MLA Quiz
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Question 1
A phrase that lets readers know that you are about to offer information that is not your own is also known as a _________. Think of it as a transition leading into the quote.
direct quote
in-text citation
signal phrase Question 2
A paraphrase is used when you take an idea from a source but restate it completely in your own words. Because it is in your own words, you will not use quotation marks. You do not need to cite it if you do this.
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True
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Good job! Question 3
If you state the author of the source's name at the beginning of a sentence, or in a signal phrase, you do not need to include their last name in a in-text citation.
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False
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Show answer choices Show answer choices Question 4
In MLA formatting, every citation requires the_________ and the ____________
where you found the information.
author's name and year in which text was published
author's name and page number
Question 5
MLA formatting is most commonly used in
Psychology, Education, Business
History, Art History
English, Literature, Communications, Foreign language studies
Question 6
MLA is an acronym for MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION.
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True
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False
Question 7
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Show answer choices Show answer choices When you take the original source verbatim (word for word), enclose the original passage in quotation marks, and cite it at the end of the sentence where it is used, that is called ______
a direct quote
a paraphrase
plagiarism
Question 8
In the following citation, (Garcia 43), the numeric in the citation represents the ______
author's age
the year in which the text was published
the page number of the source
Question 9
If the paraphrase is borrowing language from the original passage
without quotation marks, it is plagiarized.
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True
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False
Question 10
To ______ is to "
give credit to the original author or source
", one has
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paraphrase cite