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MLA Format Notes
MLA Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does MLA stand for? | Modern Language Association |
| What is a Works Cited? | An alphabeticall list of the resources you used for a project |
| If you use someone else's words or ideas without crediting them. what are you guilty of? | Plagiarism |
| What is a Works Consulted? | A list of potential resources you have located for your project |
| Wher does a Works Cited appear in a written project? | On a seperate page at the end of the project |
| What is the preferred font and size for Works consulted or a Works Cited? | Times New Roman, 12 |
| What are the preferred margins for a Works Consulted or a Works Cited? | Top, bottomn = 1 inch; Left, right = 1 inch |
| How is a Works Cited spaced? | Doiuble-spaced (2.0) |
| Where is the first line of a Works Cited citation begun? | At left margin |
| How should subsequent lines of a citattion be formatted? | Indented .5 inch |
| How does one set up a hanging indent for a Works Cited? | On ruler, drag bottomn triangle .5 inch to the right |
| How is a Works Cited arranged? | Alphabetically by first word of citation |
| Is a Works Cited ever numbered? | No |
| What words are ignored when you are arranging a Works Cited? | A, An, The |
| How are authors names listed in a Works Cited? | Last name, First name |
| What is the pattern if a source has two authors? | Last name, First name amd Firts name, Last name |
| What can you put if your citation has more than three authors? | et al. |
| How are the titles of books, magazines, newspapers, films, and television programs written in a Works Cited? | Italicized |
| In a citation title, what words should be capitilized? | All important words |
| What do you do if the words of a title were not capatalized in an original citation? | Leave the original title as you found it |
| How are titles of articles, essay, stories, Web pages, and television episodes written? | In quotation marks |
| Does a period go before or after a closing quotation mark of a title ? | Before |
| For a magazine or news article, what punctuation does the page number follow? | Period (.) |
| What do you use if no page number for an article is provided? | n. pag. |
| In a book where should you first look for the place of publication are not found in the first place you look, where is the second to look |
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