• Publication date

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What should you include when citing works from two different authors with the same last name?

• The author's last name only

• The author's first initial

• The author's full name

• The author's date of birth

Multiple Choice

When citing a source with three or more authors, how should the citation appear in-text?

• (First Author et al. page number)

• (First Author and others page number)

• (First Author, Second Author, et al. page number)

• (All authors' last names page number)

Multiple Choice

What should you include to distinguish multiple works by the same author in in-text citations?

• A shortened title for the work

• The author's full name

• The publication date

• The publisher's name

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to cite multivolume works in-text?

• Include the volume number followed by a colon prior to the page numbers

• List only the book title

• Use the author's name only

• Cite the publication year

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

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