MLA Signal Phrases and Parenthetical Citations #2

What is the correct format for a paranthetical MLA citation?

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith p. 5).

• .(Smith 5)

• (Smith, 5).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

A MLA parenthetical citation should be located:

• just after the information being cited

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism
• Because teachers say they should
• To make a paper harder
• Students shouldn't use it

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Toronto:
        Random House, 1998.

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen 7).
  
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (7).
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (The Argument Culture 7).
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen, p. 7).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What information do you include if there is no known author of a source? 

• Publication date
• Title of the source
• Publisher name
• You do not need to cite this source

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What is the correct parenthetical citation to use in the paper if the citation is:
"Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior
             High, 6 September 2016. Web. 5 January 2017.

• ("Humanities Rocks").
• (Humanities Rocks).
• ("Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. Web. 2017).
• (No author).

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

If I included the author’s last name in my lead-in sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

You are quoting an article with page numbers. Which in-text citation is correct?

• Smith claims that "many students struggle with MLA citation" (Smith 14).

• Smith claims that "many students struggle with MLA citation" (14).

• Citing sources can be complicated, and "many students struggle with MLA citation" (14).

• Citing sources can be complicated, and "many students struggle with MLA citation" (Smith).

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

Which in-text citation is correct?

• It has been said that "artificial intelligence is the future (Wood 5)."

• It has been said that "artificial intelligence is the future". (Wood 5).

• It has been said that "artificial intelligence is the future" (Wood 5).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

Why do you need to cite information?

• to avoid plagiarism
• so that a paper is longer
• so that a paper takes more time to complete
• so someone else doesn't steal my work

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CCSS.W.9-10.8