In Text Citation MLA one book or short story and one author

In Text Citation MLA

Book or short story. One author only

In text citation for a novel or short story

One author only

Multiple Choice

When must you use an in text citation?

• Any time you use information from an outside source, whether it is paraphrase or a direct quote.

• Only when you use a direct quote

• Whenever it is your original idea.

Multiple Choice

If the citation follows a direct quote, punctuation goes outside the quotation marks after the citation?

The results were “highly unusual” (Smith 22).

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Where does an in text citation occur?

• An in-text citation appears at the beginning of the sentence.

• An in-text citation appears in parentheses at the end of the sentence.

• An in-text citation occurs in the middle of a sentence.

Multiple Choice

What starts an in-text citation? (____).

• The in-text citation begins with the book/article title

• The in-text citation begins with the author’s first name

• The in-text citation begins with the author’s last name

Multiple Choice

If a page number is available, do you use it?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

When listing the page number, it follows the author’s last name, and is not separated by comma.

(Smith 22)

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

If you mention the authors name in the sentence, do you need to include it in parenthetically?

• Yes

• No

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