QPS and Research Vocabulary

"MLA" stands for __________.

• Maybe Later Alligator

• Minimum Language Association

• Modern Links Article

• Modern Language Association

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY. Using MLA formatting, your paper should be:

• 12 point font

• 14 point font

• Times New Roman

• Single spaced

• Double spaced

What are the margins of an MLA document?

• 2 inch

• 1 inch

• 1.5 inch

• 0.5 inch

What is the title of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?

• Reference Page
• Works Cited
• Citations
• Sources

The header includes:

• Last name and page number
• Page number only

A MLA in-text citation should be located:

• at the end of the sentence, before the period

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Cleary).

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations.

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations. (Cleary)

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Michelle Cleary).

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• Use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS

• Use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes

• Use the URL

• Just skip it and do nothing

When you quote a source word for word or include information that is not common knowledge, you must cite the source to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism probably means...

• getting the wrong information

• copying the work of an expert

• use of another person's ideas without giving credit

• copying a classmate

What is the correct format for an in-text MLA citation?

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith p. 5).

• .(Smith 5)

• (Smith, 5).