In-Text Citations and Signal Phrases

 Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers:

Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

• According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).
• According to a 2008 study ("Stuck on You"), drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Unless you must list the Web site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entry, do not include URLs in-text.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In-text citations appear where in the paper? 

• at the end
• throughout
• at the beginning
• nowhere

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do we call facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be known by a lot of people? 

• plagiarism
• quoting
• paraphrasing
• common knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MLA stands for _______.

• More Love Always
• My Lovely Aunt
• Monkeys Lose Apples
• Modern Language Association

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When you paraphrase you are using someone's ideas and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source? 

• yes
• no
• only sometimes
• only once

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The placement of an in-text or parenthetical citation within a paper is important.  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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Revkin, Andrew C. “Clinton on Climate Change.” The New York Times, 17 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/1194817109438/clinton-on-climate-change.html. Accessed 29 July 2016.
Which citation is correct? 

• (Revkin)
• Revkin
• (Clinton on Climate Change 1)
• (Clinton on Climate Change 2007)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"Buffy Slays Academics." BBC News Education. 7 Nov. 2001. BBC. Web. 8 July 2008
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1642829.stm>.

• (Buffy Slays Academics 1)
• (Buffy Slays Academics 2008)
• (Buffy Slays Academics)
• (BBC News Education)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2