MLA Citations

Citation Basics

1

What is the list of sources at the end of your paper called?

Works cited or reference page

2

Your list of sources should be in this order?

Alphabetical 

3

What is italicized in a citation for a website?

The title/name of the website

4

In a citation for a video, what comes after the name of the website?

Uploaded by (username)

5

What has quotations around it in a book citation?

Nothing - there are no quotation marks in a book citation

Paraphrasing

1

Paraphrasing is the process of doing what?

Putting something into your own words

2

When paraphrasing material, does that material still need to be cited even though it's in your own words?

Yes

3

The 3 R's of paraphrasing are?

Remain, replace, rearrange

4

Specifically, what information would fall under the "remain" category of paraphrasing? In other words, what does not get changed?

Names, dates, locations, stats, etc

5

Why would poor paraphrasing be counted as plagiarism?

It is not your own writing or your own work

MLA and Paper Format

1

Wikipedia should not be used because?

You do not know who is editing the articles

2

What font will you use when writing paper's in this class?

Times New Roman

3

What size font will you use when writing paper's in this class?

12

4

What line spacing will you use when writing papers for this class?

2.0 or double spaced

5

How do you correctly indent a citation that is 2 or more lines long without messing it up in Docs?

Press enter, then tab 

In-Text Citations

1

Where do these citations go?

In your paper

2

What do you need to include for a website in-text citation?

(Author Last Name, Article Title)

3

What do you need to include for a book in-text citation?

(Author Last Name, page number)

4

If you have an in-text citation, the source must also appear where?

In your works cited/reference page

5

If a website source has no author, what would the in-text citation look like?

(Title of website, Article title)

Bonus

1

When citing long quotes, it becomes a "block quote" and will look different. How many lines does a quote have to be do be a block quote?

4 or more

2

If you had two authors for a book, how would you cite that in your full citation?

Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name

3

We use a citation styled called MLA - what other types of citation styles exist?

APA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard

4

In-text citations are also called what?

Parenthetical citations

5

How many sources do you think Mr. Sharp had on his final history paper in college (the example I showed in class)

29 in total