MLA Reedy
TRUE OR FALSE: In MLA style, underlining is preferred instead of italics.
False
TRUE OR FALSE: MLA requires a title page
False
TRUE OR FALSE: When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Works Cited list is not required if all in-text citations have the author and page# of source
False
TRUE OR FALSE: You should underline the title of a text in the Works Cited page.
False
When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?
Frye has argued this point before (197).
Which is TRUE of a Works Cited page?
Indent the second and all subsequent lines five spaces
What does the acronym MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
To cite an anonymous source in text, what information should be included in parentheses?
The shortened form of the title and the page number
When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?
This point has been argued before (Frye 197).
TRUE OR FALSE: An MLA Works Cited list appears at the end of the paper on a separate numbered page
True
TRUE OR FALSE: Author's names are listed by last name and then first name order on the Works Cited page.
True
TRUE OR FALSE: Double-spaced with a heading in the left corner
True
TRUE OR FALSE: If you use one quote from a book, you should cite the entire book in Works Cited page
True
TRUE OR FALSE: MLA prefers Times New Roman font
True
TRUE OR FALSE: Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, etc.)
True
TRUE OR FALSE: You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.
True
TRUE OR FALSE: You shouldn't use the author's last name in the citation if the author's name appears in text.
True
In MLA documentation, how should the following parenthetical reference appear?
(Barrett 17)
In general, how is the Works Cited list arranged?
Alphabetically, by author's last name
MLA requires the first page of your paper to be
Double-spaced with a heading in the left corner
