MLA In-Text Citations

The citation format that we use in English class is:

• MLA

• APA

• Chicago

• BBC

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MLA stands for

• Modern Language Association

• Mental Liability Alternatives

• Modern Laboratory Answers

• Max Loves Anna

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do you include in an in-text citation?

• author's last name and page number

• book title and page number

• author's last name and book title

• author's first and last name

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

You put your in-text citation inside of...

• "quotation marks"

• (parentheses)

• [brackets]

• $dollar signs$

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these in-text citations is formatted correctly?

• (Roth 179)

• (Oats, 35)

• "To Kill a Mockingbird 23"

• [Romeo and Juliet 125]

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Which on of these in-text citations is formatted correctly?

• (Cisneros 23)

• (Harry Potter 73)

• (Donald Trump 45)

• (Miller, 4)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why do we cite our sources?

• To get an A on our assignment

• To show our reader where we got our information

• To use quotation marks

• To write our topic sentence

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When do you use "quotion marks?"

• When you copy a direct quote from the author.

• When you write the author's idea but use your own words.

• When you write your own idea.

• When you aren't sure who wrote it.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

You don't have to use an in-text citation when you write the author's idea in your own words.

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

You don't have to write an in-text citation when you copy the author and use "quotation marks."

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9