MLA Format Test

Alphabetize your Works Cited Page including "A", "An", or "The" as the first word of a title.

False

The title of your paper should be both centered and bolded

False

MLA prefers Times New Roman font

True

You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.

True

You should italicize the title of the text.

True

You should use authors' last names in the citation if the authors ' names appear in the text.

True

What should one do if no author is given for the work they are citing?

Use abbreviated form of the title in place of the authors name.

Author's names are listed alphabetically in reverse order on the Works Cited page.

False

If a citation is more than one line how should the second line be formatted in a works cited page?

Indent all lines after the first one - Hanging Indention

Which is not a correct way to insert an in-text citation?

(Smith, 5) and (http://owl.purdue.edu/owl)

Which of the following would be considered the least reliable source?

A blog

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

Elements of Literature (12th grace ELA textbook) and Biography

Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, short stories or essays).

True

You only use "et al" when you are citing a text with more than three authors.

True

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

For multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, separated by commas, and a period at the end.

False

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

False

You should capitalize every word in a title.

False

You should include the Works Cited, all the sources that you read when conducting research, regardless of whether they were cited within the paper.

False

On the sample works cited page shown below, indicate which type of source (i.e. book, article, publication, web site, etc.) the entry below represents: American Association for Artificial Intelligence. 17 Mar. 2002. <http..aaai.org>.

Web Site

What website is great for quick information but bad for academic research?

Wikipedia.org

When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?

"Frye has argued this point before (197)."

When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?

"This point has been argued before (Frye 197)."

Which is true of a Works Cited Page?

- Starts a new page numbered sequentially - Placed after the body of the paper - "Work(s) Cited"is centered, without quotation marks, italics or underlining - Include all quoted, paraphrased or summarized sources. - Start each new entry on a new line, regular left margin - Indent the second and all subsequent lines five spaces (hanging indent) - Double-space all lines - Alphabetize by author's last name, book title or website name

Which of the following is true about block quotes?

- The entire block quote is indented - Only used when author is mentioned in the text - Page number is included at the end outside of the period - Quotation marks are not used - (All of the Above)

What is a secondary source?

A source that was created after the event being studied occurred.

A primary source is:

An original document such as a diary, letter, etc.

If you need to narrow your research topic, which search will help you narrow your topic?

Teaching AND reading

Where does the page number go for an MLA essay?

Top Right Corner