MLA Quiz (12th Grade)

When you directly quote from, summarize, or paraphrase an outside source, what must you do?

Use in text citation

Using the citation below, create a parenthetical reference from a quote on page 16. Rugged, Bart, and Alex, Ralph, eds. Tongue Diseases and other Wild Stories from the Doctor's Office. Georgia: University Press, 1988.

(Ruggard and Alex 16)

What is a signal phrase?

A phrase, clause or sentence that that introduces a quotation. Example: Susan Vreeland writes that Magdalena "loves looking out at the sea" (8).

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text?

Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25)

If there are no page numbers given in a work that you are quoting in your paper, how do you cite this work in the in-text (parenthetical) citation?

Cite Paragraph number Example: (par.4). Lower case p

In MLA style, block (long) quotations should be

Double-spaced, indented half an inch, and have no quotation marks

How should titles of long works, such as novels and plays be formatted?

Italicize or underline them

What is the format for an in-text (parenthetical) citation that does not name the author in a signal phrase?

Last name and page number example: (Vreeland 8).

What is the format for an in-text (parenthetical) citation that does name the author in a signal phrase?

Page number Example: (8).

How should titles of short works, such as poems, articles, and short stories, be formatted?

Put them in quotation marks

Multiple parenthetical references are

Separated by a semicolon

If there is no author given in a work that you are quoting in your paper, how do you cite this work in the in-text (parenthetical) citation?

Use shortened version of title in quotation marks Example: ("Magdalena" 8).

When should et al. be used in MLA style?

When the source has 3 or more authors

When you use the work of another writer, you do not need to provide documentation when

You write your thoughts or reflections after reading the author's text

If your teacher's directions for formatting vary slightly from the official MLA guidelines, which should you follow?

Your teacher's directions