MLA In-Text Citations

True or False: Only direct quotes need to be cited.

• True

• False

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Cleary).

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations.

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations. (Cleary)

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Michelle Cleary).

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source. 

• True

• False

If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do not have to use an in-text citation.

• True

• False

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• Use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS

• Use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes

• Use the URL

• Just skip it and do nothing

Every citation has two parts. What are they?

• Summaries and Works Cited

• Exact words and quotations

• An author's exact words and the title of the book where they are found

• An in-citation and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page

Which of the following shows the proper order of punctuation for MLA format for a DIRECT quote.

• "Most students do not plagiarize intentionally" (Cleary).

• Most students do not plagiarize intentionally (Cleary).

• "Most students do not plagiarize intentionally." Cleary

• "Most students do not plagiarize intentionally" (Michelle Cleary).

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism

• Because teachers say they should

• To make a paper harder

• Students shouldn't use it

Which of the following does NOT need to be cited?

• exact words of an author

• Purchased music, lyrics, and videos

• Pictures, graphs, and photos found on the Internet

• Your own words and ideas

Select which parenthetical citation is PROPERLY DONE from the options below.

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)

• (Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately