Embedding Quotes & MLA Format Review

How do you write the date in MLA format?

• 8/22/19

• August 22, 2019

• 22 August 2019

• 22, August, 2019

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

What should the spacing be in an MLA formatted essay?

• 2.0

• 1.5

• 1.0

• 0.5

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What should be at the top left of the first page of a MLA document?

• the heading

• the page number

• the title

• the first sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False.

In an MLA document, titles should be underlined.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

True or False. The first line of each paragraph should be indented 1/2 inch from the 1 inch margin. This can be done by using the tab key.

• True

• False

Where do the page numbers of your essay go?

• at the top left corner of each page

• at the bottom middle of each page

• at the top right corner of each page

• at the bottom left of each page

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

True or false: It's okay to drop in a quote all by itself, without any of your own words before.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

If an author's name is indicated earlier in the sentence, that name does not need to appear in the in-text citation.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Bradbury writes "If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship." (1).

• Correct

• Incorrect

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly?

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky pp 55).

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation (Kurlansky 55)."

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation." (Kurlansky 55)

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky 55).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9