Titles
These are italicized in proper MLA format
What is a book?
This punctuation "brackets" you page number after a quote.
What are parentheses?
This is the page where your sources are listed.
What is a works cited page?
What are pathos, logos, and ethos?
What is a short story?
This punctuation precedes the quote in your paper.
What is a comma?
This is the kind of indentation you must use for every annotation.
This is the occupation held by Sonny's brother, the narrator, in Sonny's Blues.
What is a math teacher?
Part of a larger source, these titles are put into quotes.
What is a chapter title?
Is there a comma between the author last name and page number in the parentheses?
No! If you thought so, it may be because you went to Catholic grade school.
Author name (last, first). Book title, "Chapter title".
These are 3 characteristics that make a good thesis.
What are arguable, clear, and specific?
Not found in a book, these titles are placed in quotes.
Website titles
This type of quote is 4 or more lines of text, indented with .5 margins.
What is a block quote?
Does MLA use typically footnotes?
No! That is Chicago style territory (my favorite style guide).
Put the following source into a proper bibliography entry: A People's History by Howard Zinn, published in 1980 by Harper Collins, pages 20-37.
Zinn, Howard. A People's History. Harper Collins, 1980, pp. 20-37.
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
When citing less than 3 lines of verse, this punctuation divides the stanzas.
What is a slash?
This is how APSA (American Political Science Association) titles their works cited page.
What is References?
These were Abbey's 2 majors in undergrad.
What are English and history?