Continue worksheet #5

• Copy the following notes down in your "Reading and Writing Strategies" Section

MLA style uses in-text citations to give credit to authors when paraphrasing or quoting their ideas. In-text citations include two parts: (1) the lead-in or signal phrase and (2) the parenthetical citation (THE PARENTHESIS THAT INDICATE WHERE THE words you took from the text came from).

Signal Phrase:  a phrase, clause, or even sentence which leads into a quotation or statistic.  These generally include the speaker/author’s name and some justification for using him or her as an expert in this context; it may also help establish the context for the quotation. (if the name is excluded it goes in the parenthesis)

           As the author has noted, “…” (Haley 15).

“…” writes Alex Haley, “…” (15).

Malcolm X claims that,  “…” (Haley 12).

Signal phrases are important when integrating sources into your own writing. When left out, students are sometimes accused of plagiarism because it is not clear where a paraphrase has begun.

(You will receive a handout with some signal phrases)

• WE will read from page 185 "Two other areas of experience..." to the top of page 189 "has enslaved the world."
• You will continue to read at this point from "When my brother Reginald visited..." to the end of the chapter on page 194. 
• You will then have the rest of the time to work on your questions or the extra-credit. (You can only have the extra-credit if you finish)
• movie?

Notes adapted from: 
https://uca.edu/writingcenter/mla-basics/mla-in-text-citations/
http://department.monm.edu/english/mew/signal_phrases.htm