MLA Worksheet #2

Name:_________________________________________________Date:__________________ J. Johnson

English IV Honors/DE

MLA Worksheet: Practice Formatting / Works Cited Page

Summer Reading Assignment

Part One: Basic Formatting 

One of the most important skills needed to be successful in this course is knowing how to properly use MLA.

1. What 4 things are double-spaced and go in the heading in the upper-left of the first page of the

paper?

2. How do you type in the title of your paper?

3. What goes in the upper right of each page of the paper?

4. How many inches should the margins be (except for page numbers)?

5. What size/type font should you use in your paper?

6. Should the paper be double-spaced throughout the entire paper? (Yes or No) Explain.

7. What is a block quote and how do you identify it in a paper?

8. Does the works cited page get its own page in the paper? (Yes or No)

Due: August 10, 2016

Name:_________________________________________________Date:__________________ J. Johnson

English IV Honors/DE

9. What is the heading of the works cited page?

10. How are the entries on a works cited page organized?

11. What do you do to the second line of a single entry on a works cited page? How is this done?

Part Two: Works-Cited Page Entries

Use the link below to create entries for an MLA Works-Cited page using the following sources.

The Owl at Purdue MLA Website

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

1. A book by Robert Akins called Greeks and Romans. It was published by Random House in Philadelphia

in 1987.

2. A book by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard called Ancient Civilizations. It was published in

Philadelphia by Gold House in 1989.

3. An Internet article by Joan Ingram called “The Secrets of the Greeks.” No publishing date is provided,

but it was viewed on 2/2/04 from Greeksecrets.com. There is no organization name and the URL is

http://www.greeksecrets.com.

4. A DVD called The Hunger Games. Directed by Gary Ross and produced/distributed by Lionsgate in

2012.

Name:_________________________________________________Date:__________________ J. Johnson

English IV Honors/DE

5. An article/chapter by Joshua Smith, Ph. D. called “Those Insufferable Greeks” on page 201-247 of the

book/collection called Infamous World Empires. The collection was edited by James Wygonik and

published by Colonial Press of Denver in 1983.

6. A printed newspaper article by John Xavier called “The Amazing Greek Islands.” The article was

published in the Washington Post on 9/2/05 and started on page D1.

7. An article on pages 24-31 of the print magazine 20

Century Travel by Karen Pankratz called

“Destination: Athens.” It was published on March 3

, 2002.

8. An Internet article with no author called “Famous Greek Battles.” It was published on June 14

1999,

viewed on January 12, 2004 from Iahistory.org, and the URL is

http://www.iahistory.org/greeks/battles.htm.

9. A personal interview with Greg Shepherd about Greek History on July 17, 2005.

10. An article on an online newspaper site called “iPhone Pre-orders Sell Out in 24 Hours.” It was written by

John Smith and published September 17, 2012 on NYTimes.com. It is operated by The New York Times

Company and was accessed on September 18, 2012.