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WorksheetsMLA HW Check
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In order to avoid plagiarism, you must have what two items?
a)
A. The parenthetical citations and the bibliography
b)
B. The parenthetical citations and the in-text citations
c)
C. The works cited page and the in-text citations
d)
D. All of the above are important
2.
In the works cited page, you should include all the sources you read, regardless of whether you cited / used them within the paper or not.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
3.
Sources listed in a works cited page are ________________.
a)
A. Numbered
by the order in which you used them in the paper.
b)
B. Bulleted
and alphabetized by the author's last name.
c)
C. Alphabetized
by the first word of the entry, whether it is author's last name or title.
d)
D. Numbered
and listed by the date on which they were published.
4.
How do you format the works cited page?
a)
A. The first line of each source should be flush against the left side, while the second line (if any) should be indented one-half inch. The entire page should be double spaced.
b)
B. All
lines of each source should be flush against the left side. The entire page
should be double spaced.
c)
C. All
lines of each source should be centered and single spaced.
d)
D. The first line of each source should be
flush against the left side, while the second line should be indented one-half
inch. There should be two spaces between each entry, the entries themselves are
single spaced.
5.
You must use in-text citations when you _________________ a source.
a)
A. Paraphrase
b)
B. Summarize
c)
C. Directly Quote
d)
D. All need citations
6.
What should you do if no author is given for the work you are citing in text?
a)
A. Omit the author's name and list only the page number.
b)
B. Use "anonymous" in place of the author's name.
c)
C. Use the year of publication in place of the author's name.
d)
D. Use the title in place of the author's name.
7.
For in-text citations, both the author's last name and the page number (if available) need to be listed in the in-text citation.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
8.
You should end your sentence with a period before using a regular in-text citation.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
9.
If I include the author's last name in my sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
10.
The works cited page is always the last page of your paper or the last slide of a presentation.
a)
A. True
b)
B.False
11.
Which choice has correctly cited the following article?
a)
A. Kiley, Eugene. “Fact check: Trump’s terrorism speech.” USA Today. www.usatoday.com. Web. Accessed August 17th, 2016.
b)
B. Kiley,
Eugene. “Fact
check: Trump’s terrorism speech.” USA
Today, 16 August 2016. USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com.
Accessed August 17, 2016.
c)
C. Kiley,
Eugene. “Fact
check: Trump’s terrorism speech.” USA
Today, 16 August 2016. www.usatoday.com.
Accessed 17 August 2016.
12.
What would the in-text citation look like for the above article?
a)
A. (“Fact
Check”)
b)
B. (Kiley)
c)
C. (Eugene)
d)
D. (“Fact
Check” USA Today)
13.
Which of the following has correctly cited the following article?
a)
A. "NASA Unveils New Public Web Portal for Research Results." NASA Astrobiology: Life in the Universe. www.nasa.gov, Web.12 Sept. 2015.
b)
B. "NASA Unveils New Public Web
Portal for Research Results." NASA Astrobiology: Life in the Universe. Symtech Corp, 10 September 2010. www.nasa.gov.
Date Accessed 12 Sept. 2015
c)
C. No
Author. "NASA
Unveils New Public Web Portal for Research Results."
NASA Astrobiology: Life in the Universe. Symtech
Corp, 10 September 2010. www.nasa.gov.
Date Accessed 12 Sept. 2015
14.
What is the correct in-text citation for the article in question 13?
a)
A. (NASA Astrobiology)
b)
B. (www.nasa.gov)
c)
C. (“NASA Unveils”)
d)
D. (NASA
Unveils New Public Web Portal)
15.
Which of the following correctly uses quotes and italics?
a)
A. We will read “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind” and Anthem this trimester.
b)
B.
Reading Great
Expectations will be a challenge, but it will develop your mind more than watching
Family Guy all day long.
c)
C.
I
read the article “10 things we learned from John Green's Reddit AMA” on
“Indystar.com” this weekend.
d)
D.
We downloaded Blank
Space from Taylor Swift’s “1989” album.
16.
Which of the following correctly uses quotes and italics?
a)
A. Maya
Angelou’s poem The Human Family is
the background narration for the latest “Apple” commercial
b)
B. Poet e.e. cummings, a poet famous for his lack of capital
letters, wrote “i carry your heart with me.”
c)
C. The Boy who Harnessed the Wind features Malawian words such
as “mphala” and kwacha.
d)
D. J.K. Rowling’s “Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is the first in a series.
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