MLA Format

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What do you use if no page number for an article is provided?

"N.P."

What do you do if the words of a title were not capitalized in an original citation?

Leave the original title as you found it

What is the correct way to cite April 15, 2010?

15 Apr. 2010

What is a Works Consulted?

A list of potential resources you have located for your project

What words are ignored when you are arranging a Works Cited?

A, An, The

In a citation title, what words should be capitalized?

All Important Words

How is a Works Cited arranged?

Alphabetically by first word of citation

What is a Works Cited?

An alphabetized list of the resources you used for a project

Where is the first line of a Works Cited citation begun?

At the left margin

Does a period go before or after a closing quotation mark of a title?

Before

For a magazine or news article, what punctuation does the page number follow?

Colon

How is a Works Cited spaced?

Double-spaced (2.0)

What can you put if your citation has more than three authors?

Et. Al

What do you use if there is more than one city listed on the title page of a book?

First American City

How are titles of articles, essay, stories, Web pages, and television episodes written?

In quotation marks

How should subsequent lines of a citation be formatted?

Indented. 5 inches

How are the titles of books, magazines, newspapers, films, and television programs written in a Works Cited?

Italicized

What is the pattern (order of parts for an entry) if a source has two authors?

Last name, First name and First last name

Which months are not abbreviated in MLA format?

May, June, July

What does MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

Where does a Works Cited appear in a written project?

On a separate piece of paper at the end of your paper

If you use someone else's words or ideas without crediting them, what are you guilty of?

Plagiarism

How does one set up a hanging indent for a Works Cited?

Right click your mouse and select paragraph, under indention use special pull down menu and click hanging.

Which month has a 4-letter abbreviation in MLA format?

September (Sept.)

What is the "Medium of Publication" in MLA citations?

The format of the source

What is the preferred font and size for Works Consulted or a Works Cited?

Times New Roman, 12

If the place of publication, publisher, and date of publication are not found in the first place you look, where is the second place to look in a book?

Title Page Of Book

What are the preferred margins for a Works Consulted or a Works Cited?

Top, Bottom= 1 inch; right 1 inch

When citing publication information for a book, what do you use for the place of publication?

city

In a book where should you first look for the place of publication, publisher, and date of publication?

copyright page of the book

How are authors names listed in a Works Cited?

last name, first name

Is a Works Cited ever numbered?

no

Is it necessary to include the URL of an Internet source?

no

When citing publication information for a book, must you include the state along with the city?

no, city only

What "Medium of Publication" is used for books?

print

What "Medium of Publication" is used for Internet sources?

web


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