MLA Format
True or False: MLA (Modern Language Association) is often required in English courses
True
How would you cite this quote (in your essay)? "The only way out is up."- The Ledge, pg. 32 Authors: Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan
(Davidson and Vaughan 32).
Names of essays, short stories, articles, and poems, should be... (underlined, italicized, bolded, quoted)
What is quoted?
Skelly's favorite Rap Group
The Wutang Clan
The header of your paper should contain these 4 elements (in this order)
student name, teacher name, Class name, Date
Cite this: "Gatsby chased the greenlight"F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby pg. 25
(Fitzgerald 25).
Novel and book titles should be...(quoted,italicized, etc).
What is italicized?
This guy said that farts are "wind from behind"
Samuel Johnson
Find the error: the text said, "I had no regular teacher." (Douglass 25).
there should be No period after "teacher."
APA requires you cite the author's last name and....
Finish this quote, "Bring it on home...."
John B!
This type of spacing should be between lines in your paper...
What is Double-spaced
Find the error: She said, "because of this or that, I have no time" (Woolf 47).
capitalize the "b" in Because (dialogue quote).
What is wrong with the example below?
Fred was scared of spiders. "They are often venomous and you don't see them coming" (Smith 32).
the quote is by itself; there should be a signal phrase such as: He says that, "They are often venomous and you don't seem them coming.
This poet wrote about her home catching fire
Anne Bradstreet
the top right corner of your paper should have
student last name and page number of document
is this a good paraphrase or plagiarism?
Original Quote: "Wutang released its phenomenal album Enter the 36 Chambers in 1993 to commercial success."
Student writing: In 1993, Wutang's phenomenal album Enter the 36 Chambers was released to commercial success.
it is plagiarism because it uses exact wording from the source and does not use quotes.
In April, this book will be celebrating its 100th anniversary (Skelly's favorite)
The Great Gatsby