MLA Format & Citations
What goes in an in-text citation for a book? (What goes in the parenthesis?)
On the whiteboard, write an example using Elie Wiesel's Night.
(Last name page number)
What prophecy is given to Banquo?
he will beget kings
In what year was Elie liberated?
1945
What part of speech is "thoughtful"?
adjective
What book is Ms. Clifton reading right now?
War and Peace
Should the title of a poem go in quotation marks or be italicized?
quotation marks
What title does Macbeth receive after the original holder is executed?
Thane of Cawdor
What part of speech is "quickly"?
adverb
How old is Ms. Clifton?
28
What punctuation goes between lines of verse when citing them in an essay?
/
How is Macbeth defeated by someone not born of a woman?
Macduff was born via cesarean (c) section
Where is Elie from?
Sighet
Transylvania
Romania
What part of speech is "and"?
coordinating conjunction
What city is Ms. Clifton from?
Lubbock, Texas
What punctuation is acceptable to keep at the end of a cited quotation (inside the quotation marks)?
question marks & exclamation points
What is the name of the character who gives messages to both Macbeth and his enemies?
Ross
Auschwitz and Buchenwald were freed by which countries, respectively?
Russia and the U.S.A.
What part of speech is "under"?
preposition
What traumatizing thing did Ms. Clifton step on earlier in the year?
Name the four components of an MLA heading
Student Name
Teacher Name
Course
Date
What does Lady Macbeth need to always have near her toward the end of her life?
a candle/light
Years after the war, where did Elie see the woman who was kind to him while working? Be more specific than just which city.
On the Metro in Paris
interjection
Which of these is Ms. Clifton's favorite book? (2 guess maximum per team)
Pride & Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina, Wuthering Heights, Crime & Punishment, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath, Frankenstein
Anna Karenina