Final Exam Study Guide-Part 1

If you want to quote a line from an online article titled "Cyberbully," which of the following would be the correct format for the internal citation?

("Cyberbully")

T/F; You should end a sentence with a period before you include the parenthetical citation.

False; the period comes after the parenthetical citation.

The margins of your paper should be set at what length?

1"

Which phrase is used in MLA to denote which date you accessed the web page?

Accessed

When citing an entire website, what information should be added instead of an author?

Compiler name or Editor

Look at the following works cited entry and identify the bracketed portion. Smith, John. How to Study for Tests. New York: [2010.]

Date of Publication

What is the correct format for the date on your heading?

Day Month Year; 3 May 2021

T/F; In MLA format you should italicize all titles whether they are books or articles?

False; book titles are italicized; article titles are in quotes

T/F; On the works cited page, you should include all the sources you read while doing your research, whether you cited them in your text or not.

False; only cite the ones you cited in your paper.

if you omit a word or words from a quotation, what punctuation mark should you use to indicate some words have been omitted?

Elipses (...)

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

False

T/F; MLA requires the use of https:// when citing URLs?

False

The papers titled should be centered and bolded on the first page.

False

You should bold the article title in your works cited entry

False

T/F; if you choose not to include the writers name in-text for an electronic source, the parenthetical citation should look like ("Fitzgerald" Taylor)

False, the words should be switched in the citation.

T/F; Video and audio sources need to be documented using the same basic guidelines for citing print sources in APA style.

False; MLA and APA are different.

T/F; In-text citations do not need to correspond to the works cited page.

False; anything cited in the paper must be cited in the works cited.

For a parenthetical citation from a website, the authors last name and paragraph number should be included in the citation if the authors name is not mentioned in the sentence.

False; you cite the authors last name and the page number.

T/F; you do not need to cite the director when citing a film or movie?

False; you need to include the directors name when citing a movie.

What type of indentation should you use for the citation listed on your Works cited page?

Hanging indent

Where does your last name and page number go?

Header

In MLA, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what type of citation(s)

In-text citations and parenthetical citations

Which is not a characteristic of the works cited page?

Include it before your paper

The best way to use a quotation in a paragraph is to..?

Introduce it to the reader

What would this personalized "header" look like?

Last Name 1

Which is the correct way to cite a Book?

Last name, First name. Book title (italicized or underlined). City of publication, Publisher, Date published.

How do you cite an E-book

Last name, First name. Italicized title. Place of Publication, Publisher, date published, URL. Accessed date.

How do you cite a page on a website?

Last name, First name. Quoted Title. Italicized name of website, Publisher, Date published, URL, accessed date.

How do you cite an electronic journal?

Last name, First name. Quoted title. Italicized Journal, Vol. #, Issue #, date published, page #. Italicized data base, URL/DOI. Accessed date.

All of the following characteristics are part of which part of a paper -start new page number sequentially -placed after the body of the paper -"Works Cited" is centered without quotation marks, italics, or underlining -Include all quoted, paraphrased, and summarized sources -start each entry on new line, regular left margin -indent the second and all subsequent lines five spaces (hanging indent) -double-space all lines -Alphabetize by the authors last name, book title, or website name

MLA Works Cited page

Look at the following Works cited entry, then identify the bracketed portion. Smith, John. [How to Study for Tests.] New York: 2010.

Name of Book

Do you need a title page?

No, unless requested by teacher

What should you do in the parenthetical citation if there is no author given?

Omit the authors name and just include the title (online) or the page number (book) Use the title of the work in place of authors name

if you are citing a print source from an unknown author (authors name is not provided) what information must you provide in your in-text citation first?

Shortened title and page number

What is wrong with the following works cited entry for a book? Jupiter, Janie, and Sullen Powers. The Nitty Gritty Lit Book, Banter Press, 1991.

The title of the book should be underlined or italicized

What font type was suggested and what size font must you use?

Times New Roman 12pt.

Which type of font and size does MLA format use?

Times New Roman, 12pt.

If no author is is given for a source you are using, you should cite the work by the...?

Title

Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works

True

T/F; For a parenthetical citation from a book, the authors last name and page number should be included in the citation, if the authors last name is not mentioned in the quote introduction.

True

T/F; If the publisher is the same as the website name, only list it once.

True

T/F; If you use a source with two authors you must list both last names and the page number in your citation.

True

T/F; You must create a "header" in the upper right hand corner with your last name and page # on every assignment.

True

T/F; Your work cited page should be in alphabetical order according to the authors last name?

True

T/F; you do NOT need to include the host(s) name when citing a podcast?

True

T/F; your paper always need to be double spaced?

True

You should capitalize every word in a title if the article capitalizes it

True

What is the proper heading order for the first page?

Your name Teacher name class name Date (day month year)

if you change a word or words in a quotation, what punctuation should you put around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text?

[brackets]

parenthetical citations for online newspaper articles should include the...?

article title and authors name

For a print source with a known author what two items must you include in our in-text citation?

author and page #

What is the purpose of a DOI?

leads to the location of an online source in a database

When citing non-print sources from the internet, do you need to include paragraph/page numbers?

no

How should you treat the panel members or speakers in the citation? Where would you find this information on your works cited page?

treat them as authors; it would be located in the beginning of your works cited page

T/F; if the authors name is not given on a non-print source, the title should be used in the in-text/parenthetical citation?.

true