MLA FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What elements are required/needed to cite a book in MLA 8th Edition? - Answers
:Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.
How do you list sources in a Works Cited page? - Answers :Alphabetical Order -
Author's Last Name or Title (excluding A, An, or The)
Typically, what is the main thing that determines a source's place (most common or
typical) in a Works Cited page and appears in a in-text citation? - Answers :Author's
Last Name
Where does one place a heading in a MLA formatted paper? What is included in a
heading? In what order? - Answers :Top Left
Your Name
Class Name Professor's Name
Date (day, month, year)
Where does one place a header in a MLA formatted paper if one is required? What
goes in a header? - Answers :Top Right, Author's Last Name and Page #
How is a title formatted and where is it located in a MLA formatted paper? - Answers
:Centered, below the heading and before the body of the paper.
If a source does not have an author, what typically is listed first in the Works Cited entry
and placed (abbreviated) in the in-text citation? - Answers :Title of the Article or Source
When taking a quotation and putting it in your own paper, what THREE things must you
do to make it fit in its new environment, your paper? - Answers :Introduce/Integrate
Quote and Cite Frame/Explanation.
How does one (and when) put a quotation in block format (also called long quotation
format)? - Answers :If quotation is four or more lines. Hit enter, and tab, offset it
No quotation marks
Punctuation before the citation.
When you reach the end of a quotation (short), how do you properly end and cite it.
What order? Where does the punctuation go? - Answers :Close quotations
Open parenthesis
Cite
Close parenthesis
Punctuate
If I have three authors: John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron and I am citing them,
how do I list their names in a in-text citation? - Answers :(Keats, Shelley, and Byron).
Works Cited entry:
What elements are required/needed to cite a book in MLA 8th Edition? - Answers
:Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.
How do you list sources in a Works Cited page? - Answers :Alphabetical Order -
Author's Last Name or Title (excluding A, An, or The)
Typically, what is the main thing that determines a source's place (most common or
typical) in a Works Cited page and appears in a in-text citation? - Answers :Author's
Last Name
Where does one place a heading in a MLA formatted paper? What is included in a
heading? In what order? - Answers :Top Left
Your Name
Class Name Professor's Name
Date (day, month, year)
Where does one place a header in a MLA formatted paper if one is required? What
goes in a header? - Answers :Top Right, Author's Last Name and Page #
How is a title formatted and where is it located in a MLA formatted paper? - Answers
:Centered, below the heading and before the body of the paper.
If a source does not have an author, what typically is listed first in the Works Cited entry
and placed (abbreviated) in the in-text citation? - Answers :Title of the Article or Source
When taking a quotation and putting it in your own paper, what THREE things must you
do to make it fit in its new environment, your paper? - Answers :Introduce/Integrate
Quote and Cite Frame/Explanation.
How does one (and when) put a quotation in block format (also called long quotation
format)? - Answers :If quotation is four or more lines. Hit enter, and tab, offset it
No quotation marks
Punctuation before the citation.
When you reach the end of a quotation (short), how do you properly end and cite it.
What order? Where does the punctuation go? - Answers :Close quotations
Open parenthesis
Cite
Close parenthesis
Punctuate
If I have three authors: John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron and I am citing them,
how do I list their names in a in-text citation? - Answers :(Keats, Shelley, and Byron).
Works Cited entry:
