MLA (Source: Purdue OWL)
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What does MLA stand for?
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Modern Language Association
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What type of spacing should the whole MLA format paper abide by?
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Double Space
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Signal Word
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(Russell 29) Russell=the signal word 1st word that appears on the corresponding entry of the Works Cited Page
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What does the format of a in-text citation look like?
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Author's last name should be appear first in the parentheses and then the page number(s)
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Where can the author's name be placed in a in-text citation? (2)
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Can be placed: In the sentence itself or in the parentheses following quotation
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Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). Correct or Incorrect?
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Correct *The author's name can appear in the sentence itself
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(Wordsworth 263) extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process. Correct or Incorrect?
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Incorrect * the author's name and the page number cannot be in the sentence; only the author's name can be--and if the author's name is in the sentence it is out of the parentheses
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Where would the punctuation point (period) be in a in-text citation sentence?
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*Add the "period" at the very end of the sentence after the (closed) parentheses *It should not be in the quotation marks
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Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
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Correct *do not forget to add the period after the parentheses to end the sentence
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What does a in-text citation look like if you are citing a work by multiple authors?
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Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is not needed in the United States (76). --------------------------or-------------------------------------- The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76).
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What type of margins does a Works Cited Page have? Does the Works Cited Page have a header? ..if so explain What does the spacing of the Works Cited page look like?
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One-inch margins... Header... (last name, page #) Double-spaced
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What does the title Works Cited look like?
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Not italicized or put the title in quotations It should only be centered at the top of the page
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Hanging indentation
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Indent the subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches *One of the biggest principles of Works Cited Page
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Feb. 22, 2012 Correct or Incorrect MLA date?
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Incorrect
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In what order, should be the citations/sources in?
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Alphabetical Order
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Do's and the Do not's of Capitalization (Works Cited Edition)
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Do (capitalize): titles of articles, books, etc Do not (capitalize): prepositions and conjunctions
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What elements are present in a MLA heading? (4)
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Teacher's name/Date/Class/Your name
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In what order are the 4 Elements of a MLA heading in?
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1. Name 2. Teacher's Name 3. Class 4. Date
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22 May 2012 Correct or Incorrect MLA date?
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Correct *Day # comes first, then the month, then the year *no commas
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In what format is your Name in a MLA heading?
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Antonia F. Walker
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What size font and what type of font should your MLA paper be?
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12-point Times New Roman
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May 22, 2012 Correct or Incorrect MLA date?
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Incorrect
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What are the Do's(2) and Dont's(3) of the Main Title of a MLA paper?
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Do: Center/ Same 12 pt font and Times New Roman Dont: Bold, Underline, or Italicize
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Should the MLA Heading have spacing, if so then what?
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Double-Spaced
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Should a MLA Outline have a header, if so then what does it look like?
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Same header as MLA Paper; Russell 1
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Should the Title of the Outline require the same requirements as the Title of the Actual MLA Esaay?
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Yes it follows: no italicize/no underline/no bold;has to be centered in 12 pt. Times New Roman
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For every source card there should be some----------
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Information cards *notice that it is plural
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How do you know that source and information card a connected?
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The numbers in their headers should show that they correlate with it other
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Can there be more than one source card with the same number?
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No There can only be one source for information cards
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For every information card their is one.......
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source card
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Can there be more than one information with the same number?
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All the information that is included in the essay from that one source should be present therefore causing there to be many information cards from ONE source
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What 4 elements (divisions) are included in a outline? In order
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1. Roman Numerals 2. Capitalized Letters 3. Numbers (Arabic Numerals) 4. Lowercase
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Usually there are 3 Roman Numerals in a outline, what are the headings of those numerals? I._______
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I. Introduction II. Body III. Conclusion
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What does the format of a information card look like? In order.. and explain
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8 Information (#=correlates with the source card #) Brief overview of the snippet that is used in the essay Paragraph that the info is in
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What does the format of a Source Card look like? In order.. and explain
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8 Source (#=correlates with the information CARDS #'s ) URL (try to fit it in but if can't do not)
