Chapter 319. Exercise MLA 4-4

319.1

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Exercise MLA 4-4
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MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources

Answer each question using information in the source provided.

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SOURCE: A website

The text on the home page is as follows. The Willa Cather Archive. The Willa Cather Archive is an ambitious endeavor to create a rich, useful, and widely accessible site for the study of Willa Cather’s life and writings. The text in the footer on the home page reads as follows. Copyright 2004-2017, Willa Cather Archive, Andrew Jewell, editor. Updated January 2017. The Willa Cather Archive is freely distributed by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The text on the internal page is as follows. Willa Cather. A brief biographical sketch by Amy Ahearn. Born in Back Creek, Virginia on December 7, 1873, Willa Cather [and so on].
Source: Willa Cather Archive.

Question 319.1

Correct. The author of the internal page is Amy Ahearn, and the title of the internal page is "Willa Cather: A Brief Biographical Sketch." Andrew Jewell is the editor of the Willa Cather Archive website.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. The author of the internal page is Amy Ahearn, and the title of the internal page is "Willa Cather: A Brief Biographical Sketch." Andrew Jewell is the editor of the Willa Cather Archive website.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
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Question 319.2

Sorry. The copyright notice at the bottom of the home page states that the website was updated in January 2017. If the month is listed in addition to the year, the month should be included in the citation.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Correct. The copyright notice at the bottom of the home page states that the website was updated in January 2017. If the month is listed in addition to the year, the month should be included in the citation.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: Screenshot of Shakespeare’s World. Courtesy of Harry Rusche and Emory University.
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SOURCE: An article accessed through a database

The figure shows a listing from the database Expanded Academic ASAP. The results of an advanced search are as follows. Title: 'Brian Friel's transformation from short fiction writer to dramatist.' Author: Richard Rankin Russell. Source: Comparative Drama, 46.4 (Winter 2012): p451.
Source: From na. Gale Expanded Academic ASAP Infotrac. Copyright © 2013, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions.

Question 319.3

Correct. All elements have the proper abbreviations and complete information. The + is used after the page number because only the first number is listed in the database entry.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. An MLA works cited entry for a journal requires the abbreviations for volume, number, and pages as well as the season if one is given in the source. The page number requires a + because only the first number is listed in the database entry.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: From na. Gale Expanded Academic ASAP Infotrac. Copyright © 2013, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions.
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Question 319.4

Correct. The works cited entry should begin with the author of the article, not with the subject.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. The works cited entry should begin with the author of the article, not with the subject.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: From na. Gale Expanded Academic ASAP Infotrac. Copyright © 2013, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions.
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SOURCE: A print book

The figure shows a title and a copyright page from a book. The text on the title page is as follows. In all capital letters: The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us. James W. Pennebaker. Bloomsbury Press. New York. Berlin. London. Sydney. The copyright page contains the publishing and copyright information. Part of the text is highlighted. This text is as follows. Copyright 2011 by James W. Pennebaker. . . . For information address Bloomsbury Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Published by Bloomsbury Press, New York.
Source: Title page and copyright page from The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us by James W. Pennebaker, published by Bloomsbury Press. Copyright © 2011 by James W. Pennebaker. Reprinted with permission of Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.

Question 319.5

Correct. In the title of a book in MLA style, only the principal words (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs) are capitalized, regardless of the capitalization that appears on the title page.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. In the title of a book in MLA style, only the principal words (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs) are capitalized, regardless of the capitalization that appears on the title page.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: Title page and copyright page from The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us by James W. Pennebaker, published by Bloomsbury Press. Copyright © 2011 by James W. Pennebaker. Reprinted with permission of Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
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Question 319.6

Correct. No place of publication is used for a book in an MLA works cited entry.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. No place of publication is used for a book in an MLA works cited entry.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: Title page and copyright page from The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us by James W. Pennebaker, published by Bloomsbury Press. Copyright © 2011 by James W. Pennebaker. Reprinted with permission of Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
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Question 319.7

Correct. The abbreviation "P" (for "Press") is used only for a university press. The word is spelled out in other publishers' names.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. The abbreviation "P" (for "Press") is used only for a university press. The word is spelled out in other publishers' names.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: Title page and copyright page from The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us by James W. Pennebaker, published by Bloomsbury Press. Copyright © 2011 by James W. Pennebaker. Reprinted with permission of Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
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SOURCE: An online podcast

The figure shows a fragment of the web site 'The lit show.' The text on the page is as follows. Number 83: Vivian Gornick. By Gemma de Choisy on April 8, 2013. Archive, podcast, season 07. Then the photo of a notebook page is shown. The photo contains the following handwritten text. Number 83. Air Date: 4/8/2013. Vivian Gornick. Interview by Gemma de Choisy. Then the photo of a book cover is shown.

Question 319.8

Correct. This podcast is an interview, so both the interviewer and the interviewee are named along with the title of the podcast. The date of access is not used if the source itself has a date.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. This podcast is an interview, so both the interviewer and the interviewee should be named along with the title of the podcast. The date of access is not used if the source itself has a date.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: From Slate, 3/22/11. Copyright © The Slate Group. All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States. The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this Content without express written permission is prohibited. www.slate.com.
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SOURCE: A work in an anthology

The figure shows a title page of an anthology and the first page of a selection. The title page contains the following text. The Consumer Society Reader. Edited by Juliet B. Schor and Douglas B. Holt. The New Press. New York. The first page of the essay contains the following text. Jean Baudrillard, The Ideological Genesis of Needs (1969). Then the text of the essay is shown.
Source: Title page from The Consumer Society Reader. Ed. Juliet B. Shor and Douglas B. Holt. The New Press, 2000. Reprinted by permission. First page of “The Ideological Genesis of Needs” as it appears in The Consumer Society Reader. From For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign by Jean Baudrillard. Trans. Charles Levin. Copyright © 1981 Telos Press Publishing. Reprinted by permission.

Question 319.9

Correct. As author of the essay you are citing, Baudrillard would appear first in the works cited entry.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. The author of the essay should appear first in the works cited entry. Schor and Holt, as editors of the anthology, should appear after the title of the anthology.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: Title page from The Consumer Society Reader. Ed. Juliet B. Shor and Douglas B. Holt. The New Press, 2000. Reprinted by permission. First page of “The Ideological Genesis of Needs” as it appears in The Consumer Society Reader. From For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign by Jean Baudrillard. Trans. Charles Levin. Copyright © 1981 Telos Press Publishing. Reprinted by permission.
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Question 319.10

Correct. The city of publication is not included in a works cited entry for a book
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Sorry. As editors of the anthology, Schor and Holt should be included in the works cited entry, following the title of the anthology.
For more help, see section MLA-4b.
Source: Title page from The Consumer Society Reader. Ed. Juliet B. Shor and Douglas B. Holt. The New Press, 2000. Reprinted by permission. First page of “The Ideological Genesis of Needs” as it appears in The Consumer Society Reader. From For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign by Jean Baudrillard. Trans. Charles Levin. Copyright © 1981 Telos Press Publishing. Reprinted by permission.
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