MLA
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA or APA
APA
APA Style
100
the style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities
What is modern language association?
100
the standard in-text citation form
What is the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text? (Smith 45).
100
(qtd. in Weisman 259).
What is an MLA in-text citation to an indirect source?
100
100-150 word summary of paper
What is an abstract?
100
An APA essay's four major sections
What is the Title Page, Abstract, Main Body, and References?
200
spacing required
What is Double-space?
200
the in-text citation when a source has no known author
What is the shortened title of the work instead of an author name and a page number? ("Karma Rocks" 56).
200
indenting all lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list one-half inch from the left margin.
What is APA's hanging indentation? MLA: Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations five spaces so that you create a hanging indent.
200
APA in-text citation to indirect source
What is naming the original source in your signal phrase and then lisitng the secondary source in your reference list and include the secondary source in the parentheses? Johnson argued that...(as cited in Smith, 2003, p. 102).
200
Listing on the title page flush left with the page number flush right at the top of the page. Running head: TITLE OF YOUR PAPER
What is the Running head on the cover page? Note for Pages after the title page the running head looks like this: TITLE OF YOUR PAPER
300
the font size
What is 12 pt? APA is the same!
300
in-text form when two or more authors have the same last name
What is a parenthetical providing both authors' first initials (or even the authors' full name if different authors share initials)?
300
works cited page
What is MLA?
300
capitalization of a work's title in the References list
What is capitalizing only the first word of a title?
300
(Jones, 1998, p. 199)
What is an APA in text cite to a direct quote? no page numbers if you summarize or paraphrase
400
margins
What is 1 inch on all sides?
400
an in-text citation listing the authors' last names in the text or in the parenthetical citation. The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76).
What is an in-text cite with three or fewer authors?
400
In text Citation using dates
What is APA?
400
Capitalizing in the title of a source within the text of your paper
What is to capitalize all words that are four letters long or greater, and any verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, or adverb Writing New Media, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
400
(Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993)
What is the first in-text citation to a Work by Three to Five Authors. Please note that in subsequent citations, only use the first author's last name followed by "et al." in the signal phrase or in parentheses. (Kernis et al., 1993)
500
header in the upper right-hand corner one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.
What is your last name, followed by a space with a page number
500
A parenthetical in-text citation with one author's last name followed by et al. Legal experts counter Moore's argument by noting that the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun laws (Jones et al. 4).
What is an int-text citation to a a source with more than three authors?
500
Cover page required
What is APA?
500
the order of entries on a reference list if you have more than one article by the same author
What is in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest?
500
an in-text citation to Six or More Authors
What is the first author's name followed by et al. in the signal phrase or in parentheses? Harris et al. (2001) argued... (Harris et al., 2001)
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