MLA Style / Works Cited Quiz (Participation Assignment 4)

 MLA Style / Works Cited Quiz

1. For the first eight questions, please identify the TYPE of source represented by the works cited page entry.

2. For questions 9 and 10, choose the signal phrase that is correctly formatted (according to MLA style guidelines).

Guidelines for Using Quotations in MLA Style:

You will often use quotations to include information from your sources in your essays. For example, if you were quoting a Newsweek magazine article on the Virgin Mary by Kenneth L. Woodward, you could write:

• Kenneth L. Woodward, in his article on the Virgin Mary, writes that "the 20th century has belonged to Mary" (49).
• According to Kenneth L. Woodward, the 20th century has "belonged to Mary" (49).
• Kenneth L. Woodward writes:  "The 20th century has belonged to Mary" (49).