MLA In text Citation

What punctuation do you use to insert the in text citation? 

• parenthesis ()
• quotation marks " " 
• underlining __
• none 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Your 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, film name).

• article

• Works Cited

• comments

• Title

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Revkin, Andrew C. “Clinton on Climate Change.” The New York Times, 17 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/1194817109438/clinton-on-climate-change.html. Accessed 29 July 2016.

Which citation is correct? 

• (Revkin)

• Revkin

• (Clinton on Climate Change 1)

• (Clinton on Climate Change 2007)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

"Buffy Slays Academics." BBC News Education. 7 Nov. 2001. BBC. Web. 8 July 2008 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1642829.stm>.

Which citation is correct?

• (Buffy Slays Academics 1)

• (Buffy Slays Academics 2008)

• ("Buffy Slays Academics")

• (BBC News Education)

What happens if your source does not have a page number? (most websites...)

• Make up a page number 

• Put "NO PAGE NUMBER"

• leave it off 

• Make it Page 1 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What happens if your source does not have an author listed? 

• Make one up
• Leave it off, putting the page number only
• Use the source title instead 
• Use your teacher's name 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

According to Snuffy Smith, “The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

• How to Go to College

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless” (234). 
Is this in text citation correct? 

• No, it needs the author's name
• Yes

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

 How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless” (________________). 
What goes inside the parenthesis?

• Author's last name and page number
• author's full name
• page number
• source title

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless.” "Smith 234."
Is this in text citation correct? 

• Yes
• No, it needs parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2