March 2009
Monday, March 9th, 20098th Grade: The MLA Test is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11th. Please refer to the material below as a very helpful study guide.
MLA Test
March 11, 2009
Directions: Using the quote and information below, write a paragraph that incorporates the citation properly and cites the quote correctly using MLA format.
“—————————–“ (Lastname #).
Directions: Answer the following questions or fill in the blanks on the lines given.
1.) MLA stands for Modern Language Association and specifies guidelines for writing
2.) What is the purpose for MLA style writing? Writers build their credibility by citing sources and protect themselves from plagiarism
3.) Taking someone else’s work as your own without citing it refers to plagiarism
4.) Using someone else’s words by rewording them but still taking his or her idea and citing the actual author refers to paraphrasing
5.) A short quote refers to something that is three lines or LESS.
6.) A block quote refers to something that is LONGER than three lines.
7.) A writer can take out or omit words by using a(n) ellipsis which looks like …
8.) A writer can add words to a citation by using brackets which look like [ ]
9.) A works cited page refers to a listing of all the sources a writer directly cited from.
10.) A bibliography refers to a listing of all the sources a writer used to find information about his or her topic.
Create a sample heading using a header, title, and heading using MLA style guidelines.
Fitzpatrick 1
Danny Fitzpatrick
Ms. Boyce
English
2 May 2008
The Effects of Smoking
Create a sample works cited page.
Fitzpatrick 5
Works Cited
Smith, Joe. The Effects of Smoking. Chicago: Twin Publishers, 2000.
Create a sample bilbiography.
Fitzpatrick 6
Bibliography
Jones, Mary. “Smoking is Harmful.” Wikipedia. 9 March 2009. http://www.wiki.wikipedia/smoking_is_harmful.com
Smith, Joe. The Effects of Smoking. Chicago: Twin Publishers, 2000.
