MLA QUIZ

1. How would you cite in your paragraph two authors not named in your introductory phrase? The authors are Howard Taft and Jacqueline Sawyer, and the article is on page 24.

 

 

 

2. Whose name would you put in the parentheses when you use a quote taken from page 39 of an article by Gary Johnson, in a book that is edited by Jack Solomon?

(      39).

 

 

 

3. On your Works Cited page, whose citation would go first: James Twitchell or Pat Conroy? Write the names below as they would appear on your Works Cited page.

 

 

4. Prepare a citation for your Works Cited page for each of the following:

A. A book titled Drown, written by Juno Diaz, and published in 1996 by Riverhead Books, whose offices are in New York, New York.

 

 

B. An article titled Gangstas by Richard Rodriguez. It can be found on page 368 to 375 in our textbook, Convergences, which is edited by Robert Atwan. It is published by Bedford/St. Martins in 2002. They are located in Boston, MA.

 

 

 

C. An LA Times article at "http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-korb3may03,1,436129.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions" The title is, 11-Step Program for Iraq Failure, and Lawrence J. Korb wrote it. It was published on Monday, May 5, 2004, in the California Section B on page 11. You looked at it today.