MLA Format Quiz – Flashcards
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What does "MLA" stand for?
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Modern Language Association
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What is the proper format for an MLA heading?
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Name Course name Teacher's name Due date (Day- month-year)
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Should your heading be single-spaced or double-spaced?
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Double spaced
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What belongs in the upper right-hand corner of your paper?
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Last name followed by a single space and your page number.
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What font(s) are allowed in MLA format?
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Legible font that have italics and regular font that look different from one another. (i.e. Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri)
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What size must your font be?
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12
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How wide must your margins be?
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1 inch on all sides
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What size paper must you use if you are printing your paper?
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8.5 x 11 inches
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Where does the title of your paper belong?
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Below your heading, centered, before the main portion of your heading.
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How should the title of your paper be formatted?
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Center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks. Also write in Title Case.
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When you directly quote from, summarize, or paraphrase an outside source, what must you do to avoid plagiarism?
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Include an in-text citation at the end of the quote or at the end of the paraphrased or summarized sentence.
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What is the format for an in-text (parenthetical) citation that does not name the author in a signal phrase?
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Last name and page number example: (Vreeland 8).
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What is the format for an in-text (parenthetical) citation that already names the author in a signal phrase (lead-in)?
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Page number Example: (8).
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What is a signal phrase?
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A phrase, clause or sentence that that introduces a quotation. Also called a lead-in Example: Susan Vreeland writes that Magdalena "loves looking out at the sea" (8). Example 2: Magdalena is a pensive girl who longs "to sit for a painting" like her sister (Vreeland 8).
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If there is no author given in a work that you are quoting in your paper, how do you cite this work in the in-text (parenthetical) citation?
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Use shortened version of title in quotation marks Example: ("Magdalena" 8).
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What spacing should you use for your paper?
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Double Spacing
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In MLA format, should you have additional space in between each paragraph of your essay since this is the way that newer versions of Microsoft Word automatically format your paper?
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No you should fix it.
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How should titles of short works, such as poems, articles, and short stories be formatted?
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Put them in quotation marks
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How should titles of long works, such as novels and plays be formatted?
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Italicize longer works
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If your teacher's directions for formatting vary slightly from the official MLA guidelines, which should you follow?
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Your teacher's directions
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When you use quoted or paraphrased information, where do you place the end punctuation for a sentence: before the in-text citation or after the in-text citation?
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Place the end punctuation (period) after the last parentheses following the in-text citation.
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What is the bibliography or list of sources called in MLA?
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It is called a Works Cited page
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Is the Works Cited page numbered?
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Yes, it is numbered in the same way as the rest of the paper.
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Does the Works Cited page count as a page of content or body?
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No, but it is still numbered sequentially.
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How are entries (sources) arranged in a Works Cited page?
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Sources are arranged alphabetically, by author's last name. If no author is given, the title is used for alphabetizing.
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Are entries numbered in the Works Cited page?
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No.
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What is a hanging indent?
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It is the reverse of a paragraph indent. In a hanging indent, the first line is not indented, but all other lines are indented for each entry.
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What is the correct way to indicate that no date is available?
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n.d. is typed in place of the date.
