MLA Quiz (Cite it Right)

What is plagiarism?

• when you allow someone to look at your paper and make suggestions for improvement

• claiming someone else's words, thoughts or ideas as your own

• the process that is used to find out more information about a topic

• when you give credit by using a citation to indicate when an idea comes from another person

MLA stands for

• Modern Linguistic Agency

• Mother Load of All

• Modern Linguine Association

• Modern Language Association

APA stands for

• American Psychological Association

• American Physician

  Association

• American Patriotic Actions

• American Physical Education Association

When you use the work of another writer, you must give credit to the author in all of the following cases EXCEPT when:

• you use the exact ideas of the writer but change the wording

• you write your own thoughts after reading the author's text

• you use the exact words of the author, within quotation marks

• you use the writer's examples

When writing a research paper, a citation is needed when you

• when you write your own thoughts about a book

• when you write a journal about your own experience

• quote, summarize, or paraphrase another author/person's work

• when you create your own podcast about how to plant a garden

Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving (Borelli 1). The part in red is called a

• an APA citation

• an alphabetical list of sources

• a MLA citation

• a works cited page

Which punctuation marks enclose a citation?

• commas

• parentheses

• quotation marks

• dashes

If you are assigned to write a paper in a science or graduate class, you would use what type of formatting?

• APA

• Chicago

• MLA

• NYC

What do you call the space below the first line that is tabbed over 5 spaced?

• tab

• centered

• hanging indent

• column

Which of the following is not considered plagiarism?

• A student paraphrases a passage but doesn't include a citation

• Using the author's original words with quotation marks and a citation.

• Someone buys a paper off of the Internet and turns it in as his/her own

• Turning in a paper that a friend wrote for the same class last year