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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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). 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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).

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9