MLA In-Text Citation

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

• True

• False

If the author's last name is used in the sentence, then you ______ need it in the parentheses (for an in-text citation). 

• do

• don't

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

In-text citations are ____________________ source citations.

• the same thing as

• different from

In-text citations appear where in the paper?

• At the end

• Throughout

• At the beginning

• Nowhere

If the name of the article is really long, are you allowed to shorten it for an in-text citation?

• Yes

• No

When you paraphrase, you are using someone's ideas, and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source?

• Yes

• No

• Only sometimes

True or False?
"Only direct quotes need to be cited."

• True

• False

If available, what piece of information is the first thing that should go in a citation?

• Author's name

• Page number

• Website article title

• Website title

Which citation is INCORRECT?

• English rocks (Ratliff 14).

• According to Ratliff, English rocks (14).

• Ratliff asserts that English rocks (14).

• English rocks (Ratliff, 14).