MLA format and in-text citations
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What font?
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times new roman
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What is the header?
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Name space page number in top right hand corner of paper
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What size font?
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12pt
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How should a heading look?
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Name Teacher Class Date
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What is the order of a date?
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day month year (NO COMMAS) 12 June 2011
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Title
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should be just under the heading (no extra spaces) centered SAME FONT AND SIZE
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Paragraphs
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there should be no extra space between paragraphs
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margins
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1 inch
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what is a works cited page?
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sources used in the paper
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In-text citation for a direct quote?
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(Author page)
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Using a signal phrase and the corresponding in-text citation?
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Mention the authors name in the sentence before the quote and the citation should only contain the page number > (page)
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How to paraphrase in your essay...
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put what you have read in your own words then put author's last name and page number in () w/ period afterwards.
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Quotation marks are used to...
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enclose quotes from your sources
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Brackets are used to...
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insert a word of clarification OR punctuate a short story, poem, article or other small work
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Ellipsis point are used to...
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omit words from a quote
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[sic]
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indicates a grammatical error original with the source
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Italics are used to...
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set off names of books, websites, magazines and other large pieces of work
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In-text citations are used when?
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Whether summarizing, paraphrasing or quoting
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What name(s) do you use when mentioning an author the first time?
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Full name
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The next time the author is mentioned use his/her..
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last name
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Which sources should be listed in your Works Cited page?
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The ones you actually used (quoted, paraphrased or summarized from)
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What order are sources on Works Cited sheet placed in?
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alphabetical by author's last name or title
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What is a disembodied quote?
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A quote that is standing alone with no \"tag\" or text atttached.
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A quote that exceeds four typed lines should be changed to a..
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block quote
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Block quotes have 3 special treatments...
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1) no quotations 2) indented one inch 3) period goes before citation
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MLA stands for...
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Modern Language Association
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What other documentation styles exist?
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APA, ASA, Chicago Style, ACS
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the type of indention used on a Works Cited page
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hanging indent
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Normally, the period would go before or after a citation?
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after
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What is a signal phrase?
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Introduces the quote, giving credit to the author and/or title of the source
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How to cite an indirect quote?
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(qtd. in author). - Make sure the author of the indirect source is mentioned in the signal phrase
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When no author is available, what should be used in the citation?
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shortened title
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When quoting a sentence with quotation marks already present, change those quotation marks to what?
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a single mark '
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When do you reverse the names of the authors in a MLA documented research paper
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The ONLY one reversed is the first one listed on the Works Cited sheet (for purposes of alphabetizing.)
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What does a standard citation for one author look like?
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(author page)
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What does a standard citation for two authors look like?
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(author and author page)
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What does a standard citation for three authors look like?
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(author, author, and author page)
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What does a standard citation for four or more authors look like?
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(author et al. page)
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Book names are set off with what?
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italics
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When creating a citation for a source with no author, what should be placed in the citation?
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(\"shortened title\")
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Under what circumstances would a quote have no citation directly after it?
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If the author is named in the sentence and there is no page number.
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n.p. stands for...
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no publisher or sponsor found
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n.d. stands for...
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no date of publication or date of website update
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Each works cited entry ends with what?
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a period
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Each citation in the paper should have...
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a matching works cited entry
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The title \"Works Cited\" as well as the title of your paper should be....
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the same font as the rest of the essay, not bolded, underlined, italicized or put in quotation marks. They should be CENTERED.
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et al. stand for
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and others
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true or false: If the author is named in the sentence, the name should be repeated in the citation
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FALSE
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true or false: Don't quote too much
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true
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What punctuation mark should be used after a complete sentence to introduce a quote?
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a colon :
