EXERCISE MLA 3–3 Integrating sources in MLA papers

EXERCISE MLA 3–3Integrating sources in MLA papers

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 has quoted correctly, click on OK.

ORIGINAL SOURCE

More than 1% of California’s electricity comes from the wind. During breezy early mornings in summer, the contribution goes even higher. “At those times, the wind accounts for up to 8% of our electrical load,” said Mary A. Ilyin, a wind researcher for Pacific Gas & Electric, the country’s largest utility and a major booster of wind power.

Half of California’s turbines . . . are located in Altamont Pass and feed directly into PG&E’s grid. Most of the rest are found in two other major wind centers: Tehachapi Pass on the edge of the Mojave Desert between Bakersfield and Barstow, with a capacity of 458 megawatts, and San Gorgonio Pass north of Palm Springs (231 megawatts). Both are hooked up to the power lines of Southern California Edison.

From Golden, Frederic. “Electric Wind.” Los Angeles Times 24 Dec. 1990: B1. Print.

[The source passage is from page 158.]

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EXERCISE MLA 3–3 Integrating sources in MLA papers - 1 of 5: Wind power accounts for more than 1% of California’s electricity, reports Frederic Golden, and during breezy early mornings in summer, the contribution goes even higher (B1).

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EXERCISE MLA 3–3 Integrating sources in MLA papers - 2 of 5: According to Frederic Golden, wind power accounts for more than 1% of California’s electricity, and on breezy days “the contribution goes even higher” (B1).

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EXERCISE MLA 3–3 Integrating sources in MLA papers - 3 of 5: Mary A. Ilyin reports that “wind energy accounts for as much as 8% of California’s electricity” (qtd. in Golden B1).

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EXERCISE MLA 3–3 Integrating sources in MLA papers - 4 of 5: On breezy summer mornings, says wind researcher Mary A. Ilyin, “the wind accounts for up to 8% of our [California’s] electrical load” (qtd. in Golden B1).

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EXERCISE MLA 3–3 Integrating sources in MLA papers - 5 of 5: California has pioneered the use of power. “Half of California’s turbines . . . are located in Altamont Pass” (Golden B1).