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

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

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.

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)

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