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Basics of using MLA in researched essays
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When we say to use MLA, that means to use the guidelines for
Both of those
setting up your essay
citing sources
2
MLA requires a title page even if your instructor doesn't tell you to use one.
False
I don't know
True
3
In parenthetical citations, you use the author's last name, if known, and pg # from the source.
I don't know
True
False
4
True or False? All information used from another source must be cited in your essay.
False
True
It depends
5
If a source doesn't have an author listed, what goes first in the citation?
Publisher
year of publication
Title
City of Publishing
6
Where does your name go in MLA format?
Top right of page 1
Top left of page 1
Top left of page one with last name top right of every page
bottom of page 1 centered, last name only
7
What does MLA stand for?
Model Language Art
Modern Language Association
Medical Language Association
I have no clue
8
Titles of major works are
italicized
underlined
in quotation marks
left as regular text
9
In MLA, the essay is single-spaced.
False
True
I don't know
10
If the author isn't know, you use the publisher in the parenthesis.
I don't know
False
True
11
In the header of the essay, you type your last name and page # flush right.
False
We're flushing something?
True
12
Titles of sections, articles, or chapters, as well as poems, songs, and television episodes are
left alone
italicized
underlined
placed in quotation marks
13
Every essay should have a title that reflects the content of the essay.
False
True
Huh?
14
In MLA, how are the citations on the Works Cited page ordered?
alphabetically by the author and then by the title
it doesn't matter
alphabetically by the first word
in the order of how they appear in the essay
15
Parenthetical citations are
citations listed only on the reference
citations written in parenthesis at the end of the essay
citations set in parenthesis inside the text of the essay
footnotes listed in parenthesis at the bottom of each page
16
If you use the author's name in the sentence, then what goes in the parenthesis?
the page number
Nothing
the title of the work
the title and the page number
17
When using a parenthetical citation at the end of a sentence, the period goes after the ().
False
True
I don't know
18
When using source information, you must give credit
only if you directly quote the source
on the Works Cited page
both in the text and on the Works Cited page
in the text
19
When you quote more than 4 lines of prose or 3 lines of poetry, you must
set the quotation off 1" with quotation marks
set the quotation off 1" with no quotation marks
write it like all the other text
set the quote off 1/2 inch with no quotation marks
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What margins do you use when typing the essay?
1"
It doesn't matter.
2"
1.5"
