Mastering MLA Citations

Why is it important to cite your sources?

• To avoid writing your own ideas

• To confuse the reader

• To give credit to the original authors

• To make your paper longer

What is the main purpose of a works cited page?

• To include your personal opinions

• To provide a table of contents

• To list all the sources you used

• To summarize your paper

How should the entries in a works cited page be arranged?

• By date of publication

• In alphabetical order by author's last name

• By the length of the source

• By author's first name

Where should the works cited page be placed in your paper?

• At the beginning

• In the middle

• At the end

• In the appendix

What should you do if a source does not have an author?

• Use 'Anonymous' as the author

• Leave the author field blank

• Use the first word of the title

• Skip the source

What is the correct format for a book title in a works cited entry?

• In quotation marks

• In italics

• Underlined

• In bold

In a parenthetical citation, what information is typically included?

• Author's last name and page number

• Author's first name and page number

• Title of the book and page number

• Date of publication and page number

How should you format a citation for a book with multiple authors?

• List all authors in alphabetical order

• List the first author in reverse order and the rest normally

• Only list the first author

• List the authors in the order they appear on the title page

What should you do if a source does not have a page number?

• Use 'n.p.' in place of the page number

• Do not use the source

• Omit the page number from the citation

• Guess the page number

What should you do if you cannot find all the information for a citation?

• Skip the source

• Leave the missing information blank

• Make up the missing information

• Use a different citation style