This is the size of the margins in an MLA-formatted paper.
What is 1" margins?
100
This piece of punctuation is one of only two acceptable ways to mark a quotation in MLA formatting.
What is the quotation mark?
100
This is the first step of ISE, which gives the name and any important information about the author and source text.
What is introduce?
100
This is the title of a Works Cited page, and should be centered at the top of the last page of your essay, in plain text.
What is "Works Cited"?
100
This should never appear on an MLA Works Cited page unless your teacher specifically asks for it.
What is a URL?
200
This is what appears at the top right of all pages in an MLA paper.
What is the writer's last name and the page number?
200
This piece of information, located after the use of a source, tells your readers what source you are using, and what page, if applicable.
What is a parenthetical citation?
200
This is the second step of ISE, which blends the source into the author's writing.
What is signal phrase?
200
This way of marking titles indicates a full length work, such as a book or film.
What is italics?
200
This is what MLA stands for.
What is Modern Language Association?
300
This should appear beneath the date, centered, and in plain text, in an MLA paper.
What is the title?
300
This piece of punctuation, used in a quote, indicates that the essay writer has removed some words from the original text.
What is an ellipse?
300
This is the third step of ISE, which connects the source to the main claim of the essay.
What is explain?
300
In a Works Cited page entry, this indicates that the web site cited has no publisher and no publication date.
What is N.p., n.d.?
300
This is the another common citation style, often used in the social sciences.
What is APA formatting?
400
This is your teacher's preferred font--MLA only specifies font size and double-spaced text.
What is Times New Roman?
400
This term refers to quotations that are not incorporated correctly into the essay.
What is a dropped quote?
400
When you explain a source, you connect the source to this.
What is a thesis?
400
This is the correct order for entries on a Works Cited page.
What is alphabetical order?
400
This is the idea that a writer should write with a reader in mind.
What is audience awareness?
500
This is the proper formatting for all dates in MLA essays.
What is Day Month Year formatting?
500
This is one of two ways of marking a quote in MLA formatting. It includes indenting the quotation one inch from the left margin.
What is long quote formatting?
500
This way of incorporating a source involves rewording the original text but not condensing it.
What is a paraphrase?
500
This way of formatting a Works Cited page makes it easier for readers to find a particular source by scanning the left margin, and can be easily achieved in Microsoft Word using Control-T.
What is hanging indent?
500
This term refers to a kind of cheating where a writer directly copies the language or ideas of another writer without citing a source.