In-Text Citations Quiz

What is an in-text citation?

• A citation in a bibliography

• a shortened citation at the end of a sentence in a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.8

What two pieces of information should be included in the in-text citation?

• Page numbers, URL

• Article title and author

• Author's last name and page number

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

What are the two reasons we use in-text citations? Choose two answers.

• To make the text easier to read

• To give credit to authors

• To allow readers to find the original source of the information

True or false: Each in-text citation corresponds directly to an entry on the Works Cited page.

• True

• False

Correct the following in-text citation: (Smith 23.)

• (Smith p. 23).

• (Smith, 23.)

• (Smith 23).

Correct the following in-text citation: ("Education in America," 45).

• ("Education in America" 45).

• ("Education in America," 45.)

• ("Education in America" 45.)

Correct the following in-text citation: (Brown, Miller 100).

• (Brown et al. 100)

• (Brown and Miller, 100).

• (Brown and Miller 100).

Correct the following in-text citation from page 45 of a book: Smith says, "Plagiarism is wrong."

• Smith says, "Plagiarism is wrong." (45)

• Smith says, "Plagiarism is wrong" (45).

• Smith says, "Plagiarism is wrong." (45).

What is the correct MLA in-text citation for: A book by Jane Doe, page 34.

• (Doe 34).

• (Doe, 34).

• (Doe p. 34).

What is the correct MLA in-text citation for: An article by John Green and Sarah Black, page 56.

• (Green and Black, 56).

• (Green and Black 56.).

• (Green and Black 56).