MLA Format

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MLA Format

8th Edition

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What information is included on the running head?

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Title of essay, page number

Last name, page number

Title of essay, last name

Only title of essay

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The correct font for MLA format is Arial.

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True

False

Select the correct option: Citing a source with two authors.

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Creating an outline before writing your essay can help you stay organized. (Arboleda and Schuster)

Creating an outline before writing your essay can help you stay organized (Arboleda et. al).

Creating an outline before writing your essay can help you stay organized (Arboleda and Schuster).

Creating an outline before writing your essay can help you stay organized (Arboleda, Schuster).

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What size hanging indent should you use for sources longer than one line?

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0.5 inch

2.0 inch

1.5 inch

1 inch

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What size spacing do you use?

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3.0

1.0

1.5

2.0

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What size font do you use in MLA?

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11.5

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What size should the margins of your paper be in MLA Format?

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0.5 inch

1 inch

2 inch

1.75 inch

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Citations should be listed in alphabetical order by title of the source.

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True

False

What is the correct order of the heading in MLA format?

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Class, Name, Professor, Date

Name, Professor, Class, Date

Date, Name, Class, Professor

Professor, Name, Class, Date

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For sources with 2 authors, list first author only, then et al.

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True

False

This is how you cite block quotes: And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads out on a river when you know you must cross the river and march into the mountains and do things you are afraid to do. It's about love and memory. It's about sorrow. It's about sisters who never write back and people who never listen. (81)

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True

False

Only a few outside sources you reference should be included in your "Works Cited" page.

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True

False

Select the correct option: Citing a source with three authors.

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The Writing Center has many useful handouts on their website (Arboleda et. al).

The Writing Center has many useful handouts on their website (Arboleda, Delgado, Schuster).

The Writing Center has many useful handouts on their website. (Arboleda, Schuster, etc.)

The Writing Center has many useful handouts on their website (Arboleda and Schuster et. al).

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This is how you cite sources that reference an outside source: According to Schuster, “you should tie back to your thesis at the end of each body paragraph.” (qtd. in Arboleda 114).

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Which example represents the correct format of an MLA reference for a Print Book?

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O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried, 1990.

O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990.

O'Brien, T. The Things They Carried, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1990. Print.

O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1990. Accessed 14 June 2020.

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