Exam 19: Strengthening an Essay With Research

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. Seeking answers to questions in sources outside yourself is called

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Wilson, James Q. and John J. DiIulio, Jr. American Government . 9th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Print.

Instructions: Select the correct term for the blank in each of the following statement(s). A method of putting source information in the body of the essay, in parentheses, rather than in footnotes or endnotes is called ____.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. According to MLA guidelines, a correct ____ should appear in two places in your essay: in parentheses inside the essay and in a Works Cited list at the end of the essay.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. According to MLA guidelines, where should a source citation appear in an essay?

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. According to MLA style guidelines, a correct citation in the body of an essay should appear inside parentheses after the material from that source.

Instructions: For each Works Cited page entry below, select the answer "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines. Select the answer "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Miller, Peter. "Weather Gone Wild." National Geographic , 2012.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. McCallum, Jack. " Dream Team ," 2012, Ballentine Books in New York.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Goode, Erica. "Average Prison Stay Grew 36 Percent in Two Decades." New York Times 6 June 2012: 12. Print.

Instructions: For each Works Cited page entry below, select the answer "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines. Select the answer "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Cain, Susan. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking . New York: Crown, 2012. Print.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency: George Washington : 2004.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. American Cancer Society. 1 Feb. 2012. Guide to Quitting Smoking . www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco/GuidetoQuittingSmoking/index.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Hobson, Katherine. "How to Get the Very Best Cancer Care." U.S. News & World Report Dec. 2009: 52. Print.

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. Information from outside sources is usually interesting but does not help support an essay's main points.

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. Facts and statistics from outside sources must be documented, but direct quotations do not have to be documented.

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. Careful documentation of information gathered from outside sources will help prevent plagiarism.

Instructions: Each question below is an entry for a Works Cited page. Select "Correct" if the entry is correctly formatted according to MLA guidelines or "Incorrect" if the entry is not correctly formatted. Barack Obama. The Audacity of Hope , 2008.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. To find information on the Internet, a researcher can use a ____ such as Google.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct word for each blank. The ____ provides all of the sources you summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted in your essay, in alphabetical order by the author's last name.

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. The author's last name is usually the first piece of information in a Works Cited entry.