Category: Writing

Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?
Question 1 options:
A) Aers and Stanley (1996) stress “the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context” of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271).
B) Aers and Stanley stress “the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context” of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271).
C) Aers and Stanley stress “the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context” (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion.
D) Aers and Stanley stress “the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context” of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271).
Question 2 (1 point)
What should I do in my in-text citation if no author’s name is given for the text I’m citing?
Question 2 options:
A) Use the full title of the piece in place of the author’s name.
B) Use “Anonymous” in place of the author’s name.
C) Use an abbreviated form of the title in place of the author’s name.
D) Omit the author’s name and just use the page number by itself.
Question 3 (1 point)
For in-text citations, the author’s last name and page number should be separated by a comma AND the period goes BEFORE the parenthesis, e.g. “All is well that ends well.” (Smith, 24)
Question 3 options:
A) True
B) False
Question 4 (1 point)
I should end my sentence with a period before my in-text citation.
Question 4 options:
A) True
B) False
Question 5 (1 point)
Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.
Question 5 options:
A) Thoreau says that “We are determined to be starved before we are hungry”.
B) Thoreau says that, “We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.”
C) Thoreau says that “We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.”
D) Thoreau says that: “We are determined to be starved before we are hungry”.
Question 6 (1 point)
What is the reason to use the ICE (integrate, cite, explain) method when incorporating quotations?
Question 6 options:
A) The quotation will seem disconnected from your own thoughts if not properly explained.
B) Explanations will help make the paragraph longer.
Question 7 (1 point)
Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text.
Question 7 options:
A) True
B) False
Question 8 (1 point)
What information can go to the signal phrase if the author is unknown?
Question 8 options:
A) complete title in quotation marks
B) three first words of the title in quotation marks
C) Both answers are correct.
Question 9 (1 point)
Indirect sources are cited by
Question 9 options:
A) … enclosing them in single quotation marks
B) … using qtd. in in parentheses followed by the author who used the quote, and the page number: (qtd. in Doe 25)
Question 10 (1 point)
Which of the following MLA in-text citations is correct?
Question 10 options:
A) As children get older, they become more aware of standards for personal space (536).
B) As children get older, they become more aware of standards for personal space (Worchel and Cooper, 536).
C) As children get older, they become more aware of standards for personal space (Worchel and Cooper 536).
D) As children get older, they become more aware of standards for personal space (Worchel and Cooper: 536).
Question 11 (1 point)
Which is the correct way to cite a website in the body of the paper?
Question 11 options:
A) The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 (mla.org).
B) both
C) According to the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org).
Question 12 (1 point)
What is NOT the reason to use a quotation?
Question 12 options:
A) When exact wording is needed for technical accuracy
B) When the quotation is long and fancy
C) When language is especially vivid or expressive
D) When the words of an authority lend weight to an argument
Question 13 (1 point)
Choose the phrase that has the best appeal to ethos in the signal phrase.
Question 13 options:
A) Jay Kesan points out that the law holds employers liable for employees’ actions such as violations of copyright law, the distribution of offensive or graphic sexual material, and illegal disclosure of confidential information (“Automatically”).
B) Legal scholar Jay Kesan points out that the law holds employers liable for employees’ actions such as violations of copyright law, the distribution of offensive or graphic sexual material, and illegal disclosure of confidential information (“Automatically”).
C) According to Kesan, the law holds employers liable for employees’ actions such as violations of copyright law, the distribution of offensive or graphic sexual material, and illegal disclosure of confidential information (“Automatically”).
Question 14 (1 point)
For in-text citations, the author’s last name and page number should be included in the parentheses at the end of the sentence, e.g. (Smith 24). The period goes AFTER the parenthesis as in the previous example.
Question 14 options:
A) True
B) False
Question 15 (1 point)
To integrate a paraphrase into your own discussion, introduce it with a signal phrase that names the author and then provide a full citation at the end.
Click “true” if the following citation is correct.
As PC World columnist Daniel Tynan points out, “Employees could accidentally spill confidential corporate information … or allow worms to spread throughout a corporate network” (8).
Question 15 options:
A) True
B) False

Charlie made friends easily because of his innate warmth and good cheer.
What does the word “innate” mean in this context? Use these dictionary entries to answer the question.
a. Youthful
b. Phony or put on
c. Present since birth
d. A learned characteristic

Watch Breakfast Club by John Hughes.  Provide essay using the guide questions.
1. What was the movie about? Describe the main characters in the movie.
2. Explain the influences of the following social agents in the molding of each of the
character
a. Parents
b. Peers
c. Colleagues
3. Do you think the characters have resolved their individual issues? Yes/No, how?
https://www2.musichq.net/movie/the-breakfast-club-17616?fbclid=IwAR0AnzC5npf64uwLRiXV9vxbXeaQwGci6B69sysiB79l1Gdrm5EUSOHbHvI
Here is the link, I already watched and answer these but I have a doubt so I want to see someone’s answer too. Thank you for helping.

IN THE STORY OF ” A DAY IN THE COUNTRY BY ANTON CHEKHOV” ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
What is the text genre?
What are the patterns of the text that make it fit in with a specific genre?
What’s the relationship between the text and culture?
What patterns in the text are also patterns present in culture?
Can we also connect the patterns in the text related to the text’s specific culture to other cultures to show how the text relates to the greater ” human experience”?

Which of the following actions is permitted under the “fair use” clause of U.S. copyright law? Select all that apply.
Group of answer choices
Photocopying 200 pages from a 250-page book in order to use it for a school project.
Quoting a sentence from a 25-page article in a discussion post for a class on a related topic.
Reprinting an image from an advertisement in order to analyze it in a paper for a marketing class.
Paraphrasing a paragraph from a 200-page book for use in a research paper.