Citing MLA

In MLA Formatting Style, what is the name of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?

• Reference Page

• Bibliography

• Works Cited

• Sources

Although some medical ethicists claim that cloning will lead to designer children (R. Miller 12), others note that the advantages for medical research outweigh this consideration (A. Miller 46). In the aforementioned in-text citation, what formatting style is used?

• American Psychological Association

• American Physiological Association

• Modern Language Association

• Modern Literary Association

Which among the following works cited is using the MLA Formatting Style?

• Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm Dying. Knopf, 2007.

• Alred, G. J. (2009). The business writer’s handbook. New York, NY: St Martin's Press.

• Best, A. (2004). International history of the twentieth century. Sibs Publishing House.

• Flesch, R. (n.d.). How to write plain English. Macmillan Publishers.

Which among the following in-text citations uses the MLA Formatting Style?

• Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

• Best and Marcus argue that one should read a text for what it says on its surface, rather than looking for some hidden meaning (9).

• The authors claim that one cause of obesity in the United States is government-funded farm subsidies (Franck et al. 327).

• All of the aforementioned

What is the difference between the APA and MLA Formatting Style as used in an in-text citation?

• APA uses author’s first name while MLA uses author’s last name

• APA uses year of publication while MLA uses page numbers

• MLA uses title in title case while APA uses title in sentence case

• All of the aforementioned

"Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966, pp. 367-375." Using the aforementioned work citation, how do we write the in-text citation in MLA Style?

• (Burke, 1996)

• (Burke, K., 1996)

• (Burke 367)

• (Burke, 367-375)

How are the Works Cited and Reference Page arranged?

• Alphabetically, by title of the work

• Alphabetically, by the author's last name

• Alphabetically, by the author's first name

• By publication year

Cassandra was asked to submit an essay that includes citations, but she was not able to indicate the authors of the statements she included in her work. What crime in citing sources did she commit?

• Ordinance 8243

• Republic Act 7160

• Plagiarism

• Anti-Theft Act

In order to avoid plagiarism, you should always _____.

• give credit to the person who created the material you are using

• change a few words so it isn't technically copied word-for-word (verbatim)

• hope nobody checks to find out it isn't your own original work

• all of the aforementioned

When using an in text citation, where do you put the number of the page where you got your quote from?

• "In text quote" (page number).

• "In text quote" page number.

• "In text quote" [page number].

• "In text quote".