MLA Lesson

Which BEST identifies the correct MLA documentation style for a work with one author?

• Begin with the author's last name, underlined; then the author's first name, followed by a colon.
• Begin with the author's last name, followed by a comma; then the author's first name, followed by a period.
• Begin with the author's first name, followed by a comma; then the author's last name, followed by a period. 

Which correctly describe an element of parenthetical citations?

• The punctuation belongs inside the parenthetical citation.
• The punctuation belongs outside the parenthetical citation .
• If a short quote is used, the end quotation marks belong after the parenthetical citation. 

Marcus is writing an essay about the unusal use of punctuation in Emily Dickinson's poetry. He wants to use a phrase from an outside source in one of the sentences he is writing. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of including quoted material in a sentence?

• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (Denman 46).
• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to Disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (46).
• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (Denman. 46)
• Dickinson makes unusual use of punctuation "to disrupt conventional linguistic relations" (Denman).

Which BEST identifies the basic entry for correct documentation of a book with one author?

• Main, Leslie. New York: Random House, 1996. The Age of Chivalry.
• The Age of Chivalry. New York: Random House, 1996. Main, Leslie. Print
• Main, Leslie. The Age of Chivalry. Random House, 1996.
• The Age of Chivalry. Main, Leslie. New York: 1996. Print.

Which piece of information is NOT needed for a bibliography entry?

• title
• publisher
• copyright year
• total number of pages in the book

If a quotation within a sentence does not name the author of the quotation, what information MUST follow the quotation?

• title, publisher, page number
• title, author's last name, publisher
• title, page number where the quote appears
• author's last name, page number where the quote appears (if available)

The Life and Times of Anton Chekhov by Ted Haddock
Checkhov and Russia by William E. Rogers
The Essence of Drama in Anton Checkhov by Robert Watson.
If you used these three sources for a research paper on the life of Russian dramatist Anton Checkhov, in what order would they appear on the "Works Cited" page?

• Haddock, Rogers, Watson
• Watson, Rogers, Haddock
• Rogers, Watson, Haddock
• Haddock, Watson, Rogers

What is the correct font to use for MLA style papers?

• Any font that looks pretty
• Calibri, 12 point
• Times New Roman, 12 point
• Comic Sans, 12 point

What is the correct format for the first page?

• My name
  My teacher's name
  the course name
  date in MLA format
• My name
  the title of the paper
  my teacher's name
  the date
• the title of the paper
  my name
  the date

True or False
Every source cited in the text must be documented in a Works Cited page at the end of the paper.

• True
• False