Order of Entry Elements
Generally, the first component of a works cited entry.
What is the author's name?
For example:
Smith, Jane.
MTV. Gym, Tanning, Laundry: The Official Jersey Shore Quote Book. MTV Books, 2010.
What is a book?
The Harry Potter books are about "the differences between good and evil" (Baron 194).
What is correct?
The order of sources in a works cited list.
What is alphabetical?
For example:
Long, Terry.
Smith, Jane.
"Why is Law & Order Still on the Air?"
Notice if there is no author name, you start with the title name and alphabetize according to the first significant word (in this case, the "Why").
Using another person’s words or ideas in your paper without giving that person proper credit is considered this.
What is plagiarism?
The title of a news article, magazine article, song, or television episode is punctuated with these marks.
What are quotation marks?
For example:
"News Article Title."
Höglund, Johan. "The Call of Adventure in Call of Duty: WWII." Journal of Popular Culture, 51, pp. 1453-1475. Wiley, doi:10.1111/jpcu.12737.
What is an online scholarly article?
According to the journalist Mark Walter, "studies show that television does not cause violence, but it does desensitize young people to violence." (74)
What is incorrect?
The period should go after the page number. If there is no page number, the punctuation would be correct.
The location of the works cited list.
What is the beginning of the last page of the paper?
MLA is an acronym for this.
What is Modern Language Association?
The title of a book or academic journal is rendered with this typeface.
What are italics?
For example:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
A quote on page 112 from the book Race Matters by Cornel West would appear as (Cornel West, p. 112)
What is incorrect?
In MLA citation style, only the last name would be in parentheses, there would be no comma separating the name and the page number, and "p." is NOT necessary.
(West 112).
The spacing used in MLA formatting, including the Works Cited page.
What is double spacing?
"Sesame Street is the longest-running children's show in American television history" is an example of this kind of knowledge and would not need to be cited.
What is common knowledge?
Generally, the last element of a works cited entry, particularly for a website or other online source.
What is the location?
For example, www.washingtonpost.com/newsarticle/.
“8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test.” YouTube, uploaded by Crazy Russian Hacker, 6 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs.
What is a YouTube video?
The Criminal Minds fan page has numerous original interviews with the cast from the show (www.criminalmindsfans.com).
What is incorrect?
NEVER EVER EVER put the URL of a website or other online source in parentheses. If you must include a website name, simply say "On the Criminal Minds fan website,..." in the sentence itself.
The first three core elements in a works cited entry.
What are author, title, and container?
"In 2018, a survey was conducted that found that 88 million American adults had viewed Sesame Street when they were children" is an example of a source that would need to be acknowledged and cited.
What is true?