MLA New Quiz**

What do citations do?

• names a source and gives credit

• plagiarizes

• explains the main idea

• solves a problem

• formats and guides

What does an in-text citation include?

• author's last name and page number

• your last name

• author's first name and last

• author's last name and website

• book title and page number

MLA...

• tells writers how to set up their papers

• shows how to cite a source

• shows how to do a work cited page

• Answers A, B, and C

• None of the answers

A Work Cited Page is like a...

• bibliography

• citation

• MLA

• thesis

What is a quote?

• author's exact words

• author's ideas/ rewording

• author's last name and page number

• a citation

• famous words

What does it mean to "cite a source"?

• name where the information came from

• read a book

• same as plagiarize

• give a source a ticket

What is a thesis statement?

• a sentence that expresses the focus of your essay

• a paragraph that expresses the main points of your essay

• a sentence that concludes your essay

• a MLA citation

• using the author's exact words

When you summarize information from a website and put it in your own words this is called...

• paraphrasing

• quoting the author

• thesis statement

• MLA

When you cite and use the exact words from a website in your essay this is called...

• a quote

• a paraphrase

• a thesis statement

• MLA

Plagiarism occurs when...

• you summarize information from a website in an essay and do not cite

• you use a cited quote from a website or book in an essay

• you use a citation in an essay

• you use someone's exact words and give the author's name and page number