MLA Works Cited
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What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
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What is a Works Cited page?
A page where you document your sources you used in your paper.
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How is a Works Cited page organized?
Alphabetically by author's LAST NAME.
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In a citation, what comes first?
The author (last name, first name)
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What is a periodical?
A newspaper, magazine, something that comes out ...wait for it...periodically.
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You have citations with the authors John Smith, Stacy Abernathy, Ronald Fisher, Stefanie Brookfield-Alderman, and Jane Simmons. What order will they go on your Works Cited pages?
Abernathy, Stacy Brookfield-Alderman, Stefanie Simmons, Jane Smith, John
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What is special about how a works cited page looks? (2 things)
It's double spaced and has a hanging indent.
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What category would an article from the New York Times be in? A - Film B - Website C - Book D - Periodical
Periodical
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Which in-text citation is correctly formatted? There is no author listed on the webpage source. The title of the page is "Western Gray Squirrels" and it is published by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. A - In Washington, Western gray squirrels are the largest tree squirrels native to the area (Western Gray Squirrels). B - In Washington, Western gray squirrels are the largest tree squirrels native to the area. (Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife) C - In Washington, Western gray squirrels are the largest tree squirrels native to the area. ("Western Gray Squirrels") D - In Washington, Western gray squirrels are the largest tree squirrels native to the area ("Western Gray Squirrels").
D In Washington, Western gray squirrels are the largest tree squirrels native to the area ("Western Gray Squirrels"). When there's no author, you use the title next. Since it is the title of a webpage, you have to put it in quotations! In-text citations also come BEFORE the period!
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What happens in your citation if your source doesn't have an author listed?
You leave out that portion of the citation and move to the next required information. The same goes with if it is missing a publisher, etc.
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Teams: Write a CORRECT citation for this book: A printed book called Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Published in 2009 by Penguin Group in New York. The team who creates the CORRECT citation first gets the points.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York: Penguin Group, 2009. Print. Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
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Teams: Write a CORRECT citation for this book: A printed book called Top 20 Teens (second edition) by Paul Bernabei, Tom Cody, Mary Cole, Michael Cole, and Willow Sweeney. It was published by Top 20 Press in St. Paul, MN, in 2006. The team who creates the CORRECT citation first gets the points.
Bernabei, Paul, Tom Cody, Mary Cole, Michael Cole, and Willow Sweeney. Top 20 Teens. 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: 2006. Print. OR since there are MORE THAN THREE authors... Bernabei, Paul, et al. Top 20 Teens. 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: 2006. Print. Lastname, Firstname, First Last, and First Last. Title of Book. Edition. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
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Teams: Write a CORRECT citation for this scholarly journal: The team who creates the CORRECT citation first gets the points. An article from a scholarly journal called Psychiatric Times, volume 13, issue 3 from 1996. The article was called "Violence and Children: A Public Health Issue" and it was written by Lucille Glicklich-Rosenberg. It's on pages 3-5. The copy is sitting on your desk at home.
Glicklich-Rosenberg, Lucille. "Violence and Children: A Public Health Issue." Psychiatric Times 13.3 (1996): 3-5. Print. Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication.
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Teams: Write a CORRECT citation for this page from a website: The team who creates the CORRECT citation first gets the points. Type in http://tinyurl.com/citethisplease into your browser. It will change to a website for you to cite.
Silvestri, Karen. "How to Cite an Internet Source." eHow, 17 July, 2012. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
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Cite this! First team to get the citation correct on their Works Cited page gets the points! You conducted a personal interview with Bob Raspy on December 2, 1999. He was your basketball coach.
Raspy, Bob. Personal interview. 2 Dec. 1999.
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