This week we are going to practice in-text citations and works cited with MLA. First of all, here's a pamphlet with information on in- text citations and format for works cited read especially page 2. If you'd like a more detailed explanation of MLA Style Guide, you can also consult this PowerPoint. Next, you'll download the following exercises and practice citations. You can handwrite the answers (indicate italics by underlining) and PART I: IN-TEXT CITATIONS Each of the following sentences makes at least one error in MLA citation format or usage. Correct all the errors in each example. 1. A major reason families succeeded in the 1950s was that "federal assistance programs were much more generous and widespread than they are today." (Coontz, p. 62). 2. According to Stephanie Coontz, in the 1950s "federal assistance programs were much more generous and widespread than they are today" (Coontz, 62). 3. Stephanie Coontz argues that it was the generosity and availability of federal aid programs that made families seem so successful and reliable in the 1950s. 4. Even politically conservative scholars admit that we "should not hide from students that Columbus and other European explorers were often brutal" (Cheney, 267.) 5. Lynne Cheney is forced to admit that students should learn that even European explorers were "often brutal (Cheney 267)." 6. Lynne Cheney concedes that students must be told the errors of our European past (p. 267). This week we are going to practice in-text citations and works cited with MLA. First of all, here's a pamphlet with information on in- text citations and format for works cited read especially page 2. If you'd like a more detailed explanation of MLA Style Guide, you can also consult this PowerPoint. Next, you'll download the following exercises and practice citations. You can handwrite the answers (indicate italics by underlining) and PART I: IN-TEXT CITATIONS Each of the following sentences makes at least one error in MLA citation format or usage. Correct all the errors in each example. 1. A major reason families succeeded in the 1950s was that "federal assistance programs were much more generous and widespread than they are today." (Coontz, p. 62). 2. According to Stephanie Coontz, in the 1950s "federal assistance programs were much more generous and widespread than they are today" (Coontz, 62). 3. Stephanie Coontz argues that it was the generosity and availability of federal aid programs that made families seem so successful and reliable in the 1950s. 4. Even politically conservative scholars admit that we "should not hide from students that Columbus and other European explorers were often brutal" (Cheney, 267.) 5. Lynne Cheney is forced to admit that students should learn that even European explorers were "often brutal (Cheney 267)." 6. Lynne Cheney concedes that students must be told the errors of our European past (p. 267)