MLA terminology and Writing Standards

T/F - A hook is usually the first sentence of your paper; its purpose is to grab the reader's attention.

T/F Your Works Cited should include all sources that you read when researching your paper.

T/F When citing a magazine article, and there is no author, the first information listed should be the title of the magazine in italics.

T/F If you put information from a source into your own words, you do not have to use a citation.

T/F A citation from a book or magazine usually consists of the author's last name and a page number.

T/F Citations usually go at the ends of sentences.

T/F Second person point of view is preferred in a narrative.

T/F The purpose of an outline is to plan the basic format and organization of your paper.

T/F - The parallelism in this thesis statement is correct: Pink Floyd is the most influential band of all time because their music created a completely new genre of rock, their timeless songs, and their studio work was revolutionary and fresh.

T/F - This citation is formatted correctly: Macbeth's response was, "false face must hide what the false heart doth know." (Shakespeare 18).