RECALL: OUTLINING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

In an outline, alphanumeric numbering is using Roman numerals for the heading and capital letters for the subheadings.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Alphanumeric numbering is the most commonly used in an outline.

There are four components to follow in achieving an effective outline.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

The four components of an effective outline are parallelism, coordination, subordination, and division.

APA Style requires the author to provide the year of publication inside a parenthesis for either in-text or reference entry.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Examples:

Dela Cruz (2023)/ (Dela Cruz, 2023)

Dela Cruz, A, (2023). Follow the instructions. URL

MLA Style requires the author to provide the page number instead of the year of publication in its in-text citation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Examples:

Dela Cruz (123)/ (Dela Cruz 123)

MLA and APA Style must have a header that says Bibliography before the list of reference entries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

MLA Style says Works Cited, while APA Style uses References.

It's a rule to arrange the reference entries in alphabetical order and format them with hanging indents in either APA or MLA Style.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

If it's not arranged in alphabetical order and with hanging indents, the reader would have a hard time identifying each entry.

When writing the in-text citation as parenthetical, the period of the sentence should be after the last parenthesis if the citation is found at the end of the sentence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

AVOID THIS COMMON MISTAKE! Keep in mind that your in-text citations are ALWAYS PART OF THE SENTENCE, so it should be before a period. For example:

Academic writing is one of the struggles of 70% of students (Alamino, 2020).

What is the correct way to arrange reference entries in alphabetical order and format them with hanging indents in APA or MLA Style?

• By year of publication

• By author's last name

• By title of the source

Which style, MLA or APA, requires the author to provide the page number instead of the year of publication in its in-text citation?

• MLA Style

• APA Style

Is it true that there are four components to follow in achieving an effective outline?

• Yes

• No