Plagiarism
True or false: You need to provide a citation for common knowledge.
False
Last name, followed by a comma and the rest of the name
how do you cite the author?
If you plagiarize by accident, is it still technically plagiarism?
Yes
The top of the MLA paper:
E. L. Angeli
Professor Patricia Sullivan
English 624
12 February 2012
What is the heading?
This is the source and it should follow the author’s name. It should be listed in italics or quotation marks.
What is the title?
True or false: You don't need to cite a paraphrase because it is your own words.
False- It is still someone else's idea, even if it is your own words you need to cite it.
This is centered on the MLA paper:
Toward a Recovery of Nineteenth Century Farming Handbooks
What is a title?
This should be indented with the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches
What is a hanging indentation?
Is it okay to not include a citation if you indicate it is a direct quote using quotation marks?
No- you still need to cite where the direct quote came from.
What two things that should be in your header for an MLA style paper?
Your last name and page number
Include a URL or web address to help readers locate your sources.
How to use a website citation?
True or False: If you paraphrase someone else's idea, you need to put quote's around it.
False
This is one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.
Where does the page numbers go?
This is a website citation:
Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.