Directions: First, select the letter of the sentence that has incorrectly included MLA formatted parenthetical citations:
1) A. “It was years before the law’s effects could be seen” (Mitchell“ The Lost Law” 210).
B. “It was years before the law’s effects could be seen” (Mitchell 210).
2) A. At that point in history, only 15% of women worked outside the home (Cole 326).
B. At that point in history, only 15% of women worked outside the home (Herbert
Cole, Women in the Workplace, 326).
3) A. On page 26, the author states that the number of deaths from that battle was never
officially determined (Sullivan).
B. On page 26, the author states that the number of deaths from that battle was never
officially determined (Sullivan, “The Great War).
4) A. No other poet ever came close his achievement. (Salk 42)
B. No other poet ever came close his achievement (Salk 42).
5) A. Peters stated that Churchill was not a man known to compromise (54).
B. In his book, The Real Churchill, Peters said Churchill was not a man known to
compromise. (Peters, 54)
Directions: As #6, describe the rule for parenthetical citations in your own words.
Directions: Finally, re-write the sentences below to correct the MLA formatting included in each sentence.
1. Montagu (2000) claims that American men have a diminished capacity to be human because they have been trained by their culture not to cry.
2. In his book The American Way of Life, Ashley Montagu writes, “The trained inability of any human being to weep is a lessening of his capacity to be human…” (p. 248).
3. According to Montagu (2000), “To be human is to weep” (p. 248).
4. “If we feel like it,” writes Montagu (2000), “let us…clear our minds of those cobwebs of confusion…” (p. 248).
5. One distinguished anthropologist calls the American male’s reluctance to cry “a lessening of his capacity to be human” (Montagu, 2000, p. 248).
6. Montagu (2000) finds it “very sad” that American men have a “trained inability” to shed tears (p. 248).
1) A. “It was years before the law’s effects could be seen” (Mitchell“ The Lost Law” 210).
B. “It was years before the law’s effects could be seen” (Mitchell 210).
2) A. At that point in history, only 15% of women worked outside the home (Cole 326).
B. At that point in history, only 15% of women worked outside the home (Herbert
Cole, Women in the Workplace, 326).
3) A. On page 26, the author states that the number of deaths from that battle was never
officially determined (Sullivan).
B. On page 26, the author states that the number of deaths from that battle was never
officially determined (Sullivan, “The Great War).
4) A. No other poet ever came close his achievement. (Salk 42)
B. No other poet ever came close his achievement (Salk 42).
5) A. Peters stated that Churchill was not a man known to compromise (54).
B. In his book, The Real Churchill, Peters said Churchill was not a man known to
compromise. (Peters, 54)
Directions: As #6, describe the rule for parenthetical citations in your own words.
Directions: Finally, re-write the sentences below to correct the MLA formatting included in each sentence.
1. Montagu (2000) claims that American men have a diminished capacity to be human because they have been trained by their culture not to cry.
2. In his book The American Way of Life, Ashley Montagu writes, “The trained inability of any human being to weep is a lessening of his capacity to be human…” (p. 248).
3. According to Montagu (2000), “To be human is to weep” (p. 248).
4. “If we feel like it,” writes Montagu (2000), “let us…clear our minds of those cobwebs of confusion…” (p. 248).
5. One distinguished anthropologist calls the American male’s reluctance to cry “a lessening of his capacity to be human” (Montagu, 2000, p. 248).
6. Montagu (2000) finds it “very sad” that American men have a “trained inability” to shed tears (p. 248).