MLA In-text Citations

What is the correct format for a parenthetical MLA citation?

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith p. 5).

• .(Smith 5)

• (Smith, 5).

True or False. You only need to cite information when you're quoting from the source.

• True

• False

A MLA in-text/parenthetical citation should be located:

• just after the information being cited

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

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

What is the correct parenthetical citation to use in the paper if the citation is:
"Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. fortdodgesenior.com/123456

• ("Humanities Rocks").

• (Humanities Rocks).

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

• (No author).

 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 10)

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

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

When quoting, you must introduce the quote in some way.

• True

• False

How is the Works Cited page arranged?

• Alphabetically, by title of the work

• Alphabetically, by the author's first name

• Alphabetically, by the author's last name

• By publication year

Which of the following is a proper citation in a Work Cited page?

• "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, Ryan. New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com/123456

• Foreman, Ryan. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com/123456

• New York Times. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, Ryan. 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com/123456

• Foreman, Ryan "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out" New York Times 16 Feb. 1999 www.nytimes.com/123456

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