Fonts and Sizes oh My
What are the two most common fonts used in MLA formatting?
Times New Roman
Ariel
What do you need to add to an MLA-formatted Header? (four items)
Your Name
The Professor's Name
The Name of the Class
The Due Date
How are Works Cited ordered?
Alphebetically by authors last name
All quotes need what directly after them so you are not plagerizing?
An in-text citation
You do what to signal a new paragraph?
Indent in or tab
What font size is standard for an MLA-formatted essay?
Font size 10
Font Size 12
Font Size 20
Font size 12
What goes in the top right-hand corner of an MLA-formatted essay?
Last Name and page number
Is the indentation of the Works Cited below correct?
Lewis, C.S. The Scretape Letters. Bangtan Books Publishing, 1982.
No this is incorrect, the hanging indent should be reversed.
Lewis, C.S. The Scretape Letters. Bangtan Books
Publishing, 1982.
What belongs inside an in-text citation?
(author's last name and page number)
Ex. (Hernandez 27).
P.I.E formatting stands for what?
Point
Illustration
Explanation
Should the list of items below be "quoted" in an MLA essay or italicized?
A movie / an album / and novel
italicized
Are titles in an MLA-Formatted essay centered and bolded?
True or False
False
Titles are centered but not bolded
What is the correct way to shorten Page Number in a Work Cited section?
Pg #
pp.
pg.
pp.
A quote that is more than three lines of typed text is formatted differently than a normal quote. What is this type of quote called?
A Block Quote
What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
The introduction