Formatting
This appears before your page number in the header of your paper.
What is your last name?
This is not necessary in the "in text" citation if already mentioned at the beginning of the sentence.
What is the author's last name?
* BUT use the page number, if available.
Author names always appear in this order on the Works Cited page.
What is alphabetical?
This is the 3 (or 4 letter) Acronym that reminds us of the steps to introduce source material into our essays.
What is (R)ICE?
(Relevance) Introduce, Cite, Explain
You should never open or close a paragraph with one of these.
What is a quote?
These surround your in-text citations.
What are parentheses?
Any source information used requires both of these references.
What are in-text citations and a Works Cited citation (bibliography)?
A source's Title should appear with this type of punctuation.
What are quotations?
Failing to cite a source or using a source without attribution is considered this.
What is plagiarism?
MLA is an acronym that stands for this.
What is Modern Language Association?
These are used to format your source citations on the Works Cited page. The first line is justified to the left, and all subsequent lines are indented.
What are hanging indentations?
This should appear between an author's name and the page number in the in-text citation.
What is a single space?
(Johnson 46)
A URL listed on the Works Cited page should not include what part of its link?
What is http://?
These will always appear when you have quoted a source.
What are quotation marks?
In an in-text citation, this always comes after the last parentheses.
What is a Period?
This is inverted under your name, instructor name, and class title.
What is the date? Ex: 31 October 2020
This punctuation is used if you have removed a portion of a quote in your essay.
An ellipsis (...).
The Works Cited page appears here in the essay.
What is as the last page?
These are the 3 ways we use sources in our essays.
What is quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing?
A poem, a song, or a piece of art is known as this type of source.
What is a primary source?
This is a phrase used to introduce quoted, paraphrased or summarized material. Ex: According to Miller, " . . . . " (in text citation page number).
What is a signal phrase?
A quote that uses over 4 lines of a source text is known as this.
What is a block quote?
An anthology (which holds various entries), a music album, and a book of poems are all examples of this term that MLA uses to distinguish sources.
What is a Container?
This occurs when a quotation is used and not discussed after its insertion in the paper.
What is a dropped quote?
This is the only type of source use that may not be cited in your essay.
What is Common Knowledge?