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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise MLA 3-4
Integrating sources in MLA papers
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Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then decide whether each student sample uses the source correctly. If the student has made an error in using the source, click on Error; if the student sample is correct, click on OK.
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
Most of us think that S.U.V.s are much safer than sports cars. If you asked the young parents of America whether they would rather strap their infant child in the back seat of the TrailBlazer [a Chevrolet SUV] or the passenger seat of the Boxster [a Porsche sports car], they would choose the TrailBlazer. We feel that way because in the TrailBlazer our chances of surviving a collision with a hypothetical tractor-trailer in the other lane are greater than they are in the Porsche. What we forget, though, is that in the TrailBlazer you’re also much more likely to hit the tractor-trailer because you can’t get out of the way in time. In the parlance of the automobile world, the TrailBlazer is better at “passive safety.” The Boxster is better when it comes to “active safety,” which is every bit as important.
From Gladwell, Malcolm. “Big and Bad.” The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2004, pp. 28-33.
[The source passage is from page 31.]
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Correct. This sentence is acceptable. The student has put quotation marks around the exact words from the source and has handled the MLA citation correctly, putting the name of the author in a signal phrase and the page number in parentheses. For more help, see section MLA-3.
Sorry. This sentence is acceptable. The student has put quotation marks around the exact words from the source and has handled the MLA citation correctly, putting the name of the author in a signal phrase and the page number in parentheses. For more help, see section MLA-3.
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Correct. The sentence is unacceptable. The phrase active safety is enclosed in quotation marks in the source; single quotation marks are required for a quotation within a quotation. In addition, the student has failed to use an ellipsis mark to indicate that the word which is omitted from the quotation. The following is an acceptable revision: Gladwell argues that “‘active safety’ . . . is every bit as important” as a vehicle’s ability to withstand a collision (31). For more help, see section MLA-3.
Sorry. The sentence is unacceptable. The phrase active safety is enclosed in quotation marks in the source; single quotation marks are required for a quotation within a quotation. In addition, the student has failed to use an ellipsis mark to indicate that the word which is omitted from the quotation. The following is an acceptable revision: Gladwell argues that “‘active safety’ . . . is every bit as important” as a vehicle’s ability to withstand a collision (31). For more help, see section MLA-3.
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Correct. This passage is unacceptable. The second sentence is a dropped quotation. Quotations should be introduced with a signal phrase, usually naming the author. The following is an acceptable revision: A majority of drivers can, indeed, be wrong. As Malcolm Gladwell points out, “Most of us think that S.U.V.s are much safer than sports cars” (31). For more help, see section MLA-3.
Sorry. This passage is unacceptable. The second sentence is a dropped quotation. Quotations should be introduced with a signal phrase, usually naming the author. The following is an acceptable revision: A majority of drivers can, indeed, be wrong. As Malcolm Gladwell points out, “Most of us think that S.U.V.s are much safer than sports cars” (31). For more help, see section MLA-3.
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Correct. This sentence is acceptable. The student has introduced the quotation with a signal phrase and has used square brackets to indicate the change from you to they to fit the grammar of the sentence. For more help, see section MLA-3.
Sorry. This sentence is acceptable. The student has introduced the quotation with a signal phrase and has used square brackets to indicate the change from you to they to fit the grammar of the sentence. For more help, see section MLA-3.
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Correct. This sentence is unacceptable. The student has changed the wording of the source (of surviving) to fit the grammar of the sentence (to survive) but has not indicated the change with brackets. The following is an acceptable revision: Gladwell explains that most people expect an SUV “[to survive] a collision with a hypothetical tractor-trailer in the other lane” (31). For more help, see section MLA-3.
Sorry. This sentence is unacceptable. The student has changed the wording of the source (of surviving) to fit the grammar of the sentence (to survive) but has not indicated the change with brackets. The following is an acceptable revision: Gladwell explains that most people expect an SUV “[to survive] a collision with a hypothetical tractor-trailer in the other lane” (31). For more help, see section MLA-3.
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