MLA 9

Which quote and citation is properly formatted?  The information for the cited quote is the following

He was stone dead.

Edgar Allan Poe

page 85

• "He was stone dead. (Poe 85)"

• He was stone dead (Poe 85).

• "He was stone dead (Poe)."

• "He was stone dead" (Poe 85).

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

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How do you properly format this quotation and citation?

I smiled- for what had I now to fear?

Edgar Allan Poe

page 87

• "I smiled- for what had I now to fear? (Poe, 87)".

• "I smiled- for what had I now to fear?" (Poe 87).

• "I smiled- for what had I now to fear" (Poe 87)?

• "I smiled, for what had I now to fear?" (Poe, 87)

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

Paraphrasing another person's ideas or words does NOT require an in-text citation.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

Is the use of quotation and in-text citation correct?In The Hitchhiker, Ronald Adams asks the mechanic, "What about hitchhikers?" to which the mechanic replies, "(half-laughing) Hitchhikers- here?" (Fletcher 95). 

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

The four parts of an in-text citation are...

• open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses

• open parenteses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses

• parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

True or false? Information that is not considered common knowledge needs to be cited.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

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

• just after the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

• just before the information being cited

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

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."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What is the spacing of your text?

• Single

• Double

• 1.25

• 1.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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, p. 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" (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 7).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5