In-Text Citations
"Et al." can be used only if you have ____ authors.
What is "four or more"
The header "Works Cited" is typically found where in a document?
What is centered at the top of the first new page after the conclusion
MLA is conventionally written in which tense?
What is "present tense"
Select the error in the following citation.
What is "Webpage"?
Which edition of MLA is currently being used?
What is 8th edition
When citing a quote that has been quoted in another work, you would cite that quote how?
What is (qtd. in)
Books are cited in MLA by ____________.
What is "Author last name, first name. Title of Book. Publisher, year published."
What needs to be on the top right hand side of every page in the header section of an MS document?
What is "Last Name and page number"
Correct the error in the following in-text citation.
(Jones, 199)
What is the comma
When using internet citation aids, such as the library's automatic citation machine, what is the most important thing to do?
What is "double check the machine's work because I am so much smarter than the machine"
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
How do you cite two or more articles with the same author?
What is "in the second citation, you write --. for the author's name"
Documents written in MLA must be ________ spaced and in _____________ font.
What is "double spaced" and "size 12 Times New Roman font"
Correct the following citation.
King, S. On Writing. 10th ed. Scribner, 2010.
What is "S" for "Stephen"
True or false--8th ed. MLA has brought back URLs for online citations?
What is, unfortunately, "true."
Please give an example of an end-of-sentence citation.
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
How do you source a page on a website?
Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.
Correct the error in the following citation.
Bowker, Gordon. James Joyce: A New Biography. New York: Farrar, 2012.
What is "New York"
All citations in MLA must be indented in a ____________.
What is "hanging indent."
In the case that an article has no author, how would you cite that article in an in-text citation?
What is ("Abbreviated Title of Work").
How do you cite a journal article from a database?
Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. “Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates.” Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94. Wiley Online Library, doi:10.1002/tox.20155. Accessed 26 May 2009.
What four things--and in which order--need to appear on the first page on the top left corner of your essay?
What is "Student Name / Instructor Name / Class name / Date due [Day-Month-Year]"
Correct the error in the following citation:
Fuqua, Amy. "'The Furrow of His Brow': Providence and Pragmatism in Toni Morrison's Paradise." Midwest Quarterly, 15.1, 2012, pp. 38-52.
Before citing a tweet, YouTube video, or other social media post, what should you do first?
What is "make sure this source is actually influential in a meaningful, demonstratable way"