Checklist

__ Header

__ Heading

__ Font and Font size

__ Margins

__ Spacing

__ Title

__ Indentation

__ Content

__ Word count

Scavenger hunt activity 1

1. Find a movie review from the year you were born.

Citation:

2. Find a book by two authors about an author who goes by his/her initials.

Citation:

3. Write out the three most important formatting steps necessary to write a block quote:

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4. Write out the formatting steps necessary to set up a MLA header.

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5. What do you write in parentheses if you use the same source (author and page number) inconsecutive citations?

6. What are the formatting steps necessary to set up the works cited page?

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7. Find an article from a magazine about the Olsen Twins and cite it correctly.

Citation:

Scavenger hunt activity 2

Respond to one of the topics below in a 250-word typed journal. Format your journal according to the MLA guidelines for paper formatting.

1. Would you prefer to be a pirate or a ninja for a day? Why? Give plenty of reasons to explain your choice.

2. Describe a zoo that specializes in magical and mythological creatures (i.e. hydras, unicorns, dragons). OR make up a story told from the perspective of the head caretaker of a zoo of magic and mythological creatures.

3. Write a story in which you pretend to be a dollar bill for a week.

4. Pretend that you are in your 70s or 80s. Complain about kids these days.

5. Describe each day of the week as if it were a person.

Additional Practice

1. What margin settings are used for MLA Format?

2. When typing the header information for an MLA paper, in what order do you type the date?

3. Where do the page numbers go on the first and subsequent pages of your paper and how are they formatted?

4. What type of line spacing is used in MLA format?

5. How do you format short quotations in an MLA-style document? How do you format long quotations?

6. Where can you find an up-to-date sample MLA-style document?

7. How do you cite a book with one author on a works cited page and in an in-text citation?

Up to date MLA guidelines:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/index.html

https://owl.excelsior.edu/citation-and-documentation/mla-style/