What kind of Source am I?
Correct or Incorrect?
Abbreviations
Works Cited
Random
100
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
What is a book?
100
They describes it as a "fungal infection."
What is incorrect!
100
What does Dir. stand for?
What is Director?
100
Every entry on the Works Cited has a medium of publication designation. What are two of the various possible publication designations
What is print, web, dvd, video, interview, film, radio, e-mail, etc.? (any two are acceptable)
100
When do you include a title page in MLA?
When your teacher requires it
200
Brody, Jane E. "Curbing Binge Drinking Takes Group Effort." New York Times 9 Sept. 2008, late ed.: F7. Print.
News Article
200
While reading may be the core of literacy, literacy can be complete only when reading is accompanied by writing (Baron 194; Keller 74).
What is Correct!
200
What does N.P. stand for?
What is No Publisher?
200
When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct? a. This point has been argued before (Frye 197). b. This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197) c. This point has been argued before. (Frye 197) d. This point has been argued before (Frye, 197).
A
200
In former editions of MLA Handbook, titles were underlined, in the 7th edition, the newest edition, titles are indicated by using this type-face
Italics
300
Oliver, Paul. “Blues.” The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. Stanley Sadie. 2nd ed. Vol. 12. New York: Grove, 2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 12 October 2010.
What is an article in an electronic reference book?
300
The Works cited is organized by which source you use the most to the ones you use the least.
What is False
300
What does Perf. stand for? What information follows this label?
Performers. Actors in a movie
300
Which is true of a Works Cited page? Circle all that apply. a. Starts new page numbered sequentially b. Page is not numbered c. Placed after the body of the paper d. “Work(s) Cited” is centered, without quotation marks, italics, or underlining e. Include all quoted, paraphrased, or summarized sources f. Do not need to include sources where titles are used in text g. Start each entry on new line, regular left margin h. Font type should be different then the body of the paper i. Indent the second and all subsequent lines five spaces (“hanging indent”) j. Margins should be changed to 1.5 all around k. Double-space all lines l. Do not include web sites because they do not count as sources m. Alphabetize by the author’s last name, book title, or website name
What is Answer: A,C,D,E,G,I,K,M
300
When citing a source that has two or more authors, this is the order that the author names' are listed in the citation
What is in the order that they are listed on the source?
400
Charman, Karen. “Genetically Engineered Food: Promise and Perils.” Mother Earth News Oct/Nov 2002: 74-83. Print.
What is an article from a print magazine?
400
While reading may be the core of literacy, Naomi Baron argues that literacy can be complete only when reading is accompanied by writing (194).
What is Correct!
400
What does the following abbreviation stand for? Apr.
April
400
Which of the following is true about block quotes: a. The entire block quote is indented b. Only used when author is mentioned in the text c. Page number at end is outside the period d. Quotation marks are not used e. All of the above
E
400
These punctuation marks are used when you are directly quoting someone in your research paper
What is quotation marks?
500
Woffendin, Clive et al. “Expressions of a Protective Gene Prolongs Survival of T cells in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Patients.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 93.7 (1996):2889. ScienceDirect. Web. 30 September 2010.
What is a journal article from an electronic database?
500
Crane, Niles F. “Anarchy at Sea.” Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 2003: 50-80.Print.
Correct
500
Foreman, Red, Bennet, Elizabeth, Collins, Tom. “In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out.” New York Times Feb. 15 1999. Web. Nov. 212000. .
Incorrect
500
T/F You only use “et al” when you are citing a text with more than three authors.
What is True
500
Web citations include this element only when the site may be difficult to locate through a basic search, or when required by an instructor.
What is the website address (URL)?
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