LA 1.3.1 Understanding MLA

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Where do we place the Works Cited page in a research paper?

At the end of the paper on a separate page

True/False Punctuation is not important in Works Cited entries.

False

True/False Parenthetical citations are placed in quotation marks.

False They are placed in parentheses.

True/False For a Works Cited entry, one should keep all lines at the left margin and NOT indent the second line.

False It is necessary to indent the second and following lines by 1/2 inch to create a hanging indent.

How do you format a Works Cited entry for a work (source) with no known author?

Leave the author off and start with the title of the book.

What do you call a citation inside of the paper?

Parenthetical Citation

The term for putting sources within the text of a research paper is ___.

Parenthetical Citations

True/False For a Works Cited entry, one should double-space all citations but not skip spaces between entries.

True

True/False Parenthetical citations should correspond with the Works Cited source.

True

True/False Proper formatting for Works Cited entries calls for capitalization of all words in titles of books, journals, etc... except for articles (a, an, the), prepositions, and conjunctions (and, but, or...).

True

True/False When a source has no author listed, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name for the parenthetical citation within the paper.

True

True/False When quoting or paraphrasing a book, the author's last name and a page number should be placed in the parenthetical citation.

True

True/False Works Cited entries are listed alphabetically by the author's last name.

True


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