MLA In-Text Citations

Which of the following is an example of citing an indirect source?

• Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

• Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.

• Franck, Caroline, et al. “Agricultural Subsidies and the American Obesity Epidemic.” American Journal of Preventative Medicine, vol. 45, no. 3, Sept. 2013, pp. 327-333.

• Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social service centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman 259).

The ___________ and page number are included in an in-text citation.

• author's last name

• author's first name

• URL

• publication date

In-text citations are ____________________ source citations.

• the same thing as

• different from

If the author's last name is used in the sentence, then you ______ need it in the parentheses (for an in-text citation). 

• do

• don't

MLA uses commas to separate the author and page number - like this - (Green, 15). 

• true

• false

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS

• use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes

• use the URL

• just skip it and do nothing

If the name of the article is really long, are you allowed to shorten it for an in-text citation? 

• yes

• no

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

Your in-text citation includes the first item that appears in the ______________ entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name, film name).

• article

• Works Cited

• comments

• Title

“Most workplaces don’t have that many parties,” so academics are more important to consider than partying when selecting a college (Abner 33). 
Is this in text citation correct? 

• Yes

• No