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    The document provides three examples of in-text citations from different sources: 1) A quote from page 434 of a book by Doerr about a character named Tom who has a heart condition. 2) A quote attributed to page 410 that refers to Grendel being descended from Cain. 3) A quote from page 435 of a book by Ruby Doerr describing Detroit's past palm trees and seashells. It also provides two example quotes to cite from Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men on page 83 and Rowling's Harry Potter book on page 1. Finally, it includes a sample thesis, body paragraph, and works cited page in MLA format with one example citation.

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    The document provides three examples of in-text citations from different sources: 1) A quote from page 434 of a book by Doerr about a character named Tom who has a heart condition. 2) A quote attributed to page 410 that refers to Grendel being descended from Cain. 3) A quote from page 435 of a book by Ruby Doerr describing Detroit's past palm trees and seashells. It also provides two example quotes to cite from Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men on page 83 and Rowling's Harry Potter book on page 1. Finally, it includes a sample thesis, body paragraph, and works cited page in MLA format with one example citation.

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    In Text Citations

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    The document provides three examples of in-text citations from different sources: 1) A quote from page 434 of a book by Doerr about a character named Tom who has a heart condition. 2) A quote attributed to page 410 that refers to Grendel being descended from Cain. 3) A quote from page 435 of a book by Ruby Doerr describing Detroit's past palm trees and seashells. It also provides two example quotes to cite from Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men on page 83 and Rowling's Harry Potter book on page 1. Finally, it includes a sample thesis, body paragraph, and works cited page in MLA format with one example citation.

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    Themaincharacter,Tom,suffersfromaheartconditioncalledatrial
    septaldefect,whichiswhenbloodsloshesfromtheleftsidetotheright
    sideofhisheart(Doerr434).

    Grendelwassoevilthathewassaidtohavebeenadescendantof
    Cain(410).

    FromthebeginningRuby,DoerrshowsRubyasanadventurouswhotells
    storiesofhowDetroitusedtohavepalmtreesandcoralsandseashells
    (435).

    Writethecitationsforthefollowingquotes:

    Author:Steinbeck
    PageNumber:83

    WhenshetriestotalktoLennieandhetellshertogoawayshesays,"Why
    can'tItalktoyou?Inevergettotalktonobody.Igetawfullonely"

    Author:J.K.Rowling
    PageNumber:1
    RowlingintroducesMr.Dursleyasabig,beefymanwithhardlyanyneck

    Thesis:

    Changeallowspeopletogrowandimprovetheworldaround
    them.

    SupportingBodyparagraph:

    Onecharacterinthenovelthathelpedbringchangetotheir
    surroundingworldwasGilBoutan.Afterthedeathofhisbrother,
    GilconvinceshisfatherthatgoingtoMarshallisabadidea.He
    statesthattheyhavethelawouttheretodowhatmanyofthese
    peoplewouldliketoseeusdo(Gaines112).IfGilwantedtotake
    careoftheproblemtheoldwayinalynchmob,hewouldhave
    toldhisfather.However,Gilshowsthathedoesnotwantto
    avengehisbrotherinaviolentwaybutratherallowSheriffMapes
    toservejusticetherightway.

    WorksCitedPage
    Goingovertheworkscitedpageandwhatittypically
    lookslike.
    Iwillalsomodelthiscitation:

    Steinbeck,John.
    OfMiceandMen
    .NewYork:PenguinBooks,1994.Print.
    Lastname,Firstname.
    TitleofBook
    .Cityofpublication:Publisher,year
    published,medium.

    Asaclass:Createacitationfor
    AGatheringofOldMen

    MLAFormatChecklist
    _____Isyourpaper12ptfontwith1inmargins?
    _____Isyourname,subject,teacher,anddateintheproperplace?
    _____Doyouhaveyourlastnameandpagenumberintheheader?
    _____Haveyoucitedyourquotationsproperly(bothintextandblockquotes)?
    _____IsthecitationonyourworkscitedpageformattedtoMLAstandards?

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