MLA Print Book In-Text Citations Practice
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- Q1(Zusak 56) is an example of what kind of citation?Page-Author formatParenthetical referenceSignal phraseBlock style60s
- Q2A comma or a period should come between the author's last name and page number.TrueFalse60s
- Q3Use block style for quotes longer than 2 lines.TrueFalse60s
- Q4What's the correct formatting of block style quotes?Double spaced, indented 1", no quotation marks, and citation BEFORE the end punctuationSingle spaced, indented 1/2", quotation marks, and the citation AFTER the end punctuationDouble spaced, indented 1/2", no quotation marks, and citation AFTER the end punctuationCitation and a colon precede the quote that is indented 1/2", double spaced and without quotation marks60s
- Q5How does a signal phrase differ from a parenthetical citation?There is no differenceA signal phrase uses the author's name in the tag before the evidence, leaving only the page number in the parentheses.A signal phrase uses the page number before the evidence, leaving only the author's name in parentheses.A signal phrase includes both the author's name and page number before the evidence, requiring no parentheses after it.60s
- Q6Where do parenthetical citations belong?At the end of the sentenceIn the middle of a lineAt the beginning of the sentenceDirectly after a quote60s
- Q7Where does the period belong with a parenthetical citation that is NOT in block style?Before the citationInside the quotation marksAfter the citationNo end punctuation required60s
- Q8If using a summary, paraphrase, or reference, you still cite the same way you would a short direct quote.FalseTrue60s
- Q9What do brackets within a quote indicate?Words have been rearrangedThe author did it that way in the textWords have been omittedWords have been inserted for clarity60s
- Q10What do ellipses in a quote indicate?Words have been insertedWords have been rearrangedWords have been omittedThe author put them there for confusion60s
- Q11If I wanted to only quote the second half of a sentence, do I need ellipses at the beginning?YesNo60s
- Q12If a question mark or exclamation point is the end punctuation within a quote, does it stay within the quotation marks?YesNo60s
- Q13Poetry, not prose, uses what mark in between lines?a dash --ellipses . . .a slash /a hyphen -60s