MLA Format, Plagiarism, and Integrating Quotes

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271).

• Aers and Stanley (1996) stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion.

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

Correct MLA citations will help you

• give credit to those who did the research

• avoid being accused of plagiarism

• look more credible and help you win arguments

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

A source (video, website, book) needs to be cited when you...

• directly quote from them

• when you summarize or paraphrase them

• when you use numerical data (statistics, charts, graphs) from them

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.8

Original Quote: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."

Which is the best way to integrate this quote?

• To show how different she and Prim are, Katniss explains, "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous" (Collins 5).

• Katniss explains to the reader how different she and Prim are. "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."

• Katniss explains: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous." (Collins 5).

• To show how different she and Prim are, Katniss says: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous." (Collins 5).

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Select the option below that is NOT an example of plagiarism.

• Copying/pasting from a source, not using quotation marks, and passing the words off as your own

• Copying/pasting from a source and merely changing a few words here and there

• Pasting a quote with quotation marks from a credible source into your paper and citing it using the author's last name and page.

• Using quotation marks but forgetting to CITE your sources

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CCSS.W.11-12.8

Choose the answer choice that uses correct MLA format.

• "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." (Orwell 1).

• "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen," (Orwell 1).

• "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" (Orwell 1).

• "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" (Orwell, 1).

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

Choose the answer with correct MLA format.

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty." (Hebert, 324).

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty" (Hebert 324)

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty" (Hebert pg 324).

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty" (Hebert 324).

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.9-10.9

Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:

Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. 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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