English 103 - Composition and Critical Thinking » Fall 2020 » Documentation MLA Intext Citation

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Question #1
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers: Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.
A.   According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).
B.   According to a 2008 study ("Stuck on You"), drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage.
Question #2
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is citing material from page 167 of the following essay in an anthology: Franzen, Jonathan. "David Foster Wallace." Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, edited by Dave Eggers, Mariner Books, 2009, pp. 167–71.
A.   Franzen explains that details for David Foster Wallace were "a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being" (Franzen 167).
B.   Franzen explains that details for David Foster Wallace were "a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being" (167).
Question #3
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is citing the following online work; its author is unknown: "114,000 iPads Hacked." CNN.com, Cable News Network, 10 June 2010, cnn.com/videos/tech/2010/06/10/nr.levs.ipad.security.breach.cnn. Accessed 11 June 2010.
A.   According to CNN, as many as 114,000 new iPad owners were left vulnerable after hackers took advantage of security lapses and gathered private user information (CNN.com).
B.   As many as 114,000 new iPad owners were left vulnerable after hackers took advantage of security lapses and gathered private user information ("114,000 iPads").
Question #4
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 210 of the following essay, which appears in a book: George, Diana. "Changing the Face of Poverty: Nonprofits and the Problem of Representation." Popular Literacy: Studies in Cultural Practices and Poetics, edited by John Trimbur, U of Pittsburgh P, pp. 209-28.
A.   George examines videos for Habitat for Humanity and explores whether "reliance on stereotypes of poverty can, in fact, work against the aims of the organization producing them." (210)
B.   George examines videos for Habitat for Humanity and explores whether "reliance on stereotypes of poverty can, in fact, work against the aims of the organization producing them" (210).
Question #5
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 258 of the article with the following works-cited entry: Reichert, Julie, et al. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 248–71.
A.   Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert 258).
B.   Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).
Question #6
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 27 of the following article: Robin, Corey. "Garbage and Gravitas." The Nation, 7 June 2010, pp. 21–27.
A.   Toward the end of a review of two biographies of Ayn Rand, Robin asks the following question: "[H]ow could such a mediocrity . . .  exert such a continuing influence on the culture at large?" (27)
B.   Toward the end of a review of two biographies of Ayn Rand, Robin asks the following question: "[H]ow could such a mediocrity . . . exert such a continuing influence on the culture at large?" (27).
Question #7
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting from page 194 of the following work, which is one of two works by the author Deborah Tannen in the list of works cited: Tannen, Deborah. You're Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation. Ballantine Books, 2006.
A.   Tannen claims that in some cases a new medium such as email "just substitutes a new form for an old function" (You're Wearing That? 194).
B.   Tannen claims that in some cases a new medium such as email "just substitutes a new form for an old function" (194).
Question #8
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting the following one of two works by the same author that appear in the list of works cited. Fallows, James. "Cyber Warriors." The Atlantic, Mar. 2010, pp. 58–63.
A.   Some worry about a cyber threat to American security, "that organizations or individuals may be spying on, tampering with, or preparing to inflict damage on America's electronic networks" (Fallows, "Cyber" 60).
B.   Some worry about a cyber threat to American security, "that organizations or individuals may be spying on, tampering with, or preparing to inflict damage on America's electronic networks" ("Cyber" 60).
Question #9
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is quoting the words of Thierry Gardère, which appear on page 20 of the following source: Korten, Tristram. "Rum and Hope." The Atlantic, May 2010, pp. 19–20.
A.   Thierry Gardère believes that "what we have to do in Haiti to survive is to be completely self-sufficient" (qtd. in Korten 20).
B.   Thierry Gardère believes that "what we have to do in Haiti to survive is to be completely self-sufficient" (Korten 20).
Question #10
Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation. The student is summarizing a point from page 139 in the following article: Ruzich, Constance M., and A. J. Grant. "Predatory Lending and the Devouring of the American Dream." Journal of American Culture, vol. 32, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 137–45.
A.   Ruzich and Grant claim the term predatory lending suggests a metaphor that sheds light on current American attitudes toward credit and the relationships between lending institutions and borrowers (139).
B.   Ruzich et al. claim the term predatory lending suggests a metaphor that sheds light on current American attitudes toward credit and the relationships between lending institutions and borrowers (139).

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