MLA Rules

Question 1

What is the proper MLA heading?

Answer 1

FIRST & LAST NAME
INSTRUCTORS NAME
SUBJECT, PERIOD
DATE

Question 2

What is the proper date formate?

Answer 2

Day month year

Ex: 17 January 2023

Question 3

What are two things you should italicize?

Answer 3

Movies and books

Question 4

What works of art should you put in quotes?

Answer 4

Short stories and poems

Question 5

In what order should the works cited page be organized?

Answer 5

Alphabetical order

Question 6

Does the period go after or before the parenthesis?

Answer 6

After ().

Question 7

What spacing, size and font should your paper always be?

Answer 7

1)Double spaced, 2) 12 Pt Font, 3) Times New Roman

Question 8

What should come before you start a quotation?

Answer 8

A lead in. NEVER START A SENTENCE WITH A QUOTE! Unless it’s your introduction hook your introduction hook.

Question 9

What should you do to your evidence to make it more interesting?

Answer 9

Embed your evidence well. Think of it almost like a conversation.

Ex: Lady Macbeth is similarly haunted by the image of blood on her hands, echoing those famous words, “Out, damned spot!” (5.1.35), and lamenting the fact that “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten [her] little hand” (5.1.51-52), and remove the smell of blood.------------ (see how it almost seems conversational).