General MLA
The size and style font is used in MLA.
What is Times New Roman 12 pt font?
Create the in-text citation:
In "Traveling Europe," the tour group encounters their favorite food in Croatia. (By author Abby Miller, no page number)
(Miller).
A quotation should be blended smoothly into the writer’s own sentence instead of appearing by itself. This process is called this.
What is embedding evidence?
This unforgivable error is present in the sentence below.
I cannot wait for it to be Halloween, that is my favrite holiday!
What is spelling?
True or false: a works cited page starts its own page
What is true?
Create the in text citation:
The article "Exploring Space Beyond the Moon" written by an unknown writer.
("Exploring Space Beyond the Moon").
A student wants to change part of a quotation so it fits grammatically into the student's sentence.
Original: “They become more confident when they practice regularly.”
Student version: Nguyen explains that students “[become] more confident when they practice regularly” (Nguyen 31).
These marks show that the writer changed the original wording.
What are brackets?
Identify the error: Poe revealed Montresor’s obsession with revenge.
What is incorrect literary tense?
The spacing required throughout an essay in MLA?
What is double-spacing?
Create the in-text citation for the article "Teaching Reading in Fifth Grade" written by Neil Smith and Lane Thomas, page 13
(Smith and Thomas 13).
These three spaced periods show that words have been removed from the middle of a quotation.
What is an ellipsis?
In formal academic writing, words such as can’t, won’t, and isn’t should be replaced without using this...
What are contractions?
Is this punctuation for an in-text citation correct?
"Shopping is so fun." (Winter 46)
No!
Should be: "Shopping is so fun" (Winter 46).
Create the in-text citation for a quote from the article "Buying Time," found on page 52, written by Allan Hale.
(Hale 52).
A short story contains this dialogue: Marcus shouted, “Leave me alone!”
Which sentence correctly places that dialogue inside another quotation?
A. Rivera writes, “Marcus shouted, “Leave me alone!” before running outside” (Rivera 6).
B. Rivera writes, “Marcus shouted, ‘Leave me alone!’ before running outside” (Rivera 6).
C. Rivera writes “Marcus shouted, ‘Leave me alone!’ before running outside.” (Rivera p. 6).
B
Identify the unforgivable error:
The theme of revenge is developed by Poe.
What is passive voice?
Poe develops the theme of revenge.
True or False :
The header includes name, teacher, class, and date.
False
Which sentence uses MLA citation format correctly?
A. Martinez explains, “Sleep plays an important role in memory and learning.” (Martinez, p. 18)
B. Martinez explains, “Sleep plays an important role in memory and learning.” (Martinez 18).
C. Martinez explains, “Sleep plays an important role in memory and learning” (p. 18).
D. Martinez explains, “Sleep plays an important role in memory and learning” (Martinez 18).
D
Find three problems with this sentence:
Davis explains “Reading fiction builds empathy.” (Davis, p. 11)
What are:
Correct:
Davis explains, “Reading fiction builds empathy” (Davis 11).
Novels and plays receive this type of title formatting.
What is italics?