MLA Parenthetical Citations

Do you have to cite a quote?

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Do you have to cite your own ideas?

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Do you have to cite facts and opinions you got from a source?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is the purpose of an in-text citation?

• To tell the reader what source to look at in the Works Cited page

• To help the reader find the source with a Google search

• To prove that you are able to do research

• To show that a source is credible

I read the MLK biography on Ducksters and learned some cool things about King. Do I have to cite Ducksters when I put those facts in my paper?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

The citation format that we use in English class is:

• MLA

• APA

• Chicago

• BBC

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

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

• "quotation marks"

• (parentheses)

• [brackets]

• $dollar signs$

Tags

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]

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2