MLA Format

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not given?

• Author and publication year: (Doe, 2007)

• Author, publication year, and page number (preceded by p.): (Doe, 2007, p. 25)

• Author and page number separated by a comma: (Doe, 25)

• Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25)

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271).

• Aers and Stanley (1996) stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion.

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.9-10.8

The title of your paper should be both centered and in bold...

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

Key you must press at the beginning of each paragraph.

• Tab

• Return

• Space Bar

• Caps Lock

If an entry in a Works Cited List is longer than one line, second and all subsequent lines need to be indented half an inch. This is called a hanging indent.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

What is the line spacing for an MLA paper?

• Single

• Double

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

What is the correct order of items in the MLA heading?

• Student Name, Class Name, Teacher Name, Date

• Student Name, Teacher Name, Class Name, Date

• Teacher Name, Student Name, Class Name, Date

• Date, Teacher Name, Student Name, Class Name

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

Where is the title of an assignment located in a paper using MLA format?

• Top right corner

• Top left corner

• Bottom left corner

• Centered below the heading, near the top of the page

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A