MLA Citation Methods

When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?

• This point has been argued before (Frye 197).

• This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197)

• This point has been argued before. (Frye 197)

• This point has been argued before. (Frye 197)

When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?

• Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197).

• Frye has argued this point before. (197).

• Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197).

• Frye has argued this point before (197).

T/F: You should not use the authors’ last names in the citation if the authors’ names appear in the text.

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T/F: You only use “et al” when you are citing a text with more than three authors.

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T/F: When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.

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Answer explanation

If a quotation ending a sentence requires a parenthetical reference, place the sentence period after the reference. For Charles Dickens the eighteenth century was both “the best of times” and “the worst of times” (35).

T/F: You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.

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What elements are required/needed to cite a book in MLA 8th Edition? (Choose ALL that apply)

• Author’s Last Name and First Name

• Title

• Publisher

• Year of Publication

Which of the following is true about block quotes (Choose ALL that apply):

• When a quotation extends to more than four lines, we set it off from the text as a block

• Quotation marks are not used.

• Page number at end is outside the period.

• The entire block quote is indented.

Which is the correct way to cite a website? (Choose ALL that apply)

• The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 (mla.org).

• According to the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org).

Answer explanation

hen creating in-text citations for electronic, film, or Internet sources, remember to provide partial URLs such as when the name of the site includes, for example, a domain name, like CNN.com or Forbes.com, as opposed to writing out http://www.cnn.com or http://www.forbes.com.

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Which is true of a Works Cited page? (Choose ALL that apply)

• In a research paper, a Work(s) Cited list is usually placed at the end, centered, without quotation marks, italics, or underlining

• Include all quoted, paraphrased, or summarized sources

• Alphabetize by the author’s last name, book title, or website name (excluding A, An, or The)

• Begin each entry flush with the left margin. The second and subsequent lines of each entry are indented half an inch from the left margin (hanging indention)

• Double space the entire list of sources.