MLA Quotes

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

Which is the best way to integrate this quote?

• 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."

• 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).

• 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).

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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."

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

• Copying/pasting from a source, not using quotation marks, and passing the words off as your own

• 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 but forgetting to CITE your sources

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Choose the answer choice that uses correct MLA format.

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

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

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

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

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Choose the answer with correct MLA format.

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty." (Hebert, 324).

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty" (Hebert 324)

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty" (Hebert pg 324).

• "Seek freedom and become captive to your desires; seek discipline and find your liberty" (Hebert 324).

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

• True

• False

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Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:

Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. 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).

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If there is no author, which of the following is a proper citation for the works cited page?

• "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com

• No Author. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com

• New York Times. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, R. 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com

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The source listed below does not have an author. What should be listed in the in-text or parenthetical citation?

“Jane Austen Biography.” Biography, A&E Television Networks, 25 June 2019, https://www.biography.com/writer/jane-austen. Date of Access: 01 October 2019

• Jane Austen’s mother wrote humorous poetry, and both parents “encouraged their children to spend a great deal of time reading and writing” ("Jane Austen").

• Jane Austen’s mother wrote humorous poetry, and both parents “encouraged their children to spend a great deal of time reading and writing” (A & E Networks).

• Jane Austen’s mother wrote humorous poetry, and both parents “encouraged their children to spend a great deal of time reading and writing” (Biography).

• Jane Austen’s mother wrote humorous poetry, and both parents “encouraged their children to spend a great deal of time reading and writing.”

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What is the correct way to format this quote?

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).

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