WorksheetsMLA Citation
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
In-text citations appear where in the paper?
At the end
Throughout
At the beginning
Nowhere
If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?
Use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS
Use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes
Use the URL
Just skip it and do nothing
If the name of the article is really long, are you allowed to shorten it for an in-text citation?
Yes
No
When you paraphrase, you are using someone's ideas, and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source?
Yes
No
Only sometimes
"Only direct quotes need to be cited."
Every citation has two parts. What are they?
Summaries and Works Cited
Exact words and quotations
An author's exact words and the title of the book where they are found
A parenthetical citation and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page
If available, what piece of information is the first thing that should go in a citation?
Author's name
Page number
Website article title
Website title
Select which parenthetical citation is PROPERLY DONE from the options below.
Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).
Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)
Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)
(Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately
Which citation is INCORRECT?
An article written by Harrison Roberts. The PDF version shows page numbers.
Which citation is CORRECT?
English is a complicated language (Roberts 33).
English is a complicated language (Roberts, 33).
Roberts believes that English is a complicated language (p. 33).
According to Roberts, English is a complicated language (Roberts).
