MLA

What point and font should you use while writing a MLA paper

12 point and New Times Roman

Entries should be in what order

Alphabetical

What does sight mean

Being able to see

What does cite mean

Give credit of who it belongs to

What does MLA use in a span of their pages

Hyphens

What does MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

What is plagiarism

Simply changing one word, or every other word, or a few words and not citing the source

What is summarizing

To take ideas from a large passage of another source and put them in your own words.

T or F- Anytime you directly quote words from another source that are not your own

True

T or F- Direct quotes are surrounded by quotation marks that "are immediately followed by a citation"

True

T or F- In a MLA writing format you add 1 inch margins all the way around

True

T or F- according to MLA you must have a work cited page at the end.

True

What does site mean

a area or location

What are direct quotes

anytime you directly quote words from another source that are not your own

What space size should be throughout the page.

double space

What should be in heading (top left)

first and last name,class,teacher,date, and page number on every page other than the first

How should you cite your sources

in-text citations or a work sited page

What is paraphrasing

that you read the source first then put the information in your own words