If...
Guidelines
Citation Examples
True or False
Correct or Incorrect
100
If the author's name is not mentioned in your sentence, then what should be found in the in-text citation?
What is the author's last name and the page number.
100
When material is taken from another source, whose name should always be provided?
What is the author's.
100
I used material by John Smith found on page 32.
What is (Smith 32).
100
Using an outline from the internet but writing your own essay is plagiarism.
What is true.
100

Is this incorrect? If so correct it: 

"To be of not to be that is the question" (Shakespeare pg55).

Any signal phrase would work: "To be of not to be that is the question" (Shakespeare 55).

200
If there are two authors with the same last name, what should be found in the parenthetical citation?
What is both of the authors' last names and each author's first initialr.
200
If there is no author for the material, then what should be put in the parenthetical citation?
The next available piece of information on the Works Cited page.
200
I paraphrased material that I found on the National Geographic web page.
What is (National Geographic).
200

 For a source with two authors in MLA format, you should separate the authors' names with the word "and" in the in-text citation.

True

200

Is this incorrect?  If so, correct it. 

In the movie Finding Nemo, we see a wonderful example of persistence when Dory sings, "Just keep  swimming, just keep swimming..." (Stanton).

Correct.

In the movie Finding Nemo, we see a wonderful example of persistence when Dory sings, "Just keep  swimming, just keep swimming..." (Stanton).

300
If the author's name is provided in the text, then what should be found in the parenthetical citation?
What is the page number.
300
Which page of your paper should contain a list of sources referenced in your essay?
What is the Works Cited page.
300
I used material by David Gilbert found on page 20 of my book, and I used his last name in the sentence to introduce the material. Ex: According to Gilbert, Canterbury has the best yogurt bar in New Milford.
What is (20).
300

If I reword something, I don't need to cite the author.

What is false.

300

Look below, is it incorrect, if it is correct it. 

To explain how beautiful the weather was, the author stated, "The sun is like a smile, I can't get enough of it" (54).

To explain how beautiful the weather was, the author stated, "The sun is like a smile, I can't get enough of it" (Keeling 54).

400

If you want to use a quotation from a movie, what do you do?

Directors last name

400
In an in-text citation, should the author's full name, last name, or first name be provided?
What is the author's last name.
400
I used material from page 3 of an article titled How to Succeed, but there was no author.
What is ("How to Succeed" 3).
400
It is okay to insert the author's first name in the parenthetical citation.
What is false.
400

Is it incorrect or correct? 


In Harry Potter the Half Blood Prince page 294, J.K. Rowling wrote, "I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.”

Correct. 

500
If the material was found on a web page, what is one thing you won't find in the parenthetical citation in most cases.
What is page number.
500
In what part of a sentence should the parenthetical citation be found?
What is at the end before the period.
500

I quoted material from page 147 of a book with 2 authors, with Kate Johnsen and Johnny Trevor.

What is (Johnsen and Trevor 147).

500

In MLA format, every in-text citation must have a corresponding entry in the Works Cited page.

True

500

Is it correct or incorrect? If incorrect, correct it. 


To represent their relationship the author explains “Margaret had never spoken of Helstone since she left (Elizabeth Gaskell 100).

To represent their relationship the author explains, “Margaret had never spoken of Helstone since she left" (Gaskell 100).

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