MLA Quiz

An article from the New Yorker magazine is available through LexisNexis, a database. This is an example of

"A container 'nested' in a larger container"

There are nine of THESE potentially included in a works-cited entry

"Elements"

True or false? If a work is published by an organization that is also its publisher, skip the "Author" element and begin with the "Title" element; list the organization as publisher in the "Publisher" element.

True

True or false? Any time you use information you have gathered or borrowed from a source, you should use in-text citations

True

True or false? For online sources, the "location" is the URL.

True

True or false: Normally, italicize the titles of containers, followed by a comma.

True

The source you're reading authored by Jane Smith has a quotation on page 29 by Dr. Martin Luther King that you want to use in your essay. You don't have the essay by Dr. King; all you have is the article by Smith. What does your in-text citation look like?

(qtd. in Smith 29)

What file format gives you a version of a journal, magazine, or newspaper article as it originally appeared in print, including the original page numbers and any photos?

.pdf (Adobe Acrobat)

When a source forms part of a larger whole, the larger whole can be thought of as

A "container"

Element nine is "Location." For a print (hard copy) source, what does "location" mean?

A page number or range of page numbers

In the following list, which one is NOT a container?

A short story

When you use a research source for the first time in your essay, in preparing your in-text citation you should use

A signal phrase

If you borrow from two authors with the same last name, how do you handle the names in the in-text citation?

Add the first initials (or full names if necessary)

If a work has no author, what do you use instead of an author in the in-text citation?

An abbreviated version of the title of the source in quotation marks

Where is the in-text citation usually placed?

At the end of the sentence

When quoting from a research source, you indicate changed or added letters or words:

By putting brackets around the changes

How do we indicate language left out of a quotation from research?

By using an ellipsis (three spaced dots)

Element five is called "Version." For books, this usually means:

Edition

On the works-cited list, each of the separate sources you borrowed from and used in your essay, along with full information about how to locate that source, is called a/an

Entry

True or False: Authors must be individuals. Works cannot be created by a corporate author.

False

True or False? A prose quotation of more than three lines requires a block quotation.

False

True or False? To compose an in-text citation, inside the parentheses we always use the last name of the author and the page number

False

True or false? Each entry in the works-cited list uses a hanging indent, which means to indent the first line ½ inch like a paragraph.

False

True or false? Element seven is the name of the "Publisher." For a book, you would look for the name of the publisher on the cover or spine of the book.

False

True or false? MLA citation style applies only to word-processed documents such as essays; it does not apply to works such as PowerPoint presentations, videos, or Web projects.

False

True or false? The "Title of Source" is put in quotation marks if the source is self-contained and independent like a book, film, painting, or play.

False

True or false? When a work has more than one author, you should list the authors' names in alphabetical order.

False

True or false? When multiple sources apply to a single sentence/group of sentences in your essay, list them in separate parentheses separated by a semicolon.

False

True or false? When you paraphrase a researched quote into your own words, no in-text citation is necessary.

False

An in-text cite should follow a direct quotation. Where would the in-text citation be located with reference to quotation marks?

Outside the quotation marks, but before the period or comma.

These appear in your essay and point the reader to the corresponding entry where readers can find complete information about the source

In-text citations

If you want to recognize the role of someone who was important to your research who is not the author, what do you do?

Name that person and specify what his/her role was in the fourth element, "Other Contributors."

The title of an article from a website is punctuated with?

Quotation Marks

If there is no apparent pagination or if the document is only one page long, what do you use for the page number in the in-text citation?

Skip the page number in the in-text citation

You begin the works-cited entry with the "Author" element, which means

The author's last name, then the rest of the name.

Element eight is "Publication Date." Which publication date do you use when there is more than one date on the copyright page?

The most recent one

For sources that have a DOI, the "location" element means

The source's digital object identifier

Element six is called "Number." This refers to

The volume number of a numbered multi-volume set

When documenting two or more works by the same author, substitute THIS for any name repeated from the author in the previous entry

Three hyphens

If a work has no author, the first element in the works-cited list should be the work's

Title

True or false? If you have one author who wrote more than one source, the in-text citation uses the author's last name, a comma, the short form of the title in question, and the page number.A.

True

True or false? No matter where your essay ends, you must put your works-cited list on a new page at the end of your essay.

True

True or false? The page with the works-cited list has the student's last name and page number in the upper right hand corner like any other page of the essay.

True

True or false? The works-cited list should be alphabetized by the author's last name; if none, then by title.

True

True or false? To incorporate several lines of poetry into your essay, use a forward slash with a space on each side to indicate line breaks.

True

True or false? When you have three or more authors, you must reverse the first name and follow it with a comma and the words et al. instead of writing out the other authors' names.

True

True or false? When you have two authors' names, you reverse the first name, follow it with a comma and the word and, and give the second name in normal order.

True

True or false? You can name someone other than the author in the "Author" element, but you must follow the name with a description of that person's role.

True

How is the title of a volume of essays punctuated?

With italics

The complete list of sources borrowed from and thus cited in your essay is called

Work or Works Cited