Inquizitive: Documenting Sources: MLA Style

What follows is a works-cited entry for a review in a print magazine. Complete this works-cited entry with the appropriate punctuation. Hollinghurst, Alan Press Space to open,."The Impersonator Press Space to open,."The New York Review of Books Press Space to open,.Dec. 2018 Press Space to open,.pp. 8-10

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Works-cited entries for short emails and text messages are very similar. Match each works-cited element to the kinds of sources that require it. (Works-cited elements may match to multiple sources.) 1. text message 2. email

1. sender's name, recipient's name or text of the message, and date 2. sender's name, recipient's name or text of the message, and date

Writers should not cite a paper heard at a conference if the paper hasn't been published yet.

False (It's fine to cite a paper heard at a conference. Here is an example of such a citation: Hern, Katie. "Inside an Accelerated Reading and Writing Classroom." Conference on Acceleration in Developmental Education, 15 June 2016, Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore.)

Click or tap on any elements of this works-cited entry that should be italicized. If the works-cited entry doesn't contain any elements that should be italicized, click the "No Errors" button. Phillips, Cassandra, and Greg Ahrenhoerster. "Class Size and First-Year Writing: Exploring the Effects on Pedagogy and Student Perception of Writing Process." Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 46, no. 1, Sept. 2018, pp. 9-29.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College (Italicize the titles of books, periodicals, and other long works. This is a journal title, so it should be italicized.)

Drag the elements of this works-cited entry for a website with no author or editor and no publication date into the correct order.

1. Open Doors. 2.Organization for Transformative Works, 3. opendoors.transformativeworks.org/en. 4. Accessed 2 June 2021. (If there's no publication date, the URL should follow the publisher.)

Which works-cited entry would you use for a comic written by Harvey Pekar and illustrated by R. Crumb in an essay comparing the work of R. Crumb to the work of other illustrators?

Crumb, R., illustrator. Bob and Harv's Comics. By Harvey Pekar, Running Press, 1996. (If the illustrator's contribution is most relevant to your research, start the entry with the illustrator(s) instead of the author, and label the role of anyone who's not an author: Crumb, R., illustrator.)

The sentence below references a work by authors Joel Best and Eric Best. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence using MLA style guidelines. -------------------Press Space to openJoel Best and othersJoel Best and Eric Best discuss the role that the issue of student loan debt played in the 2016 Democratic campaign (372).

Joel Best and Eric Best (For a work with two authors, name both. If you're mentioning them for the first time in an signal phrase, use their first and last names: Joel Best and Eric Best.)

Click or tap on the elements in this works-cited entry for an oral presentation that should be enclosed in quotation marks. Smythe, Sarah. How a Procrastination App Can Help College Students.Columbus State Community College, 8 Dec. 2018, Columbus, Ohio.

"How a Procrastination App Can Help College Students." (The title of the presentation should be enclosed in quotation marks.)

A writer is quoting from Exodus 1.5 in The New English Bible for the first time in her essay. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence below using MLA style guidelines. Only a few of the Israelites who went to Egypt are mentioned in the beginning of Exodus, even though "[t]here were seventy of them all told, all direct descendants of Jacob" -Press Space to open(Exod. 1.5)(New English Bible, Exod. 1.5)(Exodus 1.5).

(New English Bible, Exod. 1.5) (When citing a sacred text such as the Bible or the Qur'an for the first time, give the title of the edition and the book, chapter, and verse (or their equivalent), separated by periods: (New English Bible, Exod. 1.5). MLA recommends abbreviating the names of the books of the Bible in parenthetical references. Later citations from the same edition do not have to repeat its title.

Drag the elements of the works-cited entry for this article in a print journal into the correct order.

)1. Inman, Joyce Olewski, and Rebecca A. Powell. 2. "In the Absence of Grades: Dissonance and Desire in Course-Contract Classrooms." 3. College Composition and Communication, 4. vol. 70, 5. no. 1, 6. 2018, 7.pp. 30-56. (The page numbers should come last. Use pp. to indicate a range of pages. Inman, Joyce Olewski, and Rebecca A. Powell. "In the Absence of Grades: Dissonance and Desire in Course-Contract Classrooms." College Composition and Communication, vol. 70, no. 1, 2018, pp. 30-56.

A writer is working on a paper that cites two authors with the same last name: Stephen King and Tabitha King. Which of these excerpts from the writer's paper include correct parenthetical references?

)Correct Writers often use hypothetical situations to convey a feeling or impression. Stephen King writes, "Wendy reached the lobby and looked around. The velvet rope that had cordoned off the ballroom had been taken down; the steel post it had been clipped to had been knocked over, as if someone had carelessly bumped it going by" (364). Writers often use hypothetical situations to convey a feeling or impression, as in the following description: "Wendy reached the lobby and looked around. The velvet rope that had cordoned off the ballroom had been taken down; the steel post it had been clipped to had been knocked over, as if someone had carelessly bumped it going by" (S. King 364). Incorrect Writers often use hypothetical situations to convey a feeling or impression, as in the following description: "Wendy reached the lobby and looked around. The velvet rope that had cordoned off the ballroom had been taken down; the steel post it had been clipped to had been knocked over, as if someone had carelessly bumped it going by" (King 364). (When your essay cites two authors with the same last name, give the author's first and last names in any signal phrase, or add the author's first initial in the parenthetical reference: (S. King 364).

If a writer wants to include a works-cited entry for a Wikipedia page, in what order should the writer place the following elements?

1. "Fossil Fuel." 2. Wikipedia, 3. Wikimedia Foundation, 4. 5 June 2021, 5. en.m.wikipediq.ord/wiki/Fossil_fuel.

