In-Text Citations MLA

Which is the Correct In-text citation?

• Are police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as, "majoritarian pigs?" (3)

• Are police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as "majoritarian pigs"? (3).

• Are the police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as "majoritarian pigs"? (Coates 3)

• Are the police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as "majoritarian pigs" (Coates 3)?

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Does MLA in-text citation require a Works Cited Page?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• MLA Citations does not require a Works Cited Page; APA Citations require a Works Cited Page.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which is the correct in-text citation?

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it" (Orwell)

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it." (Orwell 3)

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it" (Orwell 3).

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it". (Orwell 3)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which is the Correct In-Text Citation?

• "Don't let the muggles get you down." (J.K. Rowling 6)

• "Don't let the muggles get you down." (Rowling 6)

• "Don't let the muggles get you down" (Rowling 6).

• (Rowling 6): "Don't let the muggles get you down."

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the right format for a MLA in-text citation?

• He states, "Cats are fat (Smith 44)".

• (Smith 1987) states, "Cats are fat."

• He states, "Cats are fat" (Smith 44).

• He (p.44) states, "Cats are fat" (Smith).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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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?

• According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of the workers only put forth half of their effort (Jenkins 4).

• According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of

  the workers only put forth half of their effort (4).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the correct in-text citation?

• (Berenbaum and Kramer 132).

• (Berenbaum, Kramer 132).

• (Berenbaum and Kramer).

• (Berenbaum and Kramer 132)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA 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.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

You have two sources that support the same idea. What is the proper in-text citation for page 16 by Carol Williams and page 34 by George Roth?

• (Williams and Roth).

• (Williams 16, Roth 34).

• (Williams 16; Roth 34).

• 16 (Williams); 34 (Roth).

Answer explanation

MLA requires a semicolon between sources when more than one source is being cited in an in-text citation.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2