WorksheetsMLA Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
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.
On the Work(s) Cited page, you should include all the sources you read while during your research, whether you cited them in the text or not.
true
false
How do you format the entries for a Work(s) Cited page?
All lines of each source should be flush against the left side. The entire page should be double spaced
All lines of each source should be centered and single spaced.
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.
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 (hanging indent). The entire page should be double spaced.
If one entry in a Works Cited entry is for a book by John Brown entitled The Southern Agrarians and a second is for another book by the same individual entitled New England Awakening, which of the following is the proper parenthetical note form for a quotation from page 42 of The Southern Agrarians?
(Brown, The Southern Agrarians 42).
(The Southern Agrarians 42).
(Brown, "Southern": 42).
(Brown, p. 42).
Look at the following Works Cited page entry. Then identify the number portions in questions 14-15.
article title
name of book
publisher
name of website
article title
name of book
place of publication
name of website
What is the proper heading order for the first page?
your name, class name, teacher name, date
your name, teacher name, class name, date
date, teacher name, your name, class name
teacher name, your name, class name, date
For in-text citations from a website, the author's last name and paragraph number should be included in the in-text citation if the author’s name is not mentioned in the sentence.
true
false
The paper’s title should be centered and bolded on the first page.
true. We need to make sure it’s known.
true. It is a printed document.
false. It is not a formally published document.
false. It takes too much time and effort to do that.
What should you do in the parenthetical citation if no author is given for the work you are citing?
omit the author’s name in place of the page number
use “anonymous” in place of the author’s name
use the year of publication in place of the author’s name
use the title of the work in place of the author’s name.
What is wrong with the following end-text citation for a journal?
initial should be used for the author’s name
page numbers do not need to be listed for a journal article
the year should come after the volume number
there needs to be a period at the end
