Sources
MLA Format
Punctuation
Work Cited Page
Definitions
100

What is not a valid source

Wikipedia, blogs, op-eds

100

Type of font style and size

What is Times New Roman size 12

100

Which has the correct placement of punctuation for a parenthetical citation:

Six million Jews died during the Holocaust.(Liptstadt).

Six million Jews died during the Holocaust (Lipstadt).

Six million Jews died during the Holocaust.(Lipstadt)

Six million Jews died during the Holocaust(Lipstadt).

The end punctuation is placed after the parenthesis.

100

What is the correct indentation for a Work Cited Page entry?

The first line is left justified and subsequent lines are indented. -OR-

The first line is indented and subsequent lines are left justified.


Lipstadt, Deborah Holocaust Denial United States

       Holocaust Memorial Museum t

The first line is left-justified and subsequent lines are indented

100

Opinions expressed by the student about evidence in the research paper.

What is commentary

200

What types of sources are considered primary sources

What is an interview, first hand accounts (personally collected data through surveys, etc)

200

What is the information in an MLA heading in correct order for a research paper?

student name, class name, date of submission

200

What punctuation is placed after the authors name:

Lipstadt, Deborah Holocaust Denial United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/research/about-the-mandel-center/all-fellows-and-scholars/dr-deborah-lipstadt

A period

200

Which is the correct format for the author's name (if there is on) in a work cited entry? 

Wiesel, Elie 

Elie Wiesel

Wiesel, Elie 

"Elie Wiesel."

Wiesel, Elie 

The author's last name goes first, followed by the author's first name. 

200

A website, book, printed article, interview, etc, where you read to find information for a research paper. 

Source

300

What types of sources are considered secondary Sources

Articles on websites, books, journal articles, videos

300

Information in header and location of header

Student last name and page number embedded in the upper right hand corner. 

300

What information is the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in the example below:

Lipstadt, Deborah Holocaust Denial United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/research/about-the-mandel-center/all-fellows-and-scholars/dr-deborah-lipstadt

The title of the website where research information was found. 

300

What is the order of information work cited entries should be listed on the work cited page?

In alphabetical order

300

Use of another person's ideas, words, or opinions in a research paper without proper citation. 

Plagiarism

400

Determining the expertise of the author, and if the information is bias, and if  the source acknowledges where the information came from are all part of what?

What is determining the validity of a research source.

400

True of false: the heading should appear on every page including the work cited page.  

False. It only appears on the first page of the research paper. 

400

How should USHMM  for the source below be punctuated?

Lipstadt, Deborah Holocaust Denial United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/research/about-the-mandel-center/all-fellows-and-scholars/dr-deborah-lipstadt

Italicized

The title of the website where research information came from should be italicized.

400

What titles in a research paper should be centered?

The title of the essay and the title of the work cited page. 

400

Where does the topic sentence go in a research paper?

The first sentence of a body paragraph

500

What information is needed from a website for a correct work cited entry

Author name, if any, article title, website title, date of publication, website address. 

500

Is the parenthetical citation correct in the example: 

Source:

Lipstadt, Deborah."Holocaust Denial." United States   Holocaust Memorial Museum.

(USHMM)

No. The correct information in a parenthetical citation of the example source shown is:

(Lipstadt).

The first significant word in a correct work cited entry is placed in parenthesis. 

500

How should Holocaust Denial be punctuated in the source below:

Lipstadt, Deborah Holocaust Denial United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/research/about-the-mandel-center/all-fellows-and-scholars/dr-deborah-lipstadt

"Holocaust Denial"

Place quotation marks around the title of the article from a website. 

500

What is the last piece of information included in a work cited entry for a website? 

The URL or websited address

500

A quote, fact, paraphrase, statistic, etc, that a student uses in a research paper for evidence to support the subject they are writing about. 

What is a concrete detail

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