Basic Formatting
What does "MLA" stand for?
Modern Language Association
Cite the following book correctly using MLA format with the information given:
Author: James Gleick
Title: Chaos: Making a New Science
Publisher: Penguin
Publish Date: 1987
City of Publication: New York
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.
Use this spacing within citations and between citations for the entire Works Cited list
Double spacing.
You use one of the library's online research databases, Academic Search Premier, to find information for a paper. You find several articles from Newsweek. How should you cite these articles?
a. As print magazine articles, since they also appeared in print
b. As electronic articles, since you found them using an online database
b. As electronic articles, since you found them using an online database. Always cite the version of the source you actually used.
What key must you press at the beginning of each paragraph for MLA formatting?
Cite the following website using MLA style with the information given.
Author: Susan Lundman
Website Title: "MLA Citations"
Website: Purdue Online Writing Lab
Website Address: owl.purdue.edu
Access date: October 1, 2018
Lundman, Susan. "MLA Citations." Purdue Online Writing Lab, www.owl.purdue.edu. Accessed 1 October 2018.
It's how you arrange the sources in a Works Cited list
Alphabetically by author last name.
The purpose of in-text citations (aka parenthetical, textual citations) is:
a. to annoy students
b. to make it easier for the reader to find the original source
c. to establish authority and credibility for your argument and for the facts you are citing
d. both b and c
d. both b and c
What is the line-spacing for a MLA paper?
Double.
Cite a newspaper article in MLA style using the following information:
Author: Bill Brubaker
Title of Article: New Health Center Targets Country's Uninsured Patients
Title of Periodical: Washington Post
Published:May 24, 2007
Pages: LZ01
Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post, 24 May 2007, p. LZ01.
The first line of entries on the Work Cited list are flush left, subsequent lines are what?
Tabbed over with a "hanging indent"
TRUE OR FALSE:
If you are citing information from a website, you do not need to include a parenthetical citation, since websites don't have page numbers.
FALSE: use the author's name, or if there is no author, the title of the source
If your teacher's directions for formatting vary slightly from the official MLA guidelines, which should you follow?
Your teacher's guidelines.
Cite the following article in a journal using MLA style:
Author: Alaknanda Bagchi
Title of Article: Conflicting Nationalisms: the Voice of the Subaltern
Title of Journal: Studies in Women's Literature
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Year: 1996
Pages: 41-50
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern." Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.
The first line of entries on the Work Cited list are flush left, subsequent lines are indented this many spaces
Title
You go online to do research and you find a good news article on the New York Times website. When you are citing this source, what should the "medium of publication" be?
Where is the title of an assignment located in a paper using MLA format?
Centered below the heading.
Create a citation for a YouTube video using the following information:
Author: Jane McGonigal
Video Title: "YouTube Video"
Website: YouTube
Uploaded By: YouTube Uploader
Date uploaded: June 6, 2016
Address: youtube.com/watch6546516
McGonigal, Jane. “YouTube Video.” YouTube, uploaded by YouTube Uploader, 6 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch6546516.
When citing a source that has two or more authors, this is the order that the author names' are listed in the citation
The order that they are listed on the source.
Using another person's words or ideas in your paper without giving that person proper credit is considered what?
Plagiarism.