MLA Citation- In text citation

1. MLA Citation- In text citation

2. Objective • You must record information PROPERLY and COMPLETELY, and document and reference sources.

3. In-text Citation • In-text citations are usually structured like this: (Author’s last name, page(s) cited). • If your source has no page numbers (e.g. a sound recording or a website), then no page numbers can be given in your in-text citation. • In your writing, you can try to give the reader general directions to the passage you cite

4. 2 ways to cite in text • SohaibAthar noted that the presence of a helicopter at that hour was “a rare event.” or • The presence of a helicopter at that hour was “a rare event” (Athar).

5. Examples • In his concluding paragraph, Gladwell expresses uncertainty that this debate will ever be resolved. • Or • This debate was uncertain (Gladwell).

6. Be careful for Plagiarism: • If you are using the exact words from any original text, then you must quote it. • For plays, use arabic numerals, and separate the numbers with periods. Example(s): • When Homer’s Odysseus comes to the hall of Circe, he finds his men “mild/ in her soft spell, fed on her drug of evil” (10.209-10) *Note: If you use different versions of Homer’s The Odyssey from the net, you must use the reference citation from the webpage/website slide*

7. Which is correct? • A) The Hunger Games was written in 2008, and is classified under the science fiction genre. The citizens’ starvation creates an atmosphere of helplessness and lack of autonomy. • B) The Hunger Games was written in 2008, and is classified under the science fiction genre. The citizens’ starvation creates an atmosphere of helplessness and lack of autonomy(Wikipedia Hunger Games)

8. Which is correct? • A) It is suggested that “the citizens' starvation and their need for resources, both in and outside of the arena, create an atmosphere of helplessness that the main characters try to overcome in their fight for survival” (Wikipedia, Hunger Games) • B) The web encyclopedia Wikipedia suggests that “the citizens' starvation and their need for resources, both in and outside of the arena, create an atmosphere of helplessness that the main characters try to overcome in their fight for survival”.

9. Which is correct? • A) The gown Katniss wears starts off as a gown of subservience due to the fact that she does not want to get married. But the fashio design creatres her stamp of rebellion and fearlessness when is transforms into a midnight-bluish winged symbol of the growing rebellion of the land. B) Susan Wloszczyna writes “What initially looks like a multi-tiered, white-frosted cage is engulfed in flames and transforms into a supple midnight-bluish winged symbol of subversion that emulates the Mockingjay, the mascot of a growing rebellion in the land. One gown represents female entrapment and expectations, the other human freedom and opportunity”

10. How to make “A” correct • A) The gown Katniss wears starts off as a gown of subservience due to the fact that she does not want to get married. But the fashio design creatres her stamp of rebellion and fearlessness when is transforms into a midnight-bluish winged symbol of the growing rebellion of the land (Wloszczyna).