MLA In-text Citations

What should be included in the SIGNAL PHRASE?

• The page number

• Parenthesis

• The author's name and/or the title of the source

• a period

After the source, what should be included in a signal phrase?

• The direct quote

• A strong present-tense verb followed by a comma or colon

• page number

• a period

Choose the correct signal phrase

• It says,

• He writes,

• In "The Pedestrian" Bradbury writes,

• Here's my quote,

In "The Pedestrian" Bradbury...

A direct quote is...

• a summary of the text

• exact words from the author in quotation marks

• your thoughts

• ended with a period

Does a period end a direct quote?

• Yes

• Never

How can you use "ellipses" (...) in a direct quote?

• to be continued...

• to confuse the reader

• to pause

• to omit needless words (leave out words that don't matter)

What is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (Bradbury, par. 2)

• (Bradbury par. 1).

• (3).

• (Bradbury,par.3)

What punctuation mark always comes after the parenthetical citation?

• .

• ?

• :

• ,

Put this in-text citation in the correct order.

• ,

• ( par. 2)

• Bradbury states

• "...a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows"

• .