mla quiz english
The margins for an MLA paper are:
1" all around.
Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?
Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271).
What does an MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text?
Author and page number without intervening punctuation: (Doe 25).
In MLA style, what would you include in the parentheses for a directly quoted in-text citation?
Author's Last Name and followed by the page number.
Where is the title of an assignment located in a paper using MLA format?
Centered below the heading near the top of the first page.
What is the best way to avoid plagiarism?
Cite your sources
The thesis statement of an MLA paper can typically be found:
In the first sentence of the last paragraph and the last sentence of the first paragraph.
ISBN is an abbreviation for
International Standard Book Number
What Does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
An ellipsis is used to designate
Removal of information
Consider the following direct quotation from page one of Sullivan's Memory and Forgetting in English Renaissance Drama and then identify which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style:"The passage reveals something important about forgetting in early modern literature and culture, that it is frequently associated with resistance to or the retooling of normative models for behavior."
Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" evinces an early modern preoccupation with the relationship between memory and changing standards in behavior (Sullivan 1).
Brackets are used to
Show the addition of information to a quote in order to add context
What is the correct order of items in the MLA heading?
Student Name, Teacher Name, Class Name, Date
Select ALL that apply: Which of the following would be considered plagiarism?
Submitting someone else's work as your own. copying someone else's words and ideas and submitting them as your own. copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not. NOT placing quotations in quotation marks. changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
Long Quotes or quotes of five lines or more are distinguished by
a half inch indentation
What is the line spacing for an MLA paper?
double
In MLA style, block (long) quotations should be
double-spaced, indented half an inch, and have no quotation marks
The Latin phrase ____________ means "and others" and is used in a works cited page or a parenthetical citation to indicate three or more authors.
et al
An MLA Works Cited Page is alphabetized based on the title of the source. (true or false)
false
Interviews should never be used in a research paper as they are not reliable. (true or false)
false
One should end their sentence with a period before using a regular in-text (parenthetical) citation. (true or false)
false
Paraphrases do NOT need to be cited in in-text citation. (true or false)
false
The Wikipedia, The Babylon Bee, and The Onion are reliable sources. (true or false)
false
The entire paper should be auto-centered. (true or false)
false
The formatting on the works cited page in which the author indents the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches.
hanging indent
The key you must press before the start of each new paragraph.
tab
One of the best sources of free information on writing can be found at
the purdue owl
To cite an anonymous source in-text, what information should be included in parentheses?
the shortened form of the title (appropriately formatted) and the page number: (Wonderful World 25)
The main advantage to using the databases such SIRS or ProQuest that Mrs. Kringel shared with us is
they are vetted, they are already cited for us, and they are often organized by topic and are current
A long quote is 5 or more lines in length. (true or false)
true
A long quote is indicated by a half inch indentation. (true or false)
true
A short quote is considered to be four lines or less. (true or false)
true
A thesis statement clearly identifies the topic being discussed, includes the points discussed in the paper, and is written for a specific audience. (true or false)
true
An ellipsis (...) is used to indicate the removel of information. (true or false)
true
Brackets show the addition of information to a quote to add context. (true or false)
true
Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text. (true or false)
true
Entries on the Works Cited page are listed alphabetically by the author's last name (or, for entire edited collections, editor names). Author names are written last name first; middle names or middle initials follow the first name. (true or false)
true
Et al is a latin phrase that means "and others" and is used to indicate three or more authors. (true or false)
true
ISBN is a number used to catalog books in a library and stands for International Standard Book Number. (true or false)
true
If a source is listed on the Works Cited page, it should be used and cited with in the paper at least once. (true or false)
true
If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses. (true or false)
true
MLA 8 style requires the use of parenthetical citations within the paper to give credit to the original source material. (true or false)
true
MLA stands for Modern Language Association and it is their job to set best standards and practices for grammar and research. (true or false)
true
On the Works Cited page, indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent. (true or false)
true
The Works Cited section of the paper should have its own dedicated page with nothing else found on that page. (true or false)
true
The page number of an MLA paper can be found in the upper right hand corner. (true or false)
true
The title of books and magazines should be italicized. (true or false)
true
Vetted means that a source has been approved, fact checked, and originates from a reputable source. (true or false)
true
Indirect sources are cited by
using qtd. in in parentheses followed by the author who used the quote, and the page number: (qtd. in Doe 25)
When should et al. be used in MLA style?
when the source has 3 or more authors
