MLA Format in Text Citations

Which of the following would be the correct way for me (your teacher) to include the needed information for the inserted header in an essay that I'm writing in MLA?

• Emily, 1

• Emily 1

• Loftus 1

• Loftus, 1

When including someone else's information, what must I do in order to give them credit and not be accused of plagiarism?

• Cite your sources within your essay

• Email your teacher the links of your sources

What information should MLA in-text citations include when possible? 

• Author's first name and page number

• Publication date and page number

• Author's last name and page number

• Author's first and last name

Which in-text citation is correct? 

• This point has been argued before (Frye 197). 

• This point has been argued before. (Frye 197). 

• This point has been argued before (Gleen Frye 197).

• This point has been argued before (Frye, 197). 

You shouldn't use the author's last name in the citation if the author's name appears in text.

• True

• False

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not given?

• Author and publication year: (Doe, 2007)

• Author, publication year, and page number (preceded by p.): (Doe, 2007, p. 25)

• Author and page number separated by a comma: (Doe, 25)

• Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25)

Which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style?

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271).

• Aers and Stanley (1996) stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271).

• Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion.

Choose the answer with correct MLA format.

• “My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,

  ...Behold him there, the monarch of the seas!” (Austen, 126).

• “My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,

  ...Behold him there, the monarch of the seas (Austen 126)!

• “My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,

  ...Behold him there, the monarch of the seas! (Austen 126)”.

• “My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,

  ...Behold him there, the monarch of the seas!” (Austen 126).

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses

• True

• False

Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text.

• True

• False