In-Text Citations

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

According to Snuffy Smith, “The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

• How to Go to College

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless” (234). 
Is this in text citation correct? 

• No, it needs the author's name
• Yes

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• How to Go to College

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless.” 
How do I add an in text citation to this? 

• author's full name in the sentence
• author's last name and page number in parenthesis
• page number in quotation marks
• author's last name and page number underlined

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless” (Smith 234). 
Is this in text citation correct? 

• yes
• no

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless.” "Smith 234."
Is this in text citation correct? 

• Yes
• No, it needs parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

“Most workplaces don’t have that many parties,” so academics are more important to consider than partying when selecting a college (Abner 33). 
Is this in text citation correct? 

• Yes
• No

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Yokum Abner writes that, “Most workplaces don’t have that many parties,” so academics are more important to consider than partying when selecting a college (33).

Is this in text citation correct?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• True

• False

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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/paranthetical citation should be located:

• just after the information being cited

• 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