MLA In-Text Citations

Which citation is correct?

• (Buffy Slays Academics 1)

• (Buffy Slays Academics 2008)

• ("Buffy Slays Academics")

• (BBC News Education)

What happens if your source does not have an author listed? 

• Make one up

• Leave it off, putting the page number only

• Use the source title instead 

• Use your teacher's name 

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

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

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

In MLA style, what should follow each quotation in prose?

• Author's first name

• Author's last name and page number

• Title of the work

• Date of publication

In MLA style, what should be used in the parenthetical citation for poetry?

• Page numbers

• Line numbers

• Author's initials

• Date of publication

Fill in the blank: The citation format for an internet document with no fixed pages or section numbers is ______.

• (Author page#)

• (as qtd. in Author page#)

• (Author. If no author, give Shortened Title)

• (Title act.scene)

Fill in the blank: The citation format for works in anthologies is ______.

• (Author page#)

• (Title act.scene)

• (as qtd. in Author page#)

• (Org or Corp Name page#)

What is the preferred way to cite two works by the same author?

• Use only the author's name

• Use a shortened form of the title with the author's name

• Use the full title and author's name

• Use page numbers only.