MLA Format in Text Citations

True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited.

• True

• False

A MLA in-text citation should be located:

• at the end of the sentence, before the period

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do not have to use an in-text citation.

• 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

Every citation has two parts. What are they?

• Summaries and Works Cited

• Exact words and quotations

• An author's exact words and the title of the book where they are found

• An in-citation and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page

Which of the following shows the proper order of punctuation for MLA format for a DIRECT quote.

• "Most students do not plagiarize intentionally" (Cleary).

• Most students do not plagiarize intentionally (Cleary).

• "Most students do not plagiarize intentionally." Cleary

• "Most students do not plagiarize intentionally" (Michelle Cleary).

If one of my citations is a book, the title is

• underlined in the citation.

• Italicized in the citation.

• is italicized and underlined.

• is not distinguished from the rest of the citation.

If my citation has no author

• the title is preceded by 5 dash marks.

• the citation is indented 5 spaces.

• the citation begins with the title at the left margin.

• citations without authors appear at the end of the works cited page.

When citing direct quotes, you need to provide in-text MLA citations. Which of the following is a correct in-text MLA citation?

• "I feel that Spring is coming. I feel it in my whole body and soul" (77).

• I feel that Spring is coming. I feel it in my whole body and soul (77).

• "I feel that Spring is coming. I feel it in my whole body and soul (77)."

• "I feel that Spring is coming. I feel it in my whole body and soul. (77)"

When citing direct quotes, you need to provide in-text MLA citations. Which of the following is a correct in-text MLA citation?

• "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself". (100).

• "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself". (100)

• "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" (100).

• What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself (100)