MLA Research

1. The best way to use a quotation in a paragraph is to

• Drop it in with no introduction

• Make it as long as possible

• Introduce it or weave it into the sentence

• Give the reader a summary first

Page numbers for newspaper articles in internal citations should be preceded with...

• page no. or p

• pgs.

• Nothing

• A and b

When citing from any source inside the paper, only use initials for the author's first name.

• true

• false

In MLA style, you briefly credit sources with internal citations in the text and give the complete

description of each source in your Works Cited list.

• true

• false

If you want to quote a line from page 7 of the article “Cyberbully,” which of the following would be the

correct format for the internal citation? *There is no known author.

• (“Cyberbully”, P. 7)

• (“Cyberbully” p. 7)

• (“Cyberbully” 7)

• (“Cyberbully”, 7)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Work(s) Cited page?

• it is after the essay

• it is double spaced

• it is in hanging indent

• it is in front of the essay

When choosing quotations for an essay, the best strategy is to…

• be as random as possible

• select purpose quotes that can be introduced and explained

• look for the longest quotes

• use a quote that will make the reader more interested

For in-text citations from a book, the author's last name and page number should be included in the in-text citation if the author’s name is not mentioned in the sentence.

• true

• false

You should end a sentence with a period before you include the in-text citation in parenthesis.

• true

• false

What is wrong with the following internal citation for a book?

Jupiter, Janie and Suellen Powers. The Nitty Gritty Lit Book, Banter Press, 1991.

• The title of the book should be underlined or italicized.

• The authors' first initials should be given, not their full first names

• The page numbers should always be listed for a book

• Instead of a colon, there should be a comma.