MLA In Text

In MLA style, what should follow each quotation in prose?

• Author's first name

• Author's last name and page number

• Title of the work

• Date of publication

In MLA style, how should a question mark be placed if it is part of the quoted section?

• Inside the quotation

• Outside the quotation

• Before the quotation

• After the author's name.

In MLA style, what should be used in the parenthetical citation for poetry?

• Page numbers

• Line numbers

• Author's initials

• Date of publication

Fill in the blank: The citation format for an internet document with no fixed pages or section numbers is ______.

• (Author page#)

• (as qtd. in Author page#)

• (Author. If no author, give Shortened Title)

• (Title act.scene)

What is the preferred way to cite two works by the same author?

• Use only the author's name

• Use a shortened form of the title with the author's name

• Use the full title and author's name

• Use page numbers only.

What punctuation is used to insert the in-text citation? 

• parentheses ()

• quotation marks " " 

• underlining __

• none 

The in-text citation includes the first item that appears in the ___ entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name).

• article

• Works Cited

• comments

• Title

It is important to include in-text citations in your writing because you need to...

• Provide credit to the origin of the information

• Suggest the creator of the information is intelligent

• Indicate that the reader needs to learn more about the topic

• Imply that the reader is not intelligent

What happens if your source does not include a page number, such as a website?

• Make up a page number 

• Put "NO PAGE NUMBER"

• Do not include it

• Make it Page 1 

What happens if your source does not include the author's name?

• Make one up

• Leave it off, putting the page number only

• Use the source title instead 

• Use your teacher's name