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Aug 6, 2008, 02:22 AM
College English MLA
1. The College Writer’s Handbook states that “[f]undamentally, all research is about _____________________________________________” (VanderMey et al. 443). (Complete the sentence.)
2. What are the four primary considerations before beginning a research project?
3. What is the purpose of the Library of Congress subject headings?
4. Explain how the use of Boolean logic can help narrow a search (455).
5. Explain how one should go about determining whether a print or electronic source is reliable (457-59).
6. Explain the difference between a summary, a paraphrase, and a quotation (460-62).
7. What note-taking guidelines should you follow? (452)
8. What should you consider as you (a) prepare for an interview and (b) conduct an interview? (467)
9. What is a call number? (471)
10. List different types of plagiarism. Explain why plagiarism is serious and how it can be avoided (485-87). Look in your syllabus and the Kingwood College section in the front of your handbook and explain the consequences of plagiarizing in this course and on this campus.
11. Define each of the following: Index, Bibliography, Abstract (472).
12. URL stands for _______________________________ (478).
13. What is a subject tree? (479-80)
14. MLA stands for: Modern Language Association (479).
15. What is needed for an MLA in-text citation? (500)
16. In what two circumstances will you omit the author’s name from the in-text citation?
17. In in-text citations, how do you distinguish between two authors with the same last name? (523)
18. In in-text citations, how do you distinguish two works by the same author? (522)
19. How do you cite an electronic source in html format, which has no page numbers? (524)
20. Each entry on a Works Cited page must be “_____________________” (527).
21. Entries on a Works Cited page are listed “_______________________” (527).
22. How many spaces do you place after punctuation in a Works Cited page? (527)
23. Explain how to format a quote running more than four lines (492).
24. What is the purpose of the ellipses? When does it appear in brackets? (493)
25. What other occasions would prompt you to use brackets around letters or words? (493)
26. What situation would cause you to use three hyphens to start an entry on a Works Cited page instead of an author’s name? (503)
27. What spacing do you use on your Works Cited page? (503)
28. When you first us a name in a research paper, state it fully. Thereafter, __________________________ (494).
29. When do you use et al? What does it mean? (523)
Using the examples on pages 530-43 in your handbook, format a works cited entry for the following:
30. By looking on the title page, you see that your source was published in Chicago by Putnam. The title is printed as follows: MLA STYLE IS FUN. It was written by Constance Gregerson and was published in 2001.
31. Anthony Thwaite wrote an article titled “ensian Underworld” which was published in a newspaper called The Observer in 1984. It appeared on page 24. Later, this scholarly article was reprinted in a collection called Contemporary Literary Criticism, which was edited by Daniel G. Maroswski (listed first on the title page) and Jean C. Stine. It was in Volume 33 which was published in Detroit by Gale in 1985. It appears on page 466.
32. Write a Works Cited entry for The College Writer’s Handbook.
33. Write a Works Cited entry for your novel. [/LEFT][/LEFT]
1. The College Writer’s Handbook states that “[f]undamentally, all research is about _____________________________________________” (VanderMey et al. 443). (Complete the sentence.)
2. What are the four primary considerations before beginning a research project?
3. What is the purpose of the Library of Congress subject headings?
4. Explain how the use of Boolean logic can help narrow a search (455).
5. Explain how one should go about determining whether a print or electronic source is reliable (457-59).
6. Explain the difference between a summary, a paraphrase, and a quotation (460-62).
7. What note-taking guidelines should you follow? (452)
8. What should you consider as you (a) prepare for an interview and (b) conduct an interview? (467)
9. What is a call number? (471)
10. List different types of plagiarism. Explain why plagiarism is serious and how it can be avoided (485-87). Look in your syllabus and the Kingwood College section in the front of your handbook and explain the consequences of plagiarizing in this course and on this campus.
11. Define each of the following: Index, Bibliography, Abstract (472).
12. URL stands for _______________________________ (478).
13. What is a subject tree? (479-80)
14. MLA stands for: Modern Language Association (479).
15. What is needed for an MLA in-text citation? (500)
16. In what two circumstances will you omit the author’s name from the in-text citation?
17. In in-text citations, how do you distinguish between two authors with the same last name? (523)
18. In in-text citations, how do you distinguish two works by the same author? (522)
19. How do you cite an electronic source in html format, which has no page numbers? (524)
20. Each entry on a Works Cited page must be “_____________________” (527).
21. Entries on a Works Cited page are listed “_______________________” (527).
22. How many spaces do you place after punctuation in a Works Cited page? (527)
23. Explain how to format a quote running more than four lines (492).
24. What is the purpose of the ellipses? When does it appear in brackets? (493)
25. What other occasions would prompt you to use brackets around letters or words? (493)
26. What situation would cause you to use three hyphens to start an entry on a Works Cited page instead of an author’s name? (503)
27. What spacing do you use on your Works Cited page? (503)
28. When you first us a name in a research paper, state it fully. Thereafter, __________________________ (494).
29. When do you use et al? What does it mean? (523)
Using the examples on pages 530-43 in your handbook, format a works cited entry for the following:
30. By looking on the title page, you see that your source was published in Chicago by Putnam. The title is printed as follows: MLA STYLE IS FUN. It was written by Constance Gregerson and was published in 2001.
31. Anthony Thwaite wrote an article titled “ensian Underworld” which was published in a newspaper called The Observer in 1984. It appeared on page 24. Later, this scholarly article was reprinted in a collection called Contemporary Literary Criticism, which was edited by Daniel G. Maroswski (listed first on the title page) and Jean C. Stine. It was in Volume 33 which was published in Detroit by Gale in 1985. It appears on page 466.
32. Write a Works Cited entry for The College Writer’s Handbook.
33. Write a Works Cited entry for your novel. [/LEFT][/LEFT]