MLA Jeopardy

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Final Jeopardy

Question 1A True or False:

A paper written in MLA format is always single spaced.

Answer

Question 1A True or False:

A paper written in MLA format is always single spaced.

Answer: False

Question 1B Is a works cited page single spaced or

double spaced?

Answer

Question 1B Is a works cited page single spaced or

double spaced?

Answer: Double spaced

Question 1C What goes in an Author-Page style in-

text citation?

Answer

Question 1C What goes in an Author-Page style in-

text citation?

Answer: The author’s last name and the page number from the source you used.

Question 1D True or False

On a works cited page, the author’s name is formatted like this: Last name, First Name Middle Initial Ex. Mann, Alyssa J.

Answer

Question 1D True or False

On a works cited page, the author’s name is formatted like this: Last name, First Name Middle Initial Ex. Mann, Alyssa J.

Answer: True

Question 2A What goes in the heading on every page

of your paper?

Answer

Question 2A What goes in the heading on every page

of your paper?

Answer: Your last name and the page number of your paper. Ex. Mann 1

Question 2B How do you cite a book in your works

cited page?

Answer

Question 2B How do you cite a book in your works

cited page?

Answer: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place

of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Question 2C: Daily Double! What do you do when you want to cite a

source in an in-text citation, but your source does not have an author?

Answer

Question 2C: Daily Double! What do you do when you want to cite a

source in an in-text citation, but your source does not have an author?

Answer: Use a shortened title of the work

Question 2D When you quote something, what goes

in your in-text citation?

Answer

Question 2D When you quote something, what goes

in your in-text citation?

Answer: The author’s last name and the page number from which you found the quote.

Question 3A What five things to do you always need

to have when you are citing an online scholarly journal on your works cited page?

Answer

Question 3A What five things to do you always need to

have when you are citing an online scholarly journal on your works cited page?

Answer: “For all online scholarly journals, provide the author(s) name(s), the name of the article in quotation marks, the title of the publication in italics, all volume and issue numbers, and the year of publication.”

Question 3B Fill in the blank:

A long quote has _____ or more typed lines.

Answer

Question 3B Fill in the blank:

A long quote has _____ or more typed lines.

Answer: Four

Question 3C How do you cite a book with more than

one author on your works cited page?

Answer

Question 3C How do you cite a book with more than one

author on your works cited page?

Answer: The first given name appears in last name, first name format; subsequent author names appear in first name last name format. Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn

and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.

Question 3D How do you format a long quotation?

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Question 3D How do you format a long quotation?

Answer: “For quotations that extend to more than four lines of verse or prose, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented one inch from the left margin; maintain double-spacing. Only indent the first line of the quotation by a half inch if you are citing multiple paragraphs. Your parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks.”

Question 4A Fill in the blanks:

“If you omit a word or words from a quotation, you should indicate the deleted word or words by using ________ marks, which are ______ _______ preceded and followed by a ________.”

Answer

Question 4A Fill in the blanks:

“If you omit a word or words from a quotation, you should indicate the deleted word or words by using ________ marks, which are ______ _______ preceded and followed by a ________.”

Answer: “If you omit a word or words from a quotation,

you should indicate the deleted word or words by using ellipsis marks, which are three periods preceded and followed by a space.”

Question 4B How do you cite an entire web site?

Answer

Question 4B How do you cite an entire web site?

Answer: Editor, author, or compiler name (if

available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Question 4C: Daily Double! How many spaces are there in a

hanging indent?

Answer

Question 4C: Daily Double! How many spaces are there in a

hanging indent?

Answer: Five

Question 4D How do you cite a work in an anthology,

reference, or collection?

Answer

Question 4D How do you cite a work in an anthology,

reference, or collection?

Answer: Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay."

Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.

Final Jeopardy Correctly punctuate this direct quote

according to MLA guidelines: Writers who properly use MLA also build

their credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material (The Purdue OWL 2010)

Answer

Final Jeopardy Correctly punctuate this direct quote

according to MLA guidelines: Writers who properly use MLA also build their

credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material (The Purdue OWL 2010)

Answer: “Writers who properly use MLA also build

their credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material” (The Purdue OWL 2010).