Chapter 310. Exercise MLA 2-7

310.1

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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise MLA 2-7
Recognizing common knowledge in MLA papers
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Read the student passage and determine if the student needs to cite the source of the information. If the material does not need citation because it is common knowledge, click on Common knowledge. If the material is not common knowledge and the student should cite the source, click on Needs citation.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

Example

Question 310.1

Correct. Yoknapatawpha County is mentioned in virtually all sources discussing Faulkner.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. Yoknapatawpha County is mentioned in virtually all sources discussing Faulkner, so his invention of this place can be considered common knowledge.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.2

Correct. The source should be cited. The scholar whose research led to this hypothesis needs to be given credit.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. The scholar whose research led to this hypothesis needs to be given credit. This source should be cited.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.3

Correct. Information about birth and death dates and the life circumstances of well-known authors usually does not require citation.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. Information about birth and death dates and the life circumstances of well-known authors usually does not require citation.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.4

Correct. This information requires a citation; a reader would not encounter it repeatedly in books and articles on Shakespeare.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. This information requires a citation; a reader would not encounter it repeatedly in books and articles on Shakespeare.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.5

Correct. This information requires a citation. It might be considered controversial, especially among admirers of Disney.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. This information requires a citation. It might be considered controversial, especially among admirers of Disney.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.6

Correct. This is information that would appear in many sources on Wordsworth and Shelley, so a paper on these poets would not need to cite it.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. This is information that would appear in many sources on Wordsworth and Shelley, so a paper on these poets would not need to cite it.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.7

Correct. Statistics generally require a citation.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. Statistics generally require a citation.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.8

Correct. This is a definition of a standard literary form—a type of information found in almost any introductory literature text.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. This is a definition of a standard literary form—a type of information found in almost any introductory literature text. A commonly accepted definition needs no citation.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.9

Correct. This information about Iris Murdoch is widely known, and a student would find mention of it in most recent sources related to Murdoch.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. This information about Iris Murdoch is widely known, and a student would find mention of it in most recent sources related to Murdoch; it can be considered common knowledge.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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Question 310.10

Correct. This information would probably be surprising to many readers (and some might doubt its veracity), so a citation is needed.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
Sorry. This information would probably be surprising to many readers (and some might doubt its veracity), so a citation is needed.
For more help, see section MLA-2.
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