Drag the punctuation marks into the correct locations in this works-cited entry for a personal letter. Drag word(s) below to fill in the blank(s) in the passage. Ivan-Press Space to open,. Marty-Press Space to open,. Letter to the author-Press Space to open,. 4 Feb. 2021.

1. , 2. , 3. . Ivan, Marty. Letter to the author. 4 Feb. 2021.

Drag the elements of the works-cited entry for this Zoom presentation into the correct order.

1. Budhathoki, Thir. 2. "Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Literacies in Student Writing." 3. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 4. 9 Apr. 2021. 5.Zoom. (The name of the platform should follow the publication date. Budhathoki, Thir. "Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Literacies in Student Writing." Conference on College Composition and Communication, 9 Apr. 2021. Zoom.)

Drag the elements of this works-cited entry for an edited collection into the correct order.

1. Gilbert, Sandra M., and Susan Gubar, editors. 2. The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English. 3. 3rd ed., 4. W. W. Norton, 5. 2007.

Click or tap on any elements that should be italicized in this works-cited entry for a film. Moonstruck. Directed by Norman Jewison, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Star Partners II, 1987. Amazon Prime Video, www.amazon.com/dp/B003U2Q3ME.

1. Moonstruck. 2. Amazon Prime Video (If the film was accessed through a streaming service, the name of the streaming service should be included in the works-cited entry and italicized.

Drag the elements of the works-cited entry for this online magazine article into the correct order.

1. Mull, Amanda. 2. "Victoria's Secret Has a Mean-Girl Problem." 3. The Atlantic, 4. 3 Dec. 2018, 5. theatlantic.com/​health/archive/2018/​12/victorias-secret-​proves-brands-cant-be​-negative-now/577210.

A student wants to use the following legal case about the desegregation of public schools in an academic paper: United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Board of Education. 17 May 1954. Legal Information Institute, Cornell U Law School, www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/347/483. This is the only government source in the student's paper. Which of the sentences below correctly cite the legal case in question?

Correct In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to have separate public schools for Black and White students (United States). Incorrect In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to have separate public schools for Black and White students (United States, Supreme Court). In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to have separate public schools for Black and White students (Brown v. Board of Education). (For legal cases, give whatever comes first in the works-cited entry. If you are citing a government document in parentheses and multiple entries in your works-cited list start with the same government author, give as much of the name as you need to differentiate the sources. This paper has only one government source, so the parenthetical reference should be United States.

A writer who is using MLA style wants to refer his readers to some additional sources that he doesn't directly reference within his paper. Which of the following are ways he could do this?

Correct Put a superscript at the appropriate point in the text, which tells readers to look for the endnote (on a separate page with the heading Notes or Endnotes just before the works-cited list) with the corresponding number and source information. Put a superscript at the appropriate point in the text, which tells readers to look for the footnote (at the bottom of the page) with the corresponding number and source information. Incorrect Put the additional source information in italics so it's set off from the rest of the paper. (Sometimes you may need to give information that doesn't fit into the text itself—to thank people who helped you, to provide additional details, to refer readers to other sources, or to add comments about sources. Such information can be given in a footnote (at the bottom of the page) or an endnote (on a separate page with the heading Notes or Endnotes just before your works-cited list). Put a superscript number at the appropriate point in your text, signaling to readers to look for the note with the corresponding number. If you have multiple notes, number them consecutively throughout your paper.)

A writer wants to cite the following source in her paper: Diagram Group. The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference. Macmillan, 1993. Which of these sentences include a correct in-text reference to this source?

Correct The Diagram Group created a reference book that arranges items visually. One reference book even arranges items visually (Diagram Group). Incorrect One reference book even arranges items visually (The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference). (When an organization is the author of a source, acknowledge the organization either in a signal phrase or in parentheses: (Diagram Group). If you acknowledge the source in parentheses, shorten the name of the organization to the shortest noun phrase and omit any initial article.

Select the correct requirements for quoting more than four lines of prose or more than three lines of poetry in MLA style.

Correct indent the quotation one-half inch from the left margin Incorrect use quotation marks include the parenthetical before the final punctuation

Which works-cited entry would you use if you were writing a paper that focused on one particular translation of Crime and Punishment?

Pevear, Richard, and Larissa Volokhonsky, translators. Crime and Punishment. By Fyodor Dostoevsky, Vintage Books, 1993. (Start with the editor or translator if you are focusing on that contribution rather than the author's: Pevear, Richard, and Larissa Volokhonsky, translators.)

Edit the following works-cited entry for an editorial in a newspaper to correct any errors in formatting. Editorial Board. Mars Beckons.Press Space to openMars Beckons.The New York Times,"The New York Times,""Mars Beckons." The New York Times,Press Space to openMars Beckons.The New York Times,"The New York Times,""Mars Beckons." 27 Nov. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018​/11/27/opinion/mars-exploration​-nasa-insight-space.html.

"Mars Beckons." The New York Times, (Put quotation marks around the titles of articles and other short works.)

If a writer cites an entire work rather than a part of it, or if the writer cites a single-page article, there's no need to include page numbers.

True (Sometimes you may want to summarize or refer to an entire work, rather than quote or paraphrase a specific section of the work. If you cite an entire work rather than a part of it, or if you cite a single-page article, you don't need to include page numbers.)

Which element is missing from this works-cited entry for an online video? "Everything Wrong with National Treasure in 13 Minutes or Less." YouTube, uploaded by CinemaSins, 21 Aug. 2014.

URL The URL is missing from this works-cited entry.Full citation: "Everything Wrong with National Treasure in 13 Minutes or Less." YouTube, uploaded by CinemaSins, 21 Aug. 2014, www.youtube.com/​watch?v=IA1JeUyiuMw.