ESL Writing - MLA format - Style of Documentation

This video tutorial provides a comprehensive guide to MLA style documentation, covering the basics of citing sources in the humanities and Fine Arts disciplines. It explains the placement of works cited, and details the format for citing books, print periodicals, and electronic sources. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of in-text citations and provides examples for clarity.

What does MLA stand for?

• Media Literature Association

• Media Language Association

• Modern Literature Association

• Modern Language Association

Where should the list of works cited be placed in a paper?

• At the end of the paper

• In the footnotes

• At the beginning of the paper

• In the middle of the paper

How should the author's name be formatted when citing a book?

• Only the last name

• First name first, followed by last name

• Last name first, followed by first name

• Only the first name

What should be italicized when citing a print periodical?

• The title of the article

• The author's name

• The title of the journal

• The publication date

When citing a print periodical, where should the volume and issue number be placed?

• Before the publication date

• After the page numbers

• After the title of the article

• Before the author's name

What is required when citing an electronic source?

• The author's name, document title, and publication information

• Only the document title

• Only the author's name

• Only the publication information

How should the title of a web page be formatted when citing an electronic source?

• Inside quotation marks

• In italics

• Underlined

• In bold