MLA Citation

True or False: Information that is NOT considered common knowledge needs to be cited.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: Only direct quotes need to be cited.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A MLA in-text citation should be located:

• at the end of the sentence, before the period

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Cleary).

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations.

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations. (Cleary)

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Michelle Cleary).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the spacing of your text?

• Single

• 1.25"

• Double

• 1.50"

Why should students use MLA Format?

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How is the Works Cited page arranged?

• Alphabetically, by title of the work
• Alphabetically, by the author's first name
• Alphabetically, by the author's last name
• By publication year

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do not have to use an in-text citation.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• Use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS

• Use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes

• Use the URL

• Just skip it and do nothing

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D