Citation
At Holy Family, what citation format are you required to cite in?
MLA
What the story is about
focus
What is a personal symbol
a personal meaning to an individual
Is this sentence correctly cited?
"Give me the stone!" (Rowling, 5).
no-comma is not needed
What is needed in the parentheses when citing in MLA?
author and page number
a concept or topic found embedded within a text
subject
What is a cultural symbol?
a symbol shared by people of a particular culture
"time flies" is an example of a...
theme
True or False: The citation goes after the quotation marks
true
an overall message or lesson found embedded within the text
theme
What is a universal symbol?
a meaning shared by the world
a story about prison break is an example of
focus
True or false: A question mark goes after the citation
false
Is this a subject or a theme: "Be careful who you trust"
theme
What is a contextual symbol
a meaning created by the author
What is wrong with this citation?
"Go Pack Go." (Olley 12).
the first period is not needed
True or false, a comma is not needed in an MLA citation
true
Loyalty and friendship are examples of...
subjects
an eagle representing freedom is an example of what type of symbol?
cultural symbol
imprisonment, punishment, and torture are all examples of
subject