Mastering MLA Style

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism
• Because teachers say they should
• To make a paper harder
• Students shouldn't use it

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism
• Because teachers say they should
• To make a paper harder
• Students shouldn't use it

What should the spacing be in your MLA paper?

• 1.0

• 2.0
• 3.0
• 1.5

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What goes in the header?

• first name and page number
• last name and page number
• paper title and page number
• you should not have a header

How do you write the date in MLA format?

• 12/15/2015
• 15, December 2015
• 15 December 2015
• December 15, 2015

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A title in MLA format should be

• Bolded
• Underlined
• All Caps
• None of the above

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"

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What font size is used in MLA 8 formatting?

• 10
• 8
• 11
• 12

Which of the following should my title be? 

• Bolded 
• Centered 
• Underlined 
• all of the above are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Each paragraph is _____ at the beginning. 

• right aligned 
• centered 
• indented
• single spaced 

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5