Writing Fun

When you are writing about one book, the very first citation must include

• The author's last name only
• The page number only
• The author's last name and page number
• The title of the book and page number

Which is correct for the first citation?

• "Ralph cleared his throat" (32).
• Ralph cleared his throat (Golding 32).
• "Ralph cleared his throat (Golding 32)."
• "Ralph cleared his throat" (Golding 32).

Marcus is writing an essay about the unusal use of punctuation in Emily Dickinson's poetry. He wants to use a phrase from an outside source in one of the sentences he is writing. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of including quoted material in a sentence?

• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (Denman 46).
• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to Disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (46).
• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (Denman. 46)
• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (Denman).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the correct font to use for MLA style papers?

• Any font that looks pretty
• Calibri, 12 point
• Times New Roman, 12 point
• Comic Sans, 12 point

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the correct format for the first page?

• My name
  My teacher's name
  the course name
  date in MLA format
• My name
  the title of the paper
  my teacher's name
  the date
• the title of the paper
  my name
  the date

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False
Every source cited in the text must be documented in a Works Cited page at the end of the paper.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Is a properly formatted MLA paper double spaced?

• no
• yes

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When citing a video documentary, the title of the film must be in quotation marks.

• true
• false

Where do page numbers go?

• The top
• The middle
• The bottom
• No page number necessary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are the margins in MLA reports? 

• .5"
• 1"
• 1.5"
• 2"