MLA In-Text Citation

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)"

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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").

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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).

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

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).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9