MLA Style

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly?

• Author and publication year: (Doe, 2007)

• Author, publication year, and page number: (Doe, 2007, p. 25)

• Author and page number separated by a comma: (Doe, 25)

• Author and page number without punctuation (Doe 25)

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

• True

• False

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To cite an anonymous source in-text, what information should be included in parentheses?

• The word anonymous and the page number: (Anonymous 25)

• The full source title and the page number: (The Wonderful World of Documentation 25)

• The shortened form of the title and the page number: (Wonderful World 25)

• The page number: (25)

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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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"In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using [blank] citations."

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How can The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark be shortened for in-text citations?

• The Tragedy of Hamlet

• Prince of Denmark

• Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

• Hamlet

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When do you need to include an in-text citation?

• When you paraphrase information from a source used in your paper.

• You don't need to use in-text citations.

• When you include a direct quotation.

• Whenever you need more sources in your paper.

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