MLA FORMATTING QUIZ
With one author, which is the correctly formatted quotation and in-text citation?
For example, "this is a great quote" (Smith 39).
With two authors, which is the correctly formatted quotation and in-text citation?
For example, "this is a great quote" (Smith and Doe 39).
With three or more authors, which is the correctly formatted quotation and in-text citation?
For example, "this is a great quote" (Smith et al. 39).
Select the entry that correctly uses the current MLA style for in-text documentation.
Franzen explains that details for David Foster Wallace were "a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being" (167).
Generally, what should be listed second in a full citation for a book?
"Title of the Chapter." Title of the Book.
What margins are required for MLA documents?
1 inch
What font size is required for MLA formatting?
12 pt
What line spacing should MLA documents be formatted in?
2.0
In what order should full citations be on the Works Cited page?
alphabetical
Which alignment should the recurring header have?
Right aligned
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA style for the Works Cited entry.
Camp, Stephanie. "What Does the Millennial Generation Want from a Mobile Phone?" The Huffington Post, 9 June 2010, www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-camp/what-does-the-millennial_b_606077.html. Accessed 17 Apr. 2021.
In February 2016, Harper Lee, famed author of To Kill a Mockingbird, died at the age of 89.
Common knowledge
Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work.
David Sedaris's ten-page memoir "Us and Them"
Reichert, Julie, et al. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 248-71. PubMed, doi: 10.1353/lm.0.0028.
Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA style for in-text documentation.The student is quoting from page 258 of the article with the following works-cited entry:Reichert, Julie, et al. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 248-71. PubMed, doi: 10.1353/lm.0.0028.
Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).
Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work.
NOT "The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States," published by W. W. Norton
What should the "before" and "after" spacing be set at to provide additional lines or spacing between paragraphs?
NOT 12pt
Select the answer option that uses italics appropriately for titles of long works. If neither option is correct, select Neither is correct.
NOT Emily Dickinson's poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Paragraphs should be indented and _____________.
NOT centered
Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work.
NOT the track I've Got You under My Skin on the album "Diana Krall: Live in Paris"
Ronald Reagan gave a speech in 1984 declaring that his "dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of the Earth."
Needs citation
Generally, what should be listed fourth in a full citation for an article on a webpage?
Publishing company (if available), date posted,
What information is included in the heading of the document (not the recurring header)?
student's name, instructor's name, course number-section number, date
Generally, what should be listed fourth in a full citation for an article in a journal?
vol. #, no. #, year, pp. #-#.
Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then decide which paraphrase of the passage conveys the important information while avoiding plagiarism.Original source:The original vision of charter schools in 1988, when the idea was popularized, was that they would be created by venturesome public school teachers who would seek out the most alienated students, those who had dropped out or those who were likely to do so. The teachers in these experimental schools would find better ways to reach these students and bring what they'd learned back to the regular public school. The fundamental idea at the beginning of the movement was that charter schools would help public schools and enroll students who needed extra attention and new strategies.From:Ravitch, Diane. "Why I Changed My Mind." The Nation, 14 June 2010, pp. 20-24.The passage appears on page 22 of the article.
Ravitch notes that originally charter schools were supposed to reach at-risk students with better strategies and creative teachers. These teachers would then also find ways to share these innovations with more traditional public schools (22).
Read the following excerpt and decide which choice quotes the source more accurately and correctly using MLA style. Original Source:Most [magazine] editors test their covers in focus groups in an endless search for the magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves--and to avoid costly mistakes. --Katharine Q. Seelye
Seelye argues that magazine editors seek "the magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves" (604).
Generally, when available, what should be listed first in a full citation and in what format?
The author's name; Last, First.
What font type is required for MLA formatting?
Times New Roman
Generally, what should be listed third in a full citation for an article or webpage (in proper format)?
Title of the Journal or Website.
Select the answer option that uses italics appropriately for titles of long works. If neither option is correct, select Neither is correct.
Tom Brokaw's book The Greatest Generation
Select the entry that correctly uses the current MLA style for in-text documentation.The student is quoting from page 27 of the following printed article:Robin, Corey. "Garbage and Gravitas." The Nation, 7 June 2010, pp. 21-27.
Toward the end of a review of two biographies of Ayn Rand, the author asks the following question: "How could such a mediocrity . . . exert such a continuing influence on the culture at large?" (Robin 27).
Generally, what should be listed sixth in a full citation for an article in a journal?
doi: number OR the URL without http:// and Accessed date.
What kind of indent do full citations on the Works Cited page have?
hanging indent
The first line of each paragraph should be _______________.
indented 0.5"
What information is included in the recurring header of the document (not the heading)?
student's last name and page number