MLA DOCUMENTATION/PUNCTUATION EXERCISES 

EXERCISE 1 

 

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EXERCISE 2 

1) Dr. Hansen suggests _,_ _"_ people need to think for themselves in order to be self-sufficient 

_"_ _(_ 167 _)_ _._ 

 

2) According to a recent article _,_ _"_ The genders are set, yet men and women are different 

and equal _"_ _(_ Morris 254_)_ _._ 

 

3) _"_ Victory is a wonderful thing to have and a horrible thing to use_,_ _"_ stated General 

Landry _(_ Morris 168 _)_ _._ 

 

4) Williams Shakespeare has his character Hamlet contemplate the meaning of existence.  He 

states_:_ 

    To be, or not to be: that is the question: 

      Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer 

      The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune 

    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, 

      And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep,      No more; and by a sleep to say we end 

      The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks 

      That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation 

      Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; 

    To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; 

      For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, 

      When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, 

      Must give us pause: there’s the respect 

      That makes calamity of so long life; 

      For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, 

      The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, 

      The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay, 

      The insolence of office, and the spurns 

      That patient merit of the unworthy takes, 

      When he himself might his quietus make 

      With a bare bodkin? who would these fardels bear, 

    To grunt and sweat under a weary life, 

    But that the dread of something after death  

      The undiscover’d country, from whose bourn 

    No traveller returns, puzzles the will, 

      And makes us rather bear those ills we have 

      Than fly to others that we know not of? 

      Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; 

      And thus the native hue of resolution     Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought; 

      And enterprises of great pith and moment, 

      With this regard, their currents turn awry, 

      And lose the name of action _._ _(_Shakespeare 568_)_  

A reader may note the complexity that death has for Shakespeare’s character.  

 

5) Dr. Dickey, an eminent biologist, once exclaimed _,_ _"_ The types of non-indigenous plants 

found in a residential area may hold an answer to the plight of sufferers of allergies _"_ _(_ 

Morehead 23 _)_ _._ 

 

EXERCISE 3 

1) Star Wars is based in part on Akira Kurosawa’s film The Hidden Fortress _(_ Anderson 7 _)_ 

_._ 

 

2) MASH stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, a common acronym used in the United 

States Military _(_ Donaldson 23 _)_ _._ 

 

3) While many religious communities have strict doctrines on sexual activity, there seems to be 

a surprising increase of localized strains of Sexually-Transmitted Diseases in those areas _(_ 

Szczepkowski _)_ _._ 

 

4) Amerification is the radical notion which claims that Mexico, the United States, and Canada 

should open their borders to ensure economic prosperity for the entire continent, providing 

Canadian raw materials, Mexican manufacturing, and transportation of goods by the United 

States _(_ “Struggling Economies” _)_ _._ 

 

5) Just as paper books have been replaced by digital documents, personal computers may 

ultimately be replaced by cellular phones _(_ Harrison _)_ _._   

EXERCISE 4 

1) Silverstein_,_ Shel_._ The Giving Tree_._  New York City_:_  Harper Collins_,_ 1964_._ 

Print_._ 

 

2) Life is Good Corporation_._  Life is Good_:_ Simple Words from Jake and Rocket_._   Des 

Moines_:_ Meredith Books_,_  2009 _._ Print _._ 

 

3) Pausch, Randy_._   The Last Lecture_._   New York City_:_  Hyperion_,_  2008_._  Print_._    

 

4) _"_ Life Beyond Hardships_._  _"_  Foundation for Overcoming Obstacles_._  02 February 

2010_._  Web_._  03 February 2011_._ _<_http://www.overcomingoil.org/lifebeyond_>_ _._ 

 

5) Iron Man_._   Dir_._  Jon Favreau_._   Marvel_._  2008_._  Film_._    

  

 

EXERCISE 5 

                                        Works Cited 

 

Iron Man_._   Dir_._  Jon Favreau_._   Marvel_._  2008_._  Film_._    

 

_"_  Life  Beyond  Hardships_._    _"_   Foundation  for  Overcoming  Obstacles_._    02  February 

2010_._  Web_._  03 February 2011_._ _<_http://www.overcomingoil.org/lifebeyond_>_ _._ 

 

Life  is  Good  Corporation_._   Life  is  Good_:_ Simple  Words  from  Jake  and  Rocket_._   Des 

Moines_:_ Meredith Books_,_  2009 _._ Print _._  

Pausch, Randy_._   The Last Lecture_._   New York City_:_  Hyperion_,_  2008_._  Print_._    

 

Silverstein_,_ Shel_._ The Giving Tree_._  New York City_:_  Harper Collins_,_ 1964_._ Print_._ 

 

 

NOTE TO INSTRUCTOR: MAKE SURE THE CITATIONS ARE PLACED IN ALPHABETICAL 

ORDER.  AND, MAKE SURE THE STUDENT PLACES THE WORDS "WORKS CITED"  

ABOVE THE CITATIONS.