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It’s the MLA Quiz Show!!!!

It’s the MLA Quiz Show!!!!. Learn MLA Style, impress your friends, and win fabulous prizes!!*. *There aren’t any prizes, actually. Choose the correctly-punctuated in-text citation:.

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It’s the MLA Quiz Show!!!!

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  1. It’s the MLA Quiz Show!!!! Learn MLA Style, impress your friends, and win fabulous prizes!!* *There aren’t any prizes, actually.

  2. Choose the correctly-punctuated in-text citation: • Malala expresses the psychological pain of living under Taliban rule when she says, “every day seemed like the worst day (Yousafzai 148).” • Malala expresses the psychological pain of living under Taliban rule when she says, “every day seemed like the worst day” (Yousafzai 148). • Malala expresses the psychological pain of living under Taliban rule when she says, “every day seemed like the worst day” (Yousafzai, 148). • Malala expresses the psychological pain of living under Taliban rule when she says, “every day seemed like the worst day, (Yousafzai148).

  3. So, to review: Quotation marks before parentheses “Quotation” (Author 123). Period after parentheses Page Number Author’s last name No comma

  4. When should you use an in-text citation? (choose ALL that apply) • When you use a quotation from a source • When you paraphrase (put into your own words) ideas from a source • When you use information from a source • When you state a well-known fact

  5. How do you cite a source with 1-3 authors? (in an in-text citation) • (Park 200) • (Park, Goering, and Wavering 200) • (Park, Goering, Wavering, 200) • (Park et al. 200)

  6. How do you cite a text with more than three authors? • (Park 200) • (Park, Connors, Goering, Sandven, and Wavering 200) • (Park, Connors, etc. 200) • (Park et al. 200)

  7. How do you find the page numbers on a CQ or EBSCO article? • There are no page numbers • Just call the whole thing page 1 • Download the PDF; it has page numbers

  8. What if your source does not have an author? • Just cite the page number • Use the title, or a shortened version of the title • Call it “EBSCO” or “CQ”, depending on where you found it

  9. How should you title your works cited page? • Works Cited • Works Cited • Works Cited • Works Cited!

  10. How should you order your works cited entries? • The order does not matter • Alphabetical order • CQ first, then EBSCO, then your other source • In the order that you use them in your paper

  11. Choose the correctly formatted citation: Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

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