MLA Set up and Academic Sources

According to MLA guidelines, what information should be included in the heading?

• Your name, course title and the date

• Your name and the date

• The course title, instructor's name, and date

• Your name, the instructor's name, course title, and date

According to MLA Guidelines, what should the spacing of the paper be?

• Single Spaced

• 1.5 spacing

• Double Spaced

• It doesn't matter

According to MLA guidelines, what should the font size be?

• 10 point font

• 12 point font

• 14 point font

• 20 point font

According to MLA guidelines, what should the font style be?

• Times New Roman

• Calligraphy

• Gothic Bold

• Comic Sans

Match the following

• Putting someone else's thoughts and ideas into your own words

• In-Text Citation

• Using someone's work without proper attribution

• Paraphrase

• Cited information from a source in your work.

• Direct Plagiarism

• Full alphabetized list of all sources cited in-text

• Works Cited

How do you show a new paragraph is starting?

• Indent using tab

• Indent using the space bar

• Put an extra space using the enter key

• Intend using tab AND using an extra space with the enter key

MLA requires a separate title page. 

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Only APA style uses a separate title page.

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism
• Because teachers say they should
• To make a paper harder
• Students shouldn't use it

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

• Reference Page
• Works Cited
• Bibliography 
• Sources

Direct quotations MUST be put in between..

• (Parenthesis)

• "Quotation Marks"

• [Brackets]

• ...ellipses...