ENC 1102 Lecture Presentation and Knowledge Check : MLA basics

If you introduce a quote or paraphrase with a signal phrase, do you need to add the author's name at the end of the sentence?

No

Do you have to cite facts?

No

According to the newest MLA guidelines, do you need the url of a website in the works cited citation.

Optional

According to John Smith, "Too many Americans depend upon the government for support" (Smith). This citation is correct according to MLA.

False

This is a proper citation for a website. Jones, Bill. "No Time Like Now." Time Magazine. 12 Oct. 2012. Web. www.Time.com.

False

You need to cite common knowledge.

False

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is citing material from page 167 of the following essay in an anthology: Franzen, Jonathan. "David Foster Wallace." The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, edited by Dave Eggers, Mariner Books, 2009, pp. 167-71.

Franzen explains that details for David Foster Wallace were "a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being" (167).

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 27 of the following article: Robin, Corey. "Garbage and Gravitas." The Nation, 7 June 2010, pp. 21-27.

Toward the end of a review of two biographies of Ayn Rand, Robin asks the following question: "[H]ow could such a mediocrity... exert such a continuing influence on the culture at large?" (27).

A signal phrase is a good way to introduce a quote, paraphrase, or opinion.

True

A works cited page lists the sources that you cited in your paper.

True

If you use a print source, you need to include the page number in your citation

True

According to the latest MLA style guide, which of the following can be used to give credit to a source in the body of your paper? Mark all that apply.

parenthetical citation & Signal phrase

You can use a signal phrase to A. Introduce a quote B. Introduce a paraphrase C. Introduce a statistic D. All of the above.

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Which information listed below is NOT required in your works cited list for a website.

Medium (Print,Web)

MLA stands for

Modern Language Association

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers: Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).

You must cite your source when the information is A. direct quote B. a study or statistics C. another person's theory D. All of the above

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 258 of the article with the following works cited entry: Reichert, Julie, et al. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 248-71.

Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is citing the following online work with an unknown author: "114,000 iPads Hacked." CNN.com, Cable News Network, 10 June 2010, cnn.com/videos/tech/2010/06/10/nr.levs.ipad.security.breach.cnn. Accessed 11 June 2010.

As many as 114,000 new iPad owners were left vulnerable after hackers took advantage of security lapses and gathered private user information ("114,000 iPads").

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 210 of the following essay, which appears in a book: George, Diana. "Changing the Face of Poverty: Nonprofits and the Problem of Representation." Popular Literacy: Studies in Cultural Practices and Poetics, edited by John Trimbur, U of Pittsburgh P, pp. 209-28.

George examines videos for Habitat for Humanity and explores whether "reliance on stereotypes of poverty can, in fact, work against the aims of the organization producing them" (210).