MLA Format

What citation elements do you include in your essay text?

• author's last name

• author's full name

• author's last name and the page number

• page number

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What punctuation do you use to insert the in text citation? 

• parenthesis ()

• quotation marks " " 

• underlining __

• none 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If you already mention the author's name, do you have to list it again in your in text citation? 

• Yes

• No 

• Maybe, depends on a weird circumstance 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless” (________________). What goes inside the parenthesis?

• Author's last name and page number

• author's full name

• page number

• source title

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• How to Go to College

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The author's name should be arranged

• First name, last name

• Last name only

• Last name, first name

• First name last name

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following author names is correctly formatted for an MLA works cited page?

• Gary Johnson

• Johnson, Gary

• Johnson Gary

• Gary, Johnson

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What happens if your source does not have a page number? Most websites do not after all! 

• Make up a page number 

• Put "NO PAGE NUMBER"

• leave it off 

• Make it Page 1 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What happens if your source does not have an author listed? 

• Make one up

• Leave it off, putting the page number only

• Use the source title instead 

• Use your teacher's name 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How are entries organized on a Works Cited page?

• Alphabetically

• In the order they appear in the paper.

• By length

• Randomly

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9