MLA Citations 9th/10th

How far indented should a longer than 4 lined quotation be?

1 inch

what is an example of a page on a web site citation?

"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

what is an example of an in-text indirect source citation?

Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social service centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman 259).

Which font do you use?

Times new roman

what do you title it if you have only one source in your citation page?

Work Cited

When do you cite something in a paragraph longer than 4 lines?

at the end, after the punctuation

What size is the font?

12 point

what is the correct parenthetical citation for this source?: Keaveney, Susan. "When MTV Goes CEO." Acting on Words. Ed.David Brundage and Michael Lahey. Toronto: Pearson, 2004. 99-103.

According to Keaveney, "Before mid-millennium, Gen Xers will be the CEOs of the future" (103)

what are examples of an in-text short quote citation?

According to some, dreams express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184), though others disagree. According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (184). Is it possible that dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184)

what is an example of citing more than one work by a particular author on the works cited page?

Burke, Kenneth. A Grammar of Motives. [...] ---. A Rhetoric of Motives. [...]

what is a citation for a print sources with a known author?

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966. Print.

what is an example of an electronic source citation?

Garcia, Elizabeth. "Herzog: a Life." Online Film Critics Corner. The Film School of New Hampshire, 2 May 2002. Web. 8 Jan. 2009.

what is an example of a miscellaneous non-print source?

Herzog, Werner, dir. Fitzcarraldo. Perf. Klaus Kinski. Filmverlag der Autoren, 1982. Film.

how do you format page numbers on the works cited page?

If you refer to a journal article that appeared on pages 225 through 250, list the page numbers on your Works Cited page as 225-50. Note that MLA style uses a hyphen in a span of pages

what is an example of citing two or more paragraphs in-text?

In "American Origins of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Movement," David Russell argues, Writing has been an issue in American secondary and higher education since papers and examinations came into wide use in the 1870s, eventually driving out formal recitation and oral examination. . . . From its birth in the late nineteenth century, progressive education has wrestled with the conflict within industrial society between pressure to increase specialization of knowledge and of professional work (upholding disciplinary standards) and pressure to integrate more fully an ever-widerning number of citizens into intellectually meaningful activity within mass society (promoting social equity). . . . (3)

The references at the end of your paper should appear _______________?

In alphabetical order by author's surname or title regardless of type of reference

what is an example of omitting words in a quotation?

In an essay on urban legends, Jan Harold Brunvand notes that "some individuals make a point of learning every recent rumor or tale . . . and in a short time a lively exchange of details occurs" (78).

how do you cite non-print or sources from the Internet?

Include in the text the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name, film name).

what is an example of an email interview citation?

Jameson, Ian. "Re: Interview Questions." Email to Ian Jameson. 28 September 2013.

what is an example of adding words in a quotation?

Jan Harold Brunvand, in an essay on urban legends, states, "some individuals [who retell urban legends] make a point of learning every rumor or tale" (78).

what is an example of an in-text citation for two articles by the same author?

Lightenor has argued that computers are not useful tools for small children ("Too Soon" 38), though he has acknowledged elsewhere that early exposure to computer games does lead to better small motor skill development in a child's second and third year ("Hand-Eye Development" 17).

Do you include a website in the works cited page?

MLA does not require URLs in the works cited unless there is no other way to locate it. instead, you must write "web" before the date of access

what is an example of an author-page in-text citation for classic and literary works with multiple editions?

Marx and Engels described human history as marked by class struggles (79; ch. 1).

When do you include the website in the citations?

Only if it can't be found otherwise

what is an example of a cited youtube video?

Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.

what is an example of an in-text citation with multiple authors?

Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is not needed in the United States (76). The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76).

what is an example of an entire web site citation?

The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.

what is an example of an in-text electronic source citation?

The Purdue OWL is accessed by millions of users every year. Its "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" is one of the most popular resources (Stolley et al.).

what is an example of an in-text citation when the author's name is not mentioned in the sentence?

Visual studies, because it is such a new discipline, may be "too easy" (Elkins, "Visual Studies" 63).

what is an example of an in-text citation for a print source with an unknown author?

We see so many global warming hot spots in North America likely because this region has "more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . ." ("Impact of Global Warming" 6).

how do you do an in-text citation for a print source with an author?

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

what is an example of a citation of a print source with an author?

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford UP, 1967. Print.

According to MLA format, the list of references which appear at the end of your paper is called ____________?

Works Cited

What is the thesis statement?

a clear position that you will support and develop throughout your paper, this sentence guides or controls your paper

What is the Works Cited page?

a list of all the sources cited in your paper, listed on a separate page at the end of the essay

how do you cite an image (including a painting, sculpture, or photograph)?

artist's name work of art italicized date of creation institution and city where the work was housed follow initial entry with: name of website in italics medium of publication date of access

where can you find the publisher and date published?

at the bottom of the website

how do you format the second or subsequent lines of a works cited page?

by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent

how do you list things on the works cited page?

by alphabetical order

How do you write the title?

centered - make it interesting

How should the title be formatted?

centered and written in 12-point, times new roman font and is not bold underlined or italicized

Where is the title of an assignment located in a paper?

centered below the heading, near the top of the page

how do you punctuate a citation?

comma between last and first name of author and period after quotations marks and a period around the page title period after the site title period after the posted date period after the medium period after the last date you looked at the site

Which order do you put the date?

day month year (no commas)

Is it double or single spaced?

double

What spacing should you use for your paper

double

A Works Cited list is not required if all in-text citations have the author(s) and the page number(s) of the source, true or false?

false

When should the thesis be in the essay?

generally the last sentence of the introductory paragraph

when do you not include the author in the in-text citation?

if it's in the sentence

When do you indent a quotation?

if it's longer than 4 lines

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

in quotation marks

how do you cite multiple works by the same author?

include a shortened title for the particular work from which you are quoting to distinguish it from the others and put short titles of books in italics and short titles of articles in quotation marks

In MLA style, long quotations should be...

indented one inch (all lines) and written without enclosing quotation marks

What do you put on the top right?

last name and page number

what does MLA stand for?

modern language association

is there extra space between paragraphs?

no

what are some mediums of publication?

online-WEB book-PRINT

how do you cite multiple sources in the same parenthetical reference?

separate the citations by a semi-colon

What is the introductory paragraph?

sets the context for the rest of the paper where you tell your readers why you are writing and why your topic is important

What should be in the top right hand corner?

student's last name and page number

What should be at the end of a more than 4 line quotation?

the author and page number following the punctuation - no quotation marks

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text just previous, then it does not need to be included in parentheses, true or false?

true

how do you cite indirect sources?

use "qtd. in" to indicate the source you actually consulted

what do you do when a source has no known author?

use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name

how do you alphabetize works with no known author by their title on the works cited page?

use a shortened version of the title in the parenthetical citations in your paper

how do you cite a journal which appears exclusively in an online format that does not make use of page numbers?

use the abbreviation n. pag. to denote that there is no pagination for the publication

What do you do if a source has more than three authors?

use the first author's last name followed by "et al."

how do you cite fewer than three lines of a poem?

with a slash at the end of each verse and the space should proceed and follow the slash.

How do you cite short passages from a text?

with the author and the page number

What do you put on the top left of the essay?

your name teacher's name name of class date