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 sourc ID: 422706
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MLA/Parenthetical Citations Revisited
April 27, 2011Slide2
List 5 things this student did well in his MLA format.
Mrs. AbernathySlide3
What could be improved?
Mrs. AbernathySlide4
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.Slide5
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 ParenthesisSlide6
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.Slide7
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.”Slide8
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.”Slide9
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.”Slide10
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).Slide11
Works Cited
Draper, 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.