MLA test Global Perspectives
Do you give the first city listed for the place of publication and do not list state names, regardless how obscure the city?
You just give the first city listed
When do you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last question mark?
You use quotations in the text when the writer places relevant source information inside parentheses after quoted or paraphrased material. This type of citation is called parenthetical.
When documenting one author by name in a text, What is included?
a page number
When documenting one author in reference in a text, what is included?
a page number
Are the authors name listed alphabetically in reverse order on the Works Cited page?
No
What is included on a Works Cited page?
Title of page Works Cited Organize the citations in alphabetical order Use hanging indentations for the Works Cited page All of the punctuation is correct in the citations All of the sources are listed in the Works Cited page
When should you not use the authors' last name in the citation if the authors' names appear in text?
When do an in text citation
Does each source listed in the Works Cited list have to be cited in the text?
Yes
Do you alphabetize your Works Cited page including "A", "An", or "The" as the first word of a title?
Yes if there are no authors or editors
Are you supposed to capitalize every word in a title?
You capitalize the first and last word, all nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives
What is the correct way to cite a website?
Author or editor last name, first name. Name of the site. Name of sponsor or publisher, date resource was created, DOI or URL. Date accessed
How do you cite correctly in MLA style? (Book, Website, etc.) Author's last name, first name.
Book:Title of Book. Author last name, first name Publisher, date published in day month year. Website: Authors/Editors last, first name. Name of site, name of sponsor or publisher, date resource was created, DOI or URL. Date Accessed
What does the acronym MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
How do you structure a block quote?
The whole quote should be indented 1 inch without 1/2 inch indentation at the first line.
When should et al. be used in MLA style?
in single phrase or parentheses
What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text?
the last name of the author and page number enclosed in parentheses
Do you use only block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text?
True
If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses?
True
