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Other basic formatting rules
Works Cited
In-text citations
Name the source type
100
What you should do with the second and third lines of citations on your works cited page
What is use a hanging indent?
100
The name of the page where you list all your sources is called
What is works cited?
100
Your works cited is on what page of the paper?
What is the last page, which is separated from the rest?
100
These should be around a direct quote from a book or article.
What are quotation marks?
100
The following is this type of source. Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.
What is a book?
200
The order you should put your list of citations in.
What is alphabetical order?
200
Each major word in the titles of articles, books should be _______________
What is capitalized?
200
Between each part of the entry, you need to space it this way.
What is double space?
200
To introduce the source material you are citing, use a ______ ________ such as according to Lunsford before you quote or paraphrase it.
What is a signal phrase?
200
Name the type of source listed here. Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
What is a painting?
300
How far you should indent a quote of more than four lines
What is 1/2 inch
300
Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by this many inches to create a hanging indent.
What is .5 or 1/2 inch?
300
These are used instead of periods between Publisher, Publication Date, and Pagination.
What are commas?
300
You do not need to cite historical dates or wise saying that are considered to be what.
What is common or general knowledge?
300
In the following source the author is a _______ _______ or ____________. American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. Random House, 1998.
What is a corporate author or organization?
400
If you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put __________ around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text.
What is brackets?
400
If you have cited more than one work by a particular author, order the entries alphabetically by title, and use ____ ______ in place of the author's name for every entry after the first:
What is three hyphens?
400
True or False. It is not necessary to list the medium (print or web) in the new MLA
What is True?
400
if two or more authors have the same last name, provide both authors' _______ __________.
What are first initials?
400
Name the type of source listed here: Duvall, John N. "The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White Noise." Arizona Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, 1994, pp. 127-53.
What is an article from a journal?
500
Unlike earlier versions, the eighth edition refers to ________, which are the larger wholes in which the source is located.
What is containers?
500
If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database, you should type the online database name in
What is italics?
500
Use these instead of URLs when they are available
What are DOIs?
500
Tell which one showing the correct way to cite a quote from page 26 of the following source: Hawley, Richard A. Thinking about Drugs and Society: Responding to an Epidemic. New York: Walker, 1988. Print. a. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the ancient Chinese used marijuana for medical purposes, “there is no record of the Chinese using it as a pleasure producing drug” (26). b. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the ancient Chinese used marijuana for medical purposes, “there is no record of the Chinese using it as a pleasure producing drug.” (26)
What is A?
500
Name the type of source listed here: Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. "Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates." Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94. Wiley Online Library, doi:10.1002/tox.20155
What is an article from an online database?