MLA Citations, MLA Format
what does MLA stand for?
modern language association
how do you add words in a quotation?
use brackets around it
how do you cite short passages from a text?
( author page number)
What is the Standard Font Size used in MLA format?
12 point
How is the Title aligned on your 1st Page?
Center Aligned
What is the third line of text in your Heading on the 1st Page?
Class Name
What is the fourth line of text in your Heading on the 1st Page?
Date
What type of spacing is used on all pages in MLA format?
Double Spacing
What is the first line of text in your Heading on the 1st Page?
First and Last Name
What is contained in the Header on your 1st Page?
Last Name Page Number (Dynamic/Changing)
The Date on your 1st Page should be in what format?
Military Format (Day Month Year --- NO PUNCTUATION)
The Date on your Title Page should be in what format?
Regular (Month Day, Year)
How do you align the information in your Header on the 1st Page?
Right Aligned
What is the second line of text in your Heading on the 1st Page?
Teacher's Name
What is the Standard Font used in MLA format?
Times New Roman
Where is the Heading located on your 1st Page?
Upper Left Corner
Does your 1st Page (and each page in the body of your paper) include a Header?
Yes
what is works cited?
a list of all the sources cited in your paper/ the works a cited page begins on a new page and you center the title "works cited" without underlining, bolding, or italicizing it
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
when do you not include the author in the in-text citation?
if it's in the sentence
How should titles of short works, such as poems, articles, and short stories, be formatted?
in quotation marks
In MLA style, long quotations should be...
indented one inch (all lines) and written without enclosing quotation marks with citation at the end
Where is the MLA heading located?
top left of first page
How should titles of long works, such as novels and plays be formatted?
underlined or italicised
how do you omit words in a quotation?
use 3 dots if still the same sentence, use 4 dots if the omitted words become a new sentance
what do you do when a source has no known author?
use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name/ place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work (such as an article) or italicize it if it's a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire Web sites) and provide a page number
