MLA Format

Which sentences correctly cite the quote from chapter 4, page 123 of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson? Select TWO that apply.

• "One might have supposed that the doctor had been watching from his office window" (Winesburg, Ohio page 123).

• "One might have supposed that the doctor had been watching from his office window" (Anderson 123).

• "One might have supposed that the doctor had been watching from his office window" (Anderson, Sherwood p. 123).

• Anderson writes, "One might have supposed that the doctor had been watching from his office window" (Winesburg, Ohio, 123).

• Anderson writes, "One might have supposed that the doctor had been watching from his office window" (123).

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which sentences correctly cite this quote from page 1 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice? Select three that apply.

• Austen begins by saying, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (1).

• "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (Austen, 1813).

• "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (Austen 1).

• Austen proclaims that "it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (1).

• "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (Pride and Prejudice, 1).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What needs to be changed to make this paper correctly follow MLA format?

• The instructor's name needs to be included in the heading.

• The title of the paper should be underlined.

• The paragraph should not be indented.

• The date should be next to the page number, not as part of the heading.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to MLA, which is the correct way to cite an in-text quote?

• (William Fennel)

• (Fennel 265)

• (12 Insects in the Rainforest by William Fennel)

• (pg. 265, Fennel)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to MLA, which Works Cited citation is correct?

Author: Maya Angelou

Text: "Caged Bird"

Book: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

Publisher: Random House

Date: 1994

• Angelou, Maya. "Caged Bird." Random House, 1994.

• Maya Angelou. "Caged Bird." The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou. Random House, 1994.

• "Caged Bird," by Maya Angelou. Random House, 1994.

• Angelou, Maya. "Caged Bird." The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou. Random House, 1994.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9