FORMAT
1 inch all around
What are the margin settings for MLA?
The format of the words "Works Cited" at the top of the works cited page.
What is center format/centering?
Whenever you use one of these for information, you have to use some kind of in-text citation.
What is a source?
This type of source is considered the highest quality -- and sometimes the only source allowed when researching in your major (discipline).
What is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal?
Don’t forget this important punctuation when citing a source word-for-word!
What are quotation marks?
12 pt and double-spaced
What is MLA font?
This information is always italicized within a reference.
What is the container title?
In an in-text citation, this punctuation goes around the information about the source.
What are parentheses?
Paraphrasing (expressing information from a source in your own words) does not replace the need for this method of documentation.
What is an in-text citation?
Though accidental, there can still be serious consequences for this issue of ignorance.
What is unintended plagiarism?
This information goes on the third line of the first page’s upper left-hand corner.
What is the course name/title?
Don’t forget this information! It marks the location of information within print sources and digital scholarly journals.
What is a page number?
When this information is missing, the name of the source is used for the in-text citation instead.
Who is the author?
This element of evaluation completes the anacronym of the C.R.A.A.P source test: c_______, relevance, accuracy, authority, and purpose.
What is credibility?
Both friend and foe depending on how and when it is used, SafeAssign is an example.
What is a plagiarism detector?
Hanging indentation is applied to this component of the works cited page.
What is a works cited entry/ reference?
The use of this tool to create works cited references (entries) works only with correct user input.
What is a citation generator (Bib Me, Easy Bib, etc)?
The following is an example of this special type of in-text citation: Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Peace Prize winner, characterizes cognitive bias as…
What is a signal phrase?
This introductory element is used to emphasize the importance of a source to the conclusions reached within a paper-- or when it's used too often!
What is a signal phrase?
Because colleges follow this law, it is possible to be penalized criminally as well as academically for plagiarism.
What is (federal) copyright?
This information goes in the upper right-hand corner of every page along with the author’s last name.
What is a page number?
So that in-text citations are easy to correlate to their works cited reference, it is important to arrange the references in this sequential order.
What is alphabetization?
Whenever a quote takes up more than four lines of normal text in your essay, apply this special formatting.
What is a block/set off quotation (1 inch left indentation, indented on left side, etc)?
A website without these three things should be carefully considered before citing it.
What are a responsible publisher, knowledgeable author, and current date?
A type of plagiarism that is characterized by the use of too many words from the original source instead of an original reframing of the information.
What is patchwork plagiarism?