E1.R.1. MLA Citations

True or False: I can use someone else's work, word-for-word, without giving them credit.

• True

• False

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Why should students use MLA format?

• to avoid plagiarism

• to make you more credible

• to make a paper harder

• because the teacher says so

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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CCSS.RL.5.1

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Which is the correct format?

• . (Smith 5)

• (Smith p. 5).

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith, 5).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A MLA in-text citation should be located:

• at the end of the sentence, before the period

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When citing a website, MLA requires the URL to be included.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The LAST thing in an MLA citation is-

• The author's name

• The title

• The URL or name of newspaper

• The date you accessed/viewed the source

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Correct MLA citations will help you

• give credit to those who did the research

• avoid being accused of plagiarism

• look more credible and help you win arguments

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The reservoir in Central Park once received water from Westchester County's Croton River________________

Source: Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte, page 19. Published by Bloomsbury, New York 2008:

• (19).

• (Elizabeth Royte 19).

• (Royt 19).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following citations follows MLA guidelines:

• Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999.

• Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999.

• Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray. 1999

• Henley, Patricia. "The Hummingbird House" MacMurray, 1999.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: Punctuation, abbreviations, capitalization, and italics DO matter in MLA citations.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9