English 4 GHP MLA (belletiere)

When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct? a. This point has been argued before (Frye 197). b. This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197) c. This point has been argued before. (Frye 197) d. This point has been argued before (Frye, 197).

A

What is MLA?

A method of citing references in research paper

Which is true of a Works Cited page? Circle all that apply. a. Starts new page numbered sequentially b. Page is not numbered c. Placed after the body of the paper d. "Work(s) Cited" is centered, without quotation marks, italics, or underlining e. Include all quoted, paraphrased, or summarized sources f. Do not need to include sources where titles are used in text g. Start each entry on new line, regular left margin h. Font type should be different then the body of the paper i. Indent the second and all subsequent lines five spaces ("hanging indent") j. Margins should be changed to 1.5 all around k. Double-space all lines l. Do not include web sites because they do not count as sources m. Alphabetize by the author's last name, book title, or website name

A,C,D,E,G,I,K,M

Crane, Niles F. "Anarchy at Sea." Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2003: 50-80.

Article

Bernstein, Barton J. "Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Diplomatic History 28.3 (1991): 126-29.

Article in a scholarly journal

Tyson, Phyllis A., and Michael G. Gordon. "The Psychology of Women." Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 46 (1998): 361-64.

Article in a scholarly journal

Peterman, Jay S. "Eat This Now!" US News and World Report 28 Mar. 2005: 56-58.

Article in magazine

Which is the correct way to cite a website? a. The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 (mla.org). b. According to the Modern Language Association's (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org). c. Both

C

When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct? a. Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197). b. Frye has argued this point before. (197). c. Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197). d. Frye has argued this point before (197).

D

Which of the following is true about block quotes: a. The entire block quote is indented b. Only used when author is mentioned in the text c. Page number at end is outside the period d. Quotation marks are not used e. All of the above

E

T/F Alphabetize your Works Cited page including "A", "An", or "The" as the first word of a title.

False

T/F For multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, separated by commas, and a period at the end.

False

T/F When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.

False

T/F You should capitalize every word in a title.

False

T/F You should underline the title of a text, but not the period at the end in the Works Cited page.

False

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

Kramer, Cosmo F. "A Health Threat Baffling for Its Lack of a Pattern." New York Times 22 June 2003, natl. ed.: A14.

Newspaper

Foreman, Red, Elizabeth Bennett, and Tom Collins. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times 16 Feb. 1999. 21 Nov. 2000. <http://www.nytimes.com>.

Newspaper online website

T/F Author's names are listed alphabetically in reverse order on the Works Cited page.

True

T/F Give only the first city listed for the place of publication and do not list state names, regardless how obscure the city.

True

T/F MLA prefers Times New Roman font

True

T/F Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, short stories, essays).

True

T/F You only use "et al" when you are citing a text with more than three authors.

True

T/F You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.

True

T/F You should not use the authors' last names in the citation if the authors' names appear in the text.

True

American Association for Artificial Intelligence. 17 Mar. 2001 .<http://www.aaai.org>.

Website

---. Venetian Blinds: Contemporary Study of Compulsive Lying. New York: Pendant Publishing, 1994.

book

Creation of the Media: Political Origins of the Media. Los Angeles: Houghton-Mifflin, 1922.

book

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003.

book

Van Delay, Art. Seinfeld: The Show About Nothing. New York: Penguin Books, 1997.

book

Jackson, Gabriel. "Multiple Historic Meanings of the Spanish Civil War." Science andSociety 68.3 (2004): 272-76. Academic Search Premier Elite. EBSCO. Brookens Library, U of Illinois at Springfield. 27 Sept.2002. <http://www.epnet.com>.

journal article within an online data base

Colbert, Stephen. Home page. 1 Nov. 2006. <http://colbertnation.com>.

website