MLA Format

The citation format that we use in English class is:

• MLA

• APA

• Chicago

• BBC

MLA stands for

• Modern Language Association

• Mental Liability Alternatives

• Modern Laboratory Answers

• Max Loves Anna

What do you include in parenthetical citation?

• author's last name and page number

• book title and page number

• author's last name and book title

• author's first and last name

You put your in-text citation inside of...

• "quotation marks"

• (parentheses)

• [brackets]

• $dollar signs$

Which of these in-text citations is formatted correctly?

• (Roth 179)

• (Oats, 35)

• "To Kill a Mockingbird 23"

• [Romeo and Juliet 125]

Why do we cite our sources?

• To get an A on our assignment

• To avoid plagiarism

• To use quotation marks

• To write our topic sentence

Why do you need to cite information?

• to show where we got our information

• so that a paper is longer

• so that a paper takes more time to complete

• so someone else doesn't steal my work

The MLA in-text or parenthetical citation should be located _________________.

• just after the information being cited

• just before the information cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

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

• True

• False

Which of the following does NOT need to be cited?

• exact words of an author

• Purchased music, lyrics, and videos

• Pictures, graphs, and photos found on the Internet

• Your own words and ideas