What is the correct MLA style to cite an article from the online databases?
| Question 3 of 10 | 3.0 Points |
What is the correct MLA style to cite an article from the online databases?
| A.Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Name of Journal in Italics volume.Issue (Year): Pages. Print. | |
| B.Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Name of Journal in Italics volume.Issue (Year): Pages. Database title in italics. Web. Date accessed. (correct answer) | |
| C.Last name, First name. (Year). Title of article in lower case letters after the first word. Title of journal in italics. Volume (issue). Pages. | |
| D.Last name, First name. Title of Article in Italics. “Name of Journal.” volume.Issue (Year): Pages. Print. | |
| Question 5 of 10 | 3.0 Points |
How do you cite an article in-text MLA style, if the you mention the author’s last name in the text of your sentence, and the source you are using is not paginated.
| A.Put only the author’s last name in the parentheses. (correct answer) | |
| B.Put the author’s last name in parentheses, along with the number 1. | |
| C.There is no need for an in-text citation in this case because you have mentioned the name of the author in the sentence and the article is not paginated. | |
| D.Put the author’s last name and the title of the article in parentheses. | |
| Question 6 of 10 | 3.0 Points |
What is wrong with this website: www.dictionary.com?
| A.It is biased. (correct answer) | |
| B.It uses statistics. | |
| C.There is nothing wrong with this website. | |
| D.This website only gives a cursory overview about a subject. | |
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Question 7 of 10 |
3.0 Points |
A scholarly source has which of following attributes:
| A.Usually does not have an author. | |
| B.Often contains advertisements. | |
| C.Uses formal language appropriate for a professional or academic audience. (correct answer) | |
| D.Contained biased language. | |
| Question 8 of 10 | 3.0 Points |
If you were writing about global warming, what is an example of a primary source?
| A.An interview with a scientist. (correct answer) | |
| B.A YouTube video created by a college class. | |
| C.An excerpt from a popular movie. | |
| D.A scholarly article on global warming in an academic journal. | |
| Question 9 of 10 | 3.0 Points |
You want to use a quotation from a scientist. However, you found this quotation from in an article written by another person. How would you cite this quotation?
| A.Put N/A in parentheses. | |
| B.Put the title of the article in parentheses. | |
| C.Put the scientist’s name in parentheses. | |
| D.Introduce the scientist within the context of your sentence, add the quotation, and then, in parentheses write (qtd. in Author’s last name page). (correct answer) |
The original text is as follows (story written by Candace Otem): It was a dark and angry night. As I opened the door, the bats flew quickly past my head. Which of the following is cited correctly?
| A.Otem explains that “the bats flew quickly past my head.” | |
| B.It was a dark and angry night. As I opened the door, the bats flew quickly past my head. (Otem) (correct answer) | |
| C.It was a “dark and angry night.” (Otem) | |
| D.It was a terribly dark evening. She opened the door, and saw that bats flew quickly past her head (Otem). |