MLA Citation Practice

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism

• Because teachers say they should

• To make a paper harder

• Students shouldn't use it

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

Which citation is INCORRECT?

• English rocks (Ratliff 14).

• According to Ratliff, English rocks (14).

• Ratliff asserts that English rocks (14).

• English rocks (Ratliff, 14). 

Which citation is CORRECT?

• English is a complicated language (Roberts 33).

• English is a complicated language (Roberts, 33).

• Roberts believes that English is a complicated language (p. 33).

• According to Roberts, English is a complicated language (Roberts).

What is the correct in-text citation?

• (Kinderstransport, 1938-1940.).

• ("Kindertransport, 1938-1940".)

• (Kindertransport, 1938-1940).

• ("Kindertransport, 1938-1940").

What kind of source is the citation above?

• chapter in a book

• newspaper article

• entire website

• dictionary entry

What kind of source is the citation above?

• article on a website

• newspaper article

• book with one author

• book with two authors

What is the title of the book cited above?

• Cybernetics and Ghosts

• The Uses of Literature: Essays

• Harcourt

• Patrick Creagh

What is the publishing company for the source above?

• April Henry

• The Girl I Used to Be

• Henry Holt and Company

• 2016

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.