MLA Documentation

Which of the quotations below has the correct citation?

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” (Emerson 148)

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” (Emerson, 148)

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson p. 148).

• “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson 148).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What should you document in your papers?

• Quotations

• Paraphrases

• Summaries

• Data/Statistics

• All of these

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an important guideline regarding the use of quotations?

• Use as many quotations as you can

• Quote only from influencers

• Quote accurately

• None of these

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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 the correct formatting for a book?

• How the Other Half Lives

• "How the Other Half Lives"

• "How the Other Half Lives"

• None of these

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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 shows the title of a paper in proper MLA formatting?

• Cicero's most exciting Speech

• Cicero's Most Exciting Speech

• "Cicero's Most Exciting Speech"

• Cicero's Most Exciting Speech

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose all elements of the MLA works cited page format.

• double spacing

• hanging indent

• alphabetical order

• numbering for entries

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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 a correct MLA works cited entry for a book with one author?

• Weissman, Jeremy. The Crowdsourced Panopticon. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.

• Weissman, J. (2021). The crowdsourced panopticon, Rowman & Littlefield.

• Jeremy Weissman. "The crowdsourced panopticon." 2021.

• Weissman, J. "The crowdsourced panopticon."

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Select all the correct answers:

If you have any questions regarding MLA formatting or MLA documentation, you should:

• Guess

• Ask your professor

• Reference your handbook

• Ask a friend

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When citing from a source found on the internet, which is the correct MLA format?

• (O'Donnell)

• (O'Donnell 2024)

• (O'Donnell par. 5)

• (O'Donnell MSNBC.com)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When quoting a source, the quotation should be:

• integrated into the paragraph grammatically

• dropped into the middle of the paragraph

• introduced with a sentence giving the author's name and the sources title

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9