MLA Format, Works Cited, and Literary Analysis Review

Which title is capitalized correctly?

• china's left behind children
• China's left behind Children
• China's Left behind children
• China's Left Behind Children

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which date is written in correct MLA format?

• 25 May 2022

• 25th May 2022

• 25/05/2022

• May 25, 2022

Why is an MLA works cited page important?

• It's a convenient way to show from where I gathered information.

• It will help me avoid plagiarism by giving credit to the sources I used.

• It's used in both high school and college.

• All of these choices are correct.

What is wrong with this Works Cited page?

• The title should be bold.

• The last name and page number in the upper right corner are not needed.

• There needs to be a hanging indent on the second line of the citation.

• There is nothing wrong with it. It is correct.

In MLA 8 format, a Works Cited list...

• follows immediately after the last paragraph of my essay.

• is on a separate page at the end of my essay.

Citations on a Works Cited page...

• are numbered to show each new citation.

• are alphabetical by the source titles.

• are alphabetical by author last name/title of resource.

• are listed in order of appearance in your essay.

A Works Cited page should be formatted like this:

• The margins of the page should be set to 2 inches.

• There should be three spaces between each citation.

• All lines of each citation should be centered on the page.

• The first line of each citation should be aligned to the left margin and all other lines of that citation should be indented 0.5 inches.

How is the Works Cited page arranged?

• Alphabetically, by title of the work

• Alphabetically, by the author's first name

• Alphabetically, by the author's last name

• By publication year

The title of your essay should be...

• Bolded

• Centered

• Underlined

• all of the above are correct

If you have already mentioned the author's last name in your signal phrase, then you do not need to include it in parentheses in your in-text citation.

• True

• False