WorksheetsCiting Sources Using APA and MLA Formatting Style
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. One of the most important aspects of academic writing is making use of the ideas of other people. This is important as you need to show that you have understood the materials that you have studied and that you can use their ideas and findings in your own way. The following are the three ways of citing sources EXCEPT ONE. What is it?
to summarize
to plagiarize
to paraphrase
to quote
2. The following are the importance of citing sources in an academic writing EXCEPT ONE. What is it?
to show your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information
to be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas
to allow your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them accurately in your paper
to allow plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors
3. 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
4. This refers to a document or ideas owned by authors, publishers, and corporations. Additionally, it is anything that reflects an original thought that is written down or expressed in any media, such as word-processed documents, emails, Web sites, and music.
Copyright
Plagiarism
Infringement
Intellectual Property
5. 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
6. What is the name of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in an APA formatted paper?
Reference Page
Bibliography
Works Cited
Sources
7. "According to Peters (1983) evidence from first language acquisition indicates that lexical phrases are learnt first as unanalyzed lexical chunks." In the aforementioned in-text citation, what formatting style is used?
American Psychological Association
American Physiological Association
Modern Language Association
Modern Literary Association
8. "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
9. 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
10. Which among the following references is using the APA Style?
Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.
Brown, E. (2013). Comedy and the feminine middlebrow novel. Pickering & Chatto.
Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping, Mar. 2006, pp. 143-48.
Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action. University of California Press, 1966.
11. 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.
12. Which of the following in-text citations uses the APA Style?
She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.
Research by Wegener and Petty (1994) supports a similar study done of students learning to format research papers.
The research revealed strong correlations. However, a parallel study resulted in inconclusive findings (Kernis et al., 1993).
All of the aforementioned
13. 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
14. "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 APA Style?
(Burke, 1996)
(Burke, K., 1996)
(Burke 367)
(Kenneth 367-375)
15. "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)
16. Which among the following titles are written in APA Style?
English Communication Arts and Skills
Language in Literature: Afro-Asian Literature
Language in perspective through Afro-Asian literature
english communication arts and skills
17. Which among the following titles are written in MLA Formatting Style?
Backgrounds to English literatures
contemporary english literature
The Oxford Chronology of English Literature
Twentieth-century British literature
18. "According to Erikson et al. (2017) relativity's theoretical foundations can be traced to earlier work." In the aforementioned in-text citation, what does “et al.” mean?
There are more authors including Erikson who wrote the statement.
There are two authors which includes Erikson who authored the citation used.
There are no other author than Erikson who wrote the statement.
None of the aforementioned.
19. 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
20. 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
