MLA Citations Quiz
Instructions: Read the MLA Guide in the MLA/Punctuation module and then answer these quiz
questions.
Introduction
What are the two reasons you must cite your sources? What is my favorite source for MLA formatting questions? What do you need to beware of if you use a site like www.easybib.com? What are the three main parts to MLA citation? The Information Itself
What is plagiarism? What are two ways you can include other people’s ideas and words in your writing without
plagiarizing? What are three things to remember when paraphrasing? Finish this sentence: You can also use someone else’s exact words in your paper; you just have to Should you include short quotations as separate sentences in your paper? If not, what should you
do with them? How do you format a quotation of four or more lines? The In-Text Citation
Do you need to include an in-text citation for both quotations and paraphrases? Where did the name “parenthetical in-text citation” came from? Finish this sentence: The citation is the alphabetical You are, most often, using how many words in your parenthetical in-text citation? Should you always name the author and the source when introducing a citation? Name one thing you learned in the bulleted list of “additional tips.” The Works Cited Page (see the handout from the EdCC library “MLA 8 Citation Examples”)
References in MLA are cited on at the end of the document. In what order do you arrange the entries on your works cited list? What does a “hanging indent” mean? What type of spacing do you use on your works cited list? Finish this sentence and the one following it: For online sources,

Attachments:

• 1494902516-Works Cited Entries MLA 8.pdf
• 1494902517-MLA Guide revised.rtf