Citation Practice
Your works cited citations should always have this at the end.
A period!
What is the font and size of your text?
12 pt. Times new roman font
Your works cited page should have what kind of indents?
Hanging indents!
You are quoting page 95 from a book by person named John Smith. Your citation looks like this: (John, 95) but it's wrong. What's wrong with it?
It should be (Smith 95). No comma, no first name!
You decide to quote a youtube video for your essay, but you can't find the real person's name behind the account. What do you do?
Use their screen/channel name (with an @ symbol).
Are your lines double spaced, single spaced, or neither?
Double spaced!
What font and size is your work cited page in?
Times New Roman, 12pt font
Your classmate turns in their works cited page which looks like this:
Alcott, Matthew. Plantfreak: Confessions of a Gardener. Oxford Scientific Press, USA, 2007. Print.
What's wrong with it?
Needs double space, Times New Roman, 12pt Font, and should have hanging indents.
You need to cite page 76 of John Doe's book Living la vida Loca in text.
You should have this on the top right hand corner of every page.
Last name and page number
No! Only the title is centered. The rest is to the left!
You have a paper for Engl 112 due October 4th. You decide to turn it in a day early on October 3rd. Your left corner looks like this:
John Doe
Professor Zan
Englwrit 112
3 Oct. 2026
You must type the DUE DATE not the date you turn it in!
True or false: In your works cited page, titles of Books, Movies, and TV shows should be underlined?
FALSE! They should be in italics
List in order from top to bottom what your first page should have listed in the LEFT corner.
Your name
Professors Name
Class Name
Due date
How many sources are you required to have for our essay?
The top of your paper has your last name and page number listed as follows
SMITH PAGE 1
What's wrong?
All caps and uses the word "page". Should just be Smith 1.
True or False: TV episode titles, songs, poems, and titles of chapters should be italicized in your works cited page.
FALSE! They should be in quotation marks
What size margins should you use for your paper?
1 inch!
Do you bold or underline the title of your works cited page?
NEITHER!
This works cited citation is all out of whack. What's it missing?
Chapter Six: The Monster. Stranger Things, season 1, episode 6. Netflix, 15 July 2016
Its missing quotes at the beginning AND a period at the end!
"Chapter Six: The Monster." Stranger Things, season 1, episode 6. Netflix, 15 July 2016.