

MLA 8
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Uvioeni Sanyamandwe
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38 Slides • 12 Questions
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Reference and Lesson for MLA 8
Keep in mind there are some things in this lesson you will need in the future and some you need for your current research assignment.

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Multiple Choice
What does MLA stand for?
Modern language Association
Monday's Lesson Always
It doesn't stand for anything.
Moon Lunar Association
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What does MLA regulate?
It regulates your science projects.
It regulates in-text citations, document formats, works cited lists.
It regulates nothing.
It regulates what APA format.
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Multiple Choice
An MLA Style Paper should be formatted:
14 font and single space should be used with 1/2 an inch margins in your paper.
No formatting in needed. You can type and MLA paper any way you like.
12 font and double space should be used with 1 inch margins in your paper.
16 font should be used and you can use double or single space.
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Multiple Choice
The portion of your MLA formatted paper with your full name, instructors name, course and date goes on every page of your research paper.
True
False
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When do I NEED to use In-Text Citations?
You USE in text citations when you take anything from another source and use it in your paper.
SO WHEN YOU:
QUOTE
SUMMARIZE
PARAPHRASE
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Multiple Choice
When do you have to use in-text or parenthetical citation in a MLA formatted paper?
When you place your own ideas in your paper.
When you Quote Summarize or Paraphrase from your source (article, book, etc.)
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Multiple Choice
What is an in-text citation?
It is a citation that provides all of the source material. Usually it is the last page of your paper.
It is something that you do not have to do in MLA format.
It has nothing to do with your works cited list.
It is citation that is sometimes the author's last name and page number that can be found within the text of your paper, and it should direct readers to the full citation on your works cited list.
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Multiple Choice
From the example in the previous slide where does the period go when a citation is used?
Before the citation.
After the citation.
Inside the quotes.
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Multiple Choice
In the first sentence why didn't the writer place the name Wordsworth in the citation as well?
Because the writer did not not know the author's name.
Because the writer ran out of room or space to fit the name Wordsworth in his sentence.
Because the writer mentioned the author's name Wordsworth in his sentence.
Because the writer just forgot how to spell Wordsworth.
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Multiple Choice
It is alright in MLA format to place this full citation inside of the in-text or parenthetical citation within your paper.
Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
When you have a print source with one author what do you do to complete an in-text citation?
Nothing
Add author's name and page number in parentheses, unless you use the author's name in the sentence.
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Multiple Choice
How should you complete an in-text citation if there is no known author?
Use the title of the source
Don't worry about it.
Just put a page number.
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Multiple Choice
What do you do if your source has no page numbers? Maybe your quote or information was from Gale Databases.
Don't worry about a citation at all.
Just place the author's last name or just the title of the source for the in-text citation.
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Reference and Lesson for MLA 8
Keep in mind there are some things in this lesson you will need in the future and some you need for your current research assignment.

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