MLA Citations and Works Cited Review

In general, how is the Works Cited list arranged?

Alphabetically by author's last name

Published Location

City the book/article was created in (closest to you)

Database

Collection of organized data

Quotation marks should be placed around the titles of longer works (novels, etc.)

False

When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark

False

Works Cited list is not required if all in-text citations have the author and page# of source

False

You should underline the title of a text in the Works Cited page

False

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

Author

Person who wrote the book/article.

Publisher

The company that created the book

Title

The name of the book

Copyright Date

The year the book/article was written.

An MLA Works Cited list appears at the end of the paper on a separate numbered page

True

Author's names are listed by last name and then first name order on the Works Cited page

True

Give only the first city listed for the place of publication and do not list state names

True

Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, etc.)

True

You shouldn't use the author's last name in the citation if the author's name appears in text

True

If you use one quote from a book, you should cite the entire book in Works Cited page

True - don't leave it out, no matter how small the citation!

When documenting one author by name in a text, is this example correct? Frye has argued this point before (197).

Yes

When documenting one author in reference in a text, is this example correct? This point has been argued before (Frye 197).

Yes

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