MLA In-Text Citation Analysis

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MLA In-text Citation Practice Part A: Examine each of the following pairs carefully. Indicate the passage that handles MLA in-text citations correctly and briefly explain what is wrong with the citation in the other passage. These are all citations from PRINTED sources. 1a. In "Death and Justice," Edward Koch, former mayor of New York City, argues that "life is precious, and . . . the death penalty helps to affirm this fact (857)." 1b. In "Death and Justice," Edward Koch, former mayor of New York City, argues that "life is precious, and . . . the death penalty helps to affirm this fact" (857). 1b is the correct format for this MLA in-text citation. 1A is incorrect because the ending quotation marks are outside of the ending puctuation. They should be at the…show more content…
It should be written..... (Krauthammer 22). The above writer has paraphrased the source properly. The passage containing this information appears on page 22 of Krauthammer's article. 2. Douglass Mossman and Michael Perlin cite numerous studies which show that mental illness itself is not the primary factor causing homelessness among the mentally ill (952). Correct 3. In a letter to the editor on behalf of the project for Psychiatric Outreach to the Homeless, Drs. Katherine Falk and Gail Albert give us the following statistics: It costs $105,000 to keep someone in a state hospital for a year. But it costs only $15,000 to $35,000 (depending on the intensity of services) to operate supported residences in the community with the necessary onsite psychiatrists, case workers, case managers, drug counselors and other rehabilitation services. (New York Times A30) This citation should be written with an indentation of a quarter inch, and it should be double spaced. In a letter to the editor on behalf of the project for Psychiatric Outreach to the Homeless, Drs. Katherine Falk and Gail Albert give us the following
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