MLA Review

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271).

• Aers and Stanley (1996) stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If an entry in a Works Cited List is longer than one line, second and all subsequent lines need to be indented half an inch. This is called a hanging indent.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How are entries organized on a Works Cited page?

• Alphabetically
• In the order they appear in the paper.
• By length
• Randomly

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

One purpose of a Works Cited page is to

• Show readers from where your information came.
• To add length to a paper.
• To stress out students
• To prove information in the paper is true.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why is the following quote INCORRECTLY cited in MLA citation? "It haunted me day and night" (Poe 13)

• It does not have the page number

• It does not have a period after closing parentheses

• It does not Identify the author’s last name

• It does not have quote marks " " around the evidence

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the correct format for a paranthetical MLA citation?

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith p. 5).

• .(Smith 5)

• (Smith, 5).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately" (Smith 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p. 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith 10)

• (Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately."

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9