MLA Formatting and Style Guide Quiz

What is the purpose of MLA formatting?

• To create a flexible method for documenting sources

• To provide guidelines for citing sources

• To list the general pieces of information for each source

• To organize information about sources

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which element should be listed first in a Works Cited entry?

• Title of container

• Title of source

• Publication date

• Author

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How should the title of a book be formatted in a Works Cited entry?

• In quotation marks

• In italics

• In parentheses

• In bold

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of including the title of a container in a citation?

• To identify the larger whole in which the source is located

• To credit other contributors to the source

• To provide additional information about the source

• To indicate the edition or version of the source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which two punctuation marks separates the elements in a Works Cited entry? One is put at the end of the author, title and container entries. The other is used within the container entry.

• Semicolon

• Comma

• Period

• Colon

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What should be included in a citation if there are multiple publishers?

• Only the first publisher

• All relevant publishers separated by a forward slash

• The publisher with the most recent publication date

• The publisher with the largest distribution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When should URLs be included in citations?

• For sources without a publication date

• For sources with long titles

• For all sources

• Only for online sources

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of including other contributors in a citation?

• To give credit to those who contributed to the source

• To provide additional information about the source

• To identify the larger whole in which the source is located

• To indicate the edition or version of the source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which element should be listed last in a Works Cited entry?

• Author

• Title of source

• Publication date

• Location

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of the MLA formatting and style guide?

• To offer examples of properly formatted citations

• All of the above

• To provide guidelines for formatting academic papers

• To explain the rules for citing sources in MLA style

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9