MLA T or F
T/F When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.
F
T/F An in-text citation names the author (if there is an author) either in a signal phrase introducing the cited material or in parentheses after the cited material.
True
T/F A parenthetical citation in the text of the paper must always include the following information if available: the author's name, the work's title, and a page number.
False: You only need author's last name and page number. If you use the author's name in a signal phrase you don't have to include in parenthesis. If you are using a web source with no page numbers you will use no page number in parenthesis.
Which of the following is true about block quotes: A.The entire block quote is indented B. Only used when author is mentioned in the text Page C. number at end is outside the period Quotation D. marks are not used E. All of the above
E
T/F You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.
T
T/F You should not use the authors' last names in the citation if the authors' names appear in the text.
T
T/F When a work has no page number, it is possible that nothing will appear in parentheses to mark the end of a citation
True
When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct? a. This point has been argued before (Frye 197). b. This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197) c. This point has been argued before. (Frye 197) d. This point has been argued before (Frye, 197).
A
When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct? a. Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197). b. Frye has argued this point before. (197). c. Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197). d. Frye has argued this point before (197).
D
T/F The list of works cited is titled Bibliography.
False
T/F You should capitalize every word in a title.
False
T/F In the parentheses marking the end of an in-text citation, use the abbreviation "p." or "pp." before the page number(s).
False: Just list the page number
T/F The works cited list should include all of the works the writer consulted while researching the paper.
False: No you only use the works that you cited in your paper.
T/F MLA prefers Times New Roman font
True
T/F Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, short stories, essays).
True
T/F The works cited list is organized alphabetically by authors' last names (or by title for a work with no author).
True
T/F When a paper cites two or more works by the same author, the in-text citation includes at least the author's name and the title (or a short version of the title).
True
T/F An entry for a Web source in the list of works cited gives the date the Web source was accessed along with the URL of the source.
False: The URL is not necessary
T/F When a work's author is unknown, the work is listed under "Anonymous" in the list of works cited.
False: You begin the citation with the title of the work.
T/F You only use "et al" when you are citing a text with more than three authors.
T
