Integrating Quotes and MLA In-Text Citations

Original Quote: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."

Select the TWO correctly integrated this quotes.

• To show how different she and Prim are, Katniss explains, "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous" (Collins 5).

• Katniss explains to the reader how different she and Prim are. "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous" (Collins 5).

• Katniss asks: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous." (Collins 5).

• To show how different she and Prim are, Katniss says, "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous." (Collins 5).

What punctuation is needed in the sentence below?

Thoreau says that "we are determined to be starved before we are hungry."

• Thoreau says that "we are determined to be starved before we are hungry." (correct as is)

• Thoreau says that, "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."

• Thoreau says that; "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."

• Thoreau says that: "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Select the option below that is NOT an example of plagiarism.

• Summarizing the quotes in your own words with no citation.

• Copying/pasting from a source and merely changing a few words here and there

• Pasting a quote with quotation marks from a credible source into your paper and citing it using the author's last name and page.

• Using quotation marks and not including an in-text citation.

Choose the answer choice that uses correct MLA format.

• He exclaimed, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." (Orwell 1).

• He exclaimed, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen," (Orwell 1).

• He exclaimed, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" (Orwell 1).

• He exclaimed, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" (Orwell, 1).

Choose the answer with correct MLA format that you will use in your writing.

• He believes that people can "Seek freedom and become captive to [their] desires; seek discipline and find [their] liberty." (Hebert, 324).

• He believes that people can "Seek freedom and become captive to [their] desires; seek discipline and find [their] liberty" (324)

• He believes that people can "Seek freedom and become captive to [their] desires; seek discipline and find [their] liberty" (Hebert pg 324).

• He believes that people can "Seek freedom and become captive to [their] desires; seek discipline and find [their] liberty" (Hebert 324).

True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited.

• True

• False

What is the correct way to format this quote?

(hint: Bieber is the last name of the writer)

Bieber proclaimed, “I like girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls.” (Bieber, p. 185).

• Correct as is.

• Bieber proclaimed, “I like girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls” (185).

• Bieber proclaimed, “I like girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls.” (Bieber 185).

• Bieber proclaimed, “I like girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls.” (p. 185).

True or false: When paraphrasing or putting information in your own words, you must include an in-text citation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If I included the author’s last name in my lead-in sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

• True
• False

Choose the quote that is best introduced correctly.

• The man explains what he believes. "The United States was founded on the belief that all men are created equal" (Jefferson).

• With conviction and integrity, he argues that "the United States was founded on the belief that all men are created equal" (Jefferson).

• "The United States was founded on the belief that all men are created equal" (Jefferson).

• He says "the United States was founded on the belief that all men are created equal" (Jefferson).