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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//ABISOURCE//DTD XHTML plus AWML 2.2//EN" "http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/xhtml-awml.mod"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:awml="http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" /> <title> Abiword HTML Document </title> </head> <body> <div> <p class="normal_(web)" style="text-align:center" awml:style="Normal (Web)"> MLA Exercise III </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> The purpose of in-text citations in MLA is to point to the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page. An in-text citation generally does not provide enough information for your reader to quickly and accurately locate the source from which you borrowed information. So, in-text citations and the Works Cited page work together to allow your reader to find the original source of your quotation, paraphrase or borrowed ideas, etc. </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations or through the use of a signal phrase (aka tagline). This parenthetical citation method provides relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase or other borrowed materials/ideas. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). For example:</span> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:36.000000pt"> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">“Most of today’s preteens own cell phones” (Rodgers 24).</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">The same information may be provided in a signal phrase where you work the source’s name into your writing. For example:</span> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:36.000000pt"> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">According to Benjamin Rodgers, “Most of today’s preteens own cell phones” (24).</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">Note that the page number of the quotation is still provided in the parenthesis. However, if there is no page number, and you choose to use a signal phrase, then no parentheses are required. For example:</span> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:36.000000pt"> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">According to Benjamin Rodgers, writing on the website</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">Cellphone Age</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333;background:#ffffff">, “Most of today’s preteens own cell phones.”</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Most websites (nearly all) do not have page numbers. Therefore, since there are no numbers available, none can be provided in parenthesis.</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Both your textbook and the Purdue OWL provide numerous examples of correctly formatted in-text citations, as did the Powerpoint you should have viewed on Monday.</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">However, if you cannot locate an exact example of an appropriate in-text citation, there are only two general guidelines to follow:</span> </p> <span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333">The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.</span><span style="background:#ffffff"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333">Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#333333">whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.</span> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:underline">YOUR ASSIGNMENT</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">For this exercise, you are provided with five in-text citations and a corresponding Works Cited entry for each. All five in-text citations contain mistakes.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> Cut and paste ONLY THE IN-TEXT CITATIONS into a Word file and correct the mistakes. Make your corrections using a red colored font</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">. Here is an example:</span> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:36.000000pt"> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">“None of the men wore the correct protective equipment” (127).</span> </p> <p style="margin-left:36.000000pt"> </p> <p style="margin-left:36.000000pt"> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Correct: “None of the men wore the correct protective equipment” (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#ff0000">Jones</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> 127).</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'Times New Roman'">DO NOT CORRECT THE WORKS CITED ENTRIES: CORRECT THE IN-TEXT CITATIONS.</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Once you have corrected all five in-text citations, save the Word file and submit it through Blackboard Assignments.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> Since you are cutting and pasting (no real typing), this should take 30-45 minutes since I assume you’re going to look up most of these. The assignment must be submitted by Friday @ 6:00 p.m.</span> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> Here are your five incorrect in-text citations: </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> 1. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> Playboy was attempting to reinvent itself in the first decade of the new century. For example, this cover photo from the May 2002 issue bears no resemblance to the overtly sexual covers of the past. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> WORKS CITED </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> Cover image.<span style="font-style:italic">Playboy</span>. May 2002. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> 2. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> The Center for Disease Control states that “masks are one of the most critical steps we can take in fighting this pandemic, along with social distancing and testing” (12). </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> WORKS CITED </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:11pt;font-family:'ProximaNova'">Findings of the Quarterly CDC Metting on COVID.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'ProximaNova'">Center for Disease Control, May 2020, www. cdc.gov/COVID/Qtr/05/2020.pdf.</span> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> 3. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> According to Koffenhall et al., “The next opportunity may be Germany’s last” (18). </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> WORKS CITED ENTRY: </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> Koffenhall, Josef, and Margaret Tilden.<span style="font-style:italic">The Rebirth of the German State</span>. Simon & Schuster, 2019. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> 4. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> President Trump continues to refer to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan Flu.” </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> WORKS CITED ENTRY: </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'ProximaNova'">@realDonaldTrump. “I call it the Wuhan Flu because it is the Wuhan Flu. It comes from Wuhan.”</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:11pt;font-family:'ProximaNova'">Twitter</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'ProximaNova'">, 16 Aug. 2020, twitter.com/ realDonaldTrump/status/929478300255108225</span> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> <a name="_GoBack"> </a> 5. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> Their big left winger, Mark Chisolm, had only two shots on goal through three games (www.sportsillustrated.com). </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> WORKS CITED ENTRY: </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> Edwards, Shania and Peter Lassiter. “How the Maple Leafs Lost it All.”<span style="font-style:italic">Sports Illustrated Online</span>, www.sportsillustrated.com. </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p awml:style="Normal (Web)"> </p> <p> </p> </div> </body></html> ">
