MLA Basics
What do you have to do at the beginning of every paragraph?
Indent
What punctuation mark do you place at the end of the in-text citation?
Period .
What do you use in your in-text citation if you do not have an author nor page number?
The source's title.
The title of a Works Cited page must be __________ and placed at the _____________of the page.
Works Cited
Center
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
Where is the title placed?
At the center of the page.
When you pull evidence from a text, you must always put it in _____________.
Quotation Marks " "
1. What information must be cited?
2. What is paraphrasing and do you still need to cite if you are paraphrasing?
1. Any information that is not common knowledge and was learned while researching.
2. Putting the author's ideas into your own words and yes, you still need to cite.
Work Cited citations should be in what order?
Alphabetical Order
Why is it important to cite your sources?
To avoid plagiarism.
What is needed in the upper right-hand corner of the header?
Last Name and Page Number
What does an in-text citation include and need?
Parenthesis
Author's Last Name
Page Number
Correctly cite this quote in MLA with the proper punctuation:
She walked in fearlessly
Found on page 13
Written by Julia Rosales
The narrator wrote that, "She walked in fearlessly" (Rosales 13).
Where is the Works Cited page found?
On a seperate page at the end of the essay
When using a title of a short work/text you must put it in ________________.
Quotation Marks " "
What font, font size, and spacing do you need to use for MLA format?
Font- Times New Roman
Font size- 12 pt.
Spacing- Double Spaced
What punctuation marks do you keep inside a quote?
Question Mark ?
Exclamation Point !
How to you correctly cite poetry. In addition to the answer, please provide example.
Poem written by Sir Edmund Spense
6 Roses are red
7 Violets are blue
The poem explained that, "Roses are red/ Violets are blue" (Spense 6-7).
What needs to be done to any lines after the first in the Works Cited section?
Hanging Indent
When using a title of a long work/text you must put it in ________________.
Italics
What does an MLA heading contain and where do you place it? In addition to the answer, example is needed.
Name
Teacher's Name
Class and Hour
Date
Upper Left Hand Corner
1. What punctuation mark do you need to make edits?
2. What punctuation mark do you need to show omitted words?
1. Brackets
2. Ellipses
Create an in-text citation for this article title: Benefits of Recycling. Add appropriate punctuation.
("Benefits of Recycling").
What are the nine elements you need for a Works Cited citation?
1- Author.
2- Title of Source.
3- Title of Container,
4- Other Contributers,
5- Volume,
6- Number,
7- Publisher,
8- Publication Date,
9- Location/URL/ Page Numbers.
How is the author's name listed and what's the punction in the Works Cited page? In addition to the answer, example is needed.
Author's last name, Author's first name and period.
Example: Field, Edward.