vocab
Contradict (verb):
assert the opposite of a statement made by (someone).
MLA format traditionally employs this font.
What is Times New Roman?
The works cited is placed at this place in the paper.
What is after the end of the paper, on its own page?
Short, direct quotes must always be denoted by this punctuation mark in a properly cited MLA paper.
What are quotation marks?
Which popular Christmas beverage is also called "milk punch?"
eggnog
Attribute (verb):
regard something as being caused by (someone or something).
MLA format uses this type of spacing.
What is double spacing?
Entries on the works cited page must be arranged in this order.
What is alphabetical order?
An author must cite this information when using an idea from a source for the first time?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses following the quote?
What are the two other most popular names for Santa Claus?
Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
perpetual
never ending or changing.
These are used when referring to the titles of shorter works in your paper.
What are quotation marks?
what are the sources that must be included on your Works Cited page
only the sources that are cited within my essay
Correct the formatting of this quote so that it is in proper MLA format: She dove into a vat of chocolate Jones, 64.
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (Jones 64).
How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
4
Disposition (Noun):
a person's inherent qualities of mind and character.
This style is used to identify titles of longer works that you refer to in the paper.
What is italics?
This is what you are guilty of when you do not include the resources you used in a works cited page.
What is plagiarism?
True or False: Research that is considered common knowledge requires a citation.
What is false? [Common knowledge refers to information that is widely available and is the same no matter the source - basic facts. For instance, the fact that Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.]
Which fairy tale was the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
Hansel and Gretel
Anecdote (noun)
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
An author must include these pieces of information in the first page header before the title in a correctly MLA-formatted paper.
What is student's name, teacher's name, course name, and due date (day, month, then year)?
If a source you have used in your research does not provide an author, alphabetize the entry by this
What is title?
Correct the formatting of this quote so that it is in proper MLA format: I was walking along the street she said when I saw a cat and a dog chasing each other Smith 24
What is: "I was walking along the street," she said, "when I saw a cat and dog chasing each other" (Smith 24).
According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?
Eight maids a milking