Punctuating Citations

What is the correct format for a paranthetical MLA citation?

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith p. 5).

• .(Smith 5)

• (Smith, 5).

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

An MLA in-text/paranthetical citation should be located:

• before the period at the end of the sentence.

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.3A

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately" (Smith 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p. 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith 10)

• (Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately."

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism
• Because teachers say they should
• To make a paper harder
• Students shouldn't use it

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Toronto:
        Random House, 1998.

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen 7).
  
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (7).
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (The Argument Culture 7).
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen, p. 7).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What information do you include if there is no known author of a source? 

• Publication date
• Title of the source
• Publisher name
• You do not need to cite this source

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What is the correct parenthetical citation to use in the paper if the citation is:

"Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior

High, 6 September 2016. Web. 5 January 2017.

• ("Humanities").

• (Humanities Rocks).

• ("Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. Web. 2017).

• (No author).

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

One should introduce a quote with a transition.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.9-10.2C

If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do not have to use a parenthetical citation.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.5.2

CCSS.L.1.2B

If I included the author’s last name in my lead-in sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5