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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise MLA 4-1
MLA documentation: in-text citations
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Click on the MLA in-text citation that is handled correctly.
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Example
Question
Correct. Because Sommers is quoted in a book written by someone else, MLA style requires the abbreviation “qtd. in” (for “quoted in”) before the author of the book in the in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. Because Sommers is quoted in a book written by someone else, MLA style requires the abbreviation “qtd. in” (for “quoted in”) before the author of the book in the in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. When the author of a source is given in a signal phrase, the title of the source is not necessary in an in-text citation. (This cited quotation has no page number because it is from a web source.)
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. When the author of a source is given in a signal phrase, the title of the source is not necessary in an in-text citation. (This cited quotation has no page number because it is from a web source.)
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. For a work with three or more authors, the first author's name is used but "et al." is used for all other names.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. For a work with three or more authors, the first author's name is used but "et al." is used for all other names.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. Statistics used from a source must be cited with author and page number.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. Statistics used from a source must be cited with author and page number.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. The author's name, not the title of the source, should be used in an in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. The author's name, not the title of the source, should be used in an in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. The exact words of the source are enclosed in quotation marks.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. The exact words of the source should be enclosed in quotation marks.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. For an unsigned source, a shortened title is used in the in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. For an unsigned source, a shortened title should be used in the in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. When the works cited list includes two or more works by one author, the in-text citation includes a shortened form of the title of the work cited.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. When the works cited list includes two or more works by one author, the in-text citation must include a shortened form of the title of the work cited.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. A web site with no author should be cited by a shortened form of the title, not by the sponsor of the website.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. A web site with no author should be cited by a shortened form of the title, not by the sponsor of the website.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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Question
Correct. For a source with two authors, both authors should be given in the in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
Sorry. For a source with two authors, both authors should be given in the in-text citation.
For more help help, see section MLA 4-a.
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