MLA Quote Lesson

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).

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."

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

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).

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).

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

• True

• False

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).

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

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.”

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).