mla/parenthetical citations revisited

MLA/Parenthetical Citations Revisited

April 27, 2011

List 5 things this student did well in his MLA format.

Mrs. Abernathy

What could be improved?

Mrs. Abernathy

Parenthetical Citations: Where is it needed?

The Road is more than just the title of the book. The storyline revolves around the road because the road is the source of life for the main characters. “’What are we going to do? We’re going to drink some water. Then we’re going to keep going down the road.’” The plan for survival was to follow the road to the coast, which was stated in this quote. Without the road, the protagonists in the story would have nothing to follow to the coast because they would have no sense of direction and no way to survive. That is why The Road is an excellent title for the book.

What goes into the parenthetical citation? “’What are we going to do? We’re going to

drink some water. Then we’re going to keep going down the road.’” Author’s name Page Number Surrounded by Parenthesis

The Citation “’What are we going to do? We’re going to

drink some water. Then we’re going to keep going down the road’” (McCarthy 88). NOTICE:

There is NO comma between the author and page number!

The period comes AFTER the citation. The end quotation comes BEFORE the citation.

Cite the Following The following quote comes from page 19

from Sharon Draper’s novel Forged by Fire: “Suddenly the memories overwhelmed the boy. The flames, the fear, the feeling of utter desolation were too much for him to handle.”

Cite the Following The following quote comes from page 81 of

The Truth About Chuck Norris, by Ian Spector: “The only reason World War II occurred was because Chuck Norris was taking a nap.”

Cite the Following This quote is from Gregory Maguire’s novel

Wicked on page 12: “The entertainment began with a thrum of strings and a rattle of bones.”

How’d you do? “Suddenly the memories overwhelmed the

boy. The flames, the fear, the feeling of utter desolation were too much for him to handle” (Draper 19).

“The only reason World War II occurred was because Chuck Norris was taking a nap” (Spector 81).

“The entertainment began with a thrum of strings and a rattle of bones” (Maguire 12).

Works CitedDraper, Sharon M. Forged By Fire. New York:

Simon Pulse, 1997. Print.Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: The Life and Times

of the Wicked Witch of the West. New York: Regan Books, 2000. Print.

Spector, Ian. The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World’s Greatest Human. New York: Gotham Books, 2007. Print.