MLA 9

"He was stone dead. (Poe 85)"

He was stone dead (Poe 85).

"He was stone dead (Poe)."

"He was stone dead" (Poe 85).

"I smiled- for what had I now to fear? (Poe, 87)".

"I smiled- for what had I now to fear?" (Poe 87).

"I smiled- for what had I now to fear" (Poe 87)?

"I smiled, for what had I now to fear?" (Poe, 87)

True

False

Yes

No

open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses

open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses

open parenteses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses

parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

True

False

just after the information being cited

at the bottom of the page

on the last page of the paper

just before the information being cited

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith 10)

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately," (Smith 10).

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p. 10).

(Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately."

Single

Double

1.25

1.5

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen, p. 7).

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (The Argument Culture 7).

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (7).

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen 7).