Practice formatting MLA citations, building Works Cited entries, and using correct in-text citations for books, articles, websites, and other sources.
Read each problem carefully. Write the citation or explanation requested. Use MLA 9 style unless your teacher gives different directions.
Practice creating MLA Works Cited entries and in-text citations
Language Arts - Grade 9-12
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Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this book: Author: Angie Thomas. Title: The Hate U Give. Publisher: Balzer + Bray. Year: 2017.
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Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this book with two authors: Authors: Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Title: All American Boys. Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Year: 2015.
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Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this online article: Author: Maya Phillips. Article title: Why Poetry Still Matters. Website: The New York Times. Date: 8 Apr. 2022. URL: www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/arts/poetry-matters.html.
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Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this webpage with no named author: Page title: The History of Public Libraries. Website: Library of Congress. Publication date: 15 Jan. 2021. URL: www.loc.gov/library-history.
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Create an MLA in-text citation for this sentence using the source information provided: The quotation comes from page 42 of a book by Toni Morrison.
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Revise this sentence so the MLA in-text citation is correct: "The narrator describes the town as quiet and watchful" (Lee, p. 18).
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A student quotes a website article with no page numbers. The author's last name is Chen. Write the correct MLA in-text citation for the end of the sentence.
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Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this magazine article: Author: Sofia Ramirez. Article title: Teens and the Science of Sleep. Magazine: Health Today. Date: 12 Mar. 2023. Pages: 34-38.
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Put these Works Cited entries in the correct alphabetical order by author or title if there is no author: King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies. "Climate Change Basics." National Geographic. Smith, Zadie. White Teeth.
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Identify and correct the MLA mistake in this Works Cited entry: Green, John. "The Fault in Our Stars." Dutton Books, 2012.
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Look at the sample source card: Author: Aisha Malik. Title: Ocean Plastic and Wildlife. Website: EarthWatch. Date: 4 May 2020. URL: www.earthwatch.org/ocean-plastic. Use the source card to write an MLA Works Cited entry.
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A student used information from a source but changed the words instead of quoting directly. Explain whether the student still needs an MLA in-text citation.