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100
They have to have quotation marks around them.
What is titles of articles?
100
This citation includes two dates: the publication date and the date of access.
What is a database or web source?
100
You use these to tell readers where borrowed material begins and ends in your essay.
What is a signal phrase (tag lines) and parenthetical (in text) citations?
100
This should always be double-spaced.
What is the Works Cited page?
100
Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
What is all of them?
200
You do this to titles of books, magazines, journals and databases in MLA format.
What is italicized?
200
If a source has no publisher or sponsor, you should use this abbreviation.
What is "N.p" for no publisher?
200
Parenthetical citations should be used in your essay when you are doing these three things.
What is summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting?
200
In the Works Cited, you should do this to all words in titles except prepositions, conjunctions and articles.
What is capitalize?
200
How many of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark with him?
What is none. Noah was on the Ark, not Moses.
300
You do this if a book has four or more authors.
What is list only the first author's name and add the phrase et al?
300
MLA requires this in all Works Cited entries, usually at the end of the entry (neither in italics nor in quotation marks).
What is the medium of publication such as Print, Web, etc.?
300
When should the title of the work be used in the parenthetical citation?
What is when the author's name is missing?
300
This should be used to indent the second and all subsequent lines of each entry on the Works Cited page.
What is a hanging indent?
300
These four words appear on each U.S. coin.
What is In God we Trust?
400
The parts for a citation for a book with one author include this.
What is name of the author, Title of the book, City of publication, Name of the publisher, Date of publication and the Medium?
400
If a site has no title, you may substitute this description for the title.
What is Home Page?
400
If the author's name is in the text of the signal phrase, this should be used in the parenthetical (in text) citation?
What is the page number?
400
Your parenthetical citation must always connect what.
What is your reader to your Works Cited page?
400
I have in my hand two U.S. coins which total 55 cents. One is not a nickel, what are they?
What is a 50 cent piece and a nickel. The 50 cent piece is not a nickel.
500
The citation for an article with no author includes this.
What is the "Title of the Article," Title of the magazine, Publication date, page number where the quote was found, and the Medium?
500
If an online source does not have a page number, you need to do this.
What is put n. pag or check to see if the source can be opened in PDF format?
500
When a writer's words appear in a source written by someone else, the citation should include this phrase.
What is the phrase "qtd. in"?
500
In the Works Cited, all sources should be listed in this order by the last name of the first author or by the first significant word in the title.
What is alphabetical order?
500
How many birthdays does the average woman have?
What is 1 per year?
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