MLA In-Text Citation Rules

What is the correct citation for this quotation from Of Mice and Men?

• "You drink some, George. You take a good big drink." (Steinbeck 7)

• "You drink some, George. You take a good big drink" (Steinbeck 7).

• "You drink some, George. You take a good big drink." (Steinbeck 7).

• "You drink some, George. You take a good big drink. (Steinbeck 7)"

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.

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.

The student is citing material from page 167 of the following essay in an anthology:

Franzen, Jonathan. "David Foster Wallace." Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, edited by Dave Eggers, Mariner Books, 2009, pp. 167–71.

• Details for David Foster Wallace were "a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being" (Franzen 167).

• Details for David Foster Wallace were "a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being" (167).

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.

The student is citing the following online work; its author is unknown:

"114,000 iPads Hacked." CNN.com, Cable News Network, 10 June 2010, cnn.com/videos/tech/2010/06/10/nr.levs.ipad.security.breach.cnn. Accessed 11 June 2010.

• According to CNN, as many as 114,000 new iPad owners were left vulnerable after hackers took advantage of security lapses and gathered private user information (CNN.com).

• As many as 114,000 new iPad owners were left vulnerable after hackers took advantage of security lapses and gathered private user information ("114,000 iPads").

Where do you find the bibliography/works cited page in an essay?

• You don't need one.

• At the end of your paper, on a separate page.

• Attached to the essay, on the same page.

• At the beginning of your essay.

How do you organize your works cited page and do you number the entries?

• in any order, no numbering

• the order you access the sources

• alphabetically, numbered

• alphabetically, no numbering

Which quote and citation is properly formatted?

"He was stone dead."

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Page: 85

• "He was stone dead." (Poe 85).

• "He was stone dead." (Poe 85)

• "He was stone dead" (Poe, 85).

• "He was stone dead" (Poe 85).

What is proper MLA in text citation for Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son"?

• "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" (Hughes).

• "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" (Hughes line 2).

• "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. (Hughes)"

• "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." (Hughes).