MLA Internal/External Citations

The best way to use a quotation in a paragraph is to

• introduce it or weave it into the sentence

• drop it in with no introduction

• give the reader a summary first

• make it as long as possible

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Page numbers for newspaper articles in internal citations should be preceded with...

• pgs.

• page no. or p

• nothing

• either pgs., page no., or p

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When citing from any source inside the paper, only use initials for the author's first name.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In MLA style you briefly credit sources with internal citations in the text and give the complete description of each source in your Works Cited list.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If you want to quote a line from page 7 of the article "Cyberbully," which of the following would be the correct format for the internal citation? *There is not known author

• ("Cyberbully", P. 7)

• ("Cyberbully" p, 7)

• ("Cyberbully" 7)

• ("Cyberbully", 7)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Work(s) Cited page?

• it is after the essay

• it is double-spaced

• it is in hanging indent

• it is in front of the essay

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When choosing quotations for an essay, the best strategy is to...

• be as random as possible

• select purposeful quotes that can be introduced and explained

• look for the longest quotes

• use a quote that will make the reader more interested

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

For in-text citations from a book, the author's last name and page number should be included in the in-text citation if the author's name is not mentioned in the sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

You should end a sentence with a period before you include the in-text citation in parenthesis.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is wrong with the following internal citation?

Jupiter, Janie and Suellen Powers. The Nitty Gritty Lit Book, Banter Pressm 1991.

• the title of the book should be underlined or italized

• the authors' first initials should be given, not their full first names

• the page numbers should always be listed for a book

• instead of a comma there should be a colon

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9