Mla format quiz
When writing a documented research paper, a writer may choose to insert a long quot of five lines of text or more into his or her essay. In that case, the writer should _____
Indent the entire passage one inch from the left margin
The purpose of brackets within a quotation is to _____
Indicate an addition or change
The purpose of ellipses within a quotation is to ______
Indicate an omission
IN a paper you're writing, you refer to the following sources: A book by Mark Twain a, a magazine article by Oprah Winfrey, and a personal interview that you conducted with Brett Farve. What order should these items appear on your Works Cited page?
Interview, book, then article
How should titles of long works, such as novels and plays be formatted?
Italicize longer works
What is the format for an in-text (parenthetical) citation that does not name the author in a signal phrase?
Last name and page number example: (Vreeland 8).
What belongs in the upper right-hand corner of your paper?
Last name followed by a single space and your page number.
What font(s) are allowed in MLA format?
Legible font that have italics and regular font that look different from one another. (In this class times new roman)
What does "MLA" stand for?
Modern Language Association
MLA style calls for a publisher or sponsor for most online sources. If a source has no publisher or sponsor listed, use the abbreviation _____
N.P.
What is the proper format for an MLA heading?
Name Teachers name The course name (For us section color) Due date (Day- month-year)
General reference encyclopedias are _____ suitable sources for college-level research papers
Never
In MLA format, can you have additional space in between each paragraph of your essay since this is the way that newer versions of Microsoft Word automatically format your paper?
No you should fix it.
What is the format for an in-text (parenthetical) citation that does name the author in a signal phrase?
Page number Example: (8).
Restating in your own words a complete passage written by someone else is ______
Paraphrasing
When writing an in-text citation for a source when the author is unknown or not listed, you should _____
Put the full title in the signal phrase or an abbreviated title in the citation
How should titles of short works, such as poems, articles, and short stories, be formatted?
Put them in quotation marks
Looking to see if a potential source is peer reviewed , current, if it has a bibliography, or if its author has credentials can help determine if that source is _____
Scholarly and authoritative
When does the abbreviation qtd. in appear in a parenthetical reference?
When making an indirect quote
When conducting research, you should keep track of information about potential sources in a _____
Working bibliography
The Works Cited page lists
All sources used in the essay
When writing a Works Cited page entry for a source, one _____ needs to indicate the type of medium the information comes from
Always
Should your heading be single-spaced or double-spaced?
Double spaced
In MLA documentation, how should the following parenthetical reference appear?
(Barrett 17).
How wide must your margins be?
1 inch on all sides
What size must your font be?
12
What size paper must you use if you are printing your paper?
8'5 x 11 inch
In addition to exact words enclosed in quotation marks, a quote needs _____
A parenthetical reference and an Introductory phrase
What is a signal phrase?
A phrase, clause or sentence that that introduces a quotation. Example: Susan Vreeland writes that Magdalena "loves looking out at the sea" (8). Example 2: Magdalena is a pensive girl who longs "to sit for a painting" like her sister (Vreeland 8).
What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?
A primary source is an original work, a secondary source comments on what other people have written
For citing online sources with URL's on the Works Cited page, how should the URL be displayed?
At the end of the Works Cited page entry, in angle brackets <>
The Works Cited page entries are usually alphabetized by _____
Authors' last name
Where does the title of your paper belong?
Below your heading, centered, before the main portion of your heading.
How should the title of your paper be formatted?
Center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks. Also write in Title Case
If there are no page numbers given in a work that you are quoting in your paper, how do you cite this work in the in-text (parenthetical) citation?
Cite Paragraph number Example: (par.4). Lower case p
MLA requires the first page of your paper to be:
Double spaced with a heading in the left corner with your name, your professor's name, the course, and the date
What spacing should you use for your paper?
Double Spacing
An example of a specialized reference source is _____
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Plagiarism can result from:
Failing to cite quotations and borrowed ideas Failing to enclose borrowed language in quotation marks Failing to put summaries and paraphrase in your own words
A quotation of a source must have a parenthetical reference, but a summary or paraphrase does not. True or False?
False
The abbreviation et al. may be used in a parenthetical reference or a Works Cited page entry when _____ authors or editors are listed
Four or more
All Works Cited page entries that are two or more lines long must _____
Have double spaced lines Have a hanging indent
When you directly quote from, summarize, or paraphrase an outside source, what must you do?
In text citation
_____ condenses the main points of a passage into a few statements
Summarizing
On the tittle page of a book you are using as a source, you see the following cities listed in this order: Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, and Houston. Which city/cities should appear in you Works Cited entry?
The first city
When you want to give credit to borrowed information from a source you quote, you put the author's last name in the parenthetical reference or _____
The signal phrase
If there is no author listed for a source you want to use, what should you begin your Works Cited page entry with?
The title
In Works Cited page entries, abbreviate all publication months except May, June and July
True
A newspaper article you've used begins on page 10, then continues on pages 36 and 121-122
Use 10+
If there is no author given in a work that you are quoting in your paper, how do you cite this work in the in-text (parenthetical) citation?
Use shortened version of title in quotation marks Example: ("Magdalena" 8).
Something that does not need to be cited in your paper is _____
Your own thinking Common knowledge
If your teacher's directions for formatting vary slightly from the official MLA guidelines, which should you follow?
Your teacher's direction's
