In your “Grit and Growth” essay, you will need to cite your quotations from Malcolm X, Sherman Alexie, Dweck, Cox, and Duckworth using MLA citation format, which involves both citations in-text (that is, in parenthesis next to your quotations) and well as a Works Cited section at the conclusion which gives the articles, books, online sources, etc. that you have utilized for the essay.
Your Assignment: Write a long, rambling paragraph where you utilize quotations from all five authors (the paragraph itself doesn’t have to make a lot of sense!) giving in-text quotations, such as,