In-Text Citation

The placement of an in-text or parenthetical citation within a paper is important.  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

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

The four parts of an in-text citation are...

• open parentheses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses

• parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers:

Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

• According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).

• According to a 2008 study ("Stuck on You"), drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Unless you must list the Web site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entry, do not include URLs in-text.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When you paraphrase you are using someone's ideas and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source? 

• yes

• no

• only sometimes

• only once

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Unless you must list the Web site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entry, do not include URLs in-text.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Revkin, Andrew C. “Clinton on Climate Change.” The New York Times, 17 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/1194817109438/clinton-on-climate-change.html. Accessed 29 July 2016.
Which citation is correct? 

• (Revkin)

• Revkin

• (Clinton on Climate Change 1)

• (Clinton on Climate Change 2007)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

All of these questions ask you if the in-text citation is correct or incorrect for MLA style citations. Correct citations have the authors last name and page number within parentheses like this: "A person's a person no matter how small" (Seuss 15). The period goes at the end of the citation, not at the end of the sentence. If the sentence you're quoting ends in a question mark or exclamation point, keep it and also put a period at the end of the citation. Like this: "You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!” (Seuss 24).

• Last name... page number... got it

• Period at the end of citation -- easy

• Keep the question mark, okey dokey

• Exclamation points stay... I got this.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is the correct way to cite a book in-text using MLA format?

• (Smith 23)

• Smith 23

• (23 Smith)

• 23 (Smith)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When quoting a source directly, where should the in-text citation be placed?

• Before the quote

• After the quote

• In the middle of the quote

• At the end of the paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9