English I Benchmark

A MLA in-text/paranthetical citation should be located:

• just after the information being cited

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

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

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately," (Smith 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p. 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith 10)

• (Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately."

Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Toronto:
        Random House, 1998.

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen 7).
  
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (7).
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (The Argument Culture 7).
• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen, p. 7).

What information do you include if there is no known author of a source? 

• Publication date
• Title of the source
• Publisher name
• You do not need to cite this source

The placement of an in-text or parenthetical citation within a paper is important.  Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below.

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).
• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)
• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)
• (Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately

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

If available, what piece of information is the first thing that should go in a citation?

• Author's name

• Page number

• Website article title

• Website title

Select the answer that directly cites textual evidence correctly, according to MLA format.

• I want to pluck the moon from the sky (Terry 103).

• "I want to pluck the moon from the sky," (Terry 103).

• "I want to pluck the moon from the sky."

• "I want to pluck the moon from the sky" (Terry 103).

Select the answer that directly cites textual evidence correctly, according to MLA format.

• "Annoying tics" (terry 113)

• "annoying tics" (terry 113)

• "Annoying tics." (Terry 113)

• "Annoying tics" (Terry 113).

In-Text Citation: Choose the correct in-text citation listed below.

• Poe makes it clear that he has a difficult and depressing outlook on life: “Of a demon in my view.” (283).

• Poe makes it clear that he has a difficult and depressing outlook on life: “Of a demon in my view” (283).

• Poe makes it clear that he has a difficult and depressing outlook on life: “Of a demon in my view” (Poe 283).