MLA Format
This citation format, commonly used in English and humanities classes, is named after an organization of language and literature scholars.
What is Modern Language Association?
This type of AI is used to unlock phones and tag people in photos by analyzing facial features.
What is facial recognition?
When you rewrite an author’s idea completely in your own words without quotation marks but still give credit, you are using this embedment type.
What is paraphrasing?
In MLA format, this is used instead of an author name for in-text citations.
What is "the original query" or "search terms"?
What will improper/undisclosed use of AI result in for this class?
What is a "0"?
This part of an MLA paper appears at the end and lists every source cited in the essay.
What is the Works-Cited Page?
Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube use this kind of AI to suggest shows, songs, or videos you might like.
What are recommendation systems?
This punctuation mark is used when a complete sentence introduces a quotation that follows.
What is a colon?
In APA format, you usually give this for AI tools instead of a page number when completing an in-text citation.
What is the author or program name.
Copying a classmate’s work or letting them copy yours is a violation of this principle.
What is academic integrity/honesty?
Instead of footnotes, MLA uses this type of citation in parentheses within the text.
What are parenthetical in-text citations?
In video games, these characters are controlled by the computer rather than the player and help move the story or gameplay forward.
What are non-player characters (NPCs)?
This embedment mistake happens when a quote is dropped into a paragraph without context or explanation.
What is a dropped in quote?
Even if you don’t quote AI directly, you must still do this if it helped you write or research your work.
What is cite/give credit?
When you include a direct quote, you must always do these two things.
What is provide a citation and use quotation marks?
When students are unsure about margins, spacing, or headings, this trusted website is often the first place teachers direct them.
What is Purdue Owl?
Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are examples of this type of AI that responds to voice commands.
What are smart assisstants?
What is transition, lead-in, cite?
When citing AI in your Works Cited page, you should include the AI’s name, the company, the version (if known), and this.
What is the date accessed?
Using online sources responsibly includes checking for this to make sure the information is trustworthy.
What is credibility/reliability?
When a source has no author listed, MLA requires students to use this element in the in-text citation instead.
What is the title (or a shortened version of the title)?
This type of AI learns by finding patterns in large amounts of data rather than following fixed rules.
What is machine learning?
SCENARIO: You want to use a passage from the text, but it’s long and includes extra details you don’t need. Your task is to include only the most important words, integrate them smoothly into your own sentence, and explain the quote’s significance. Which embedment strategy should you use, and why?
What is a short quote?
This reason explains why we cite AI: it shows your work is responsible and avoids this academic problem.
What is plagiarism?
SCENARIO: Jamie is writing a research paper and finds a paragraph online that perfectly explains the idea she wants to use. She copies most of the words into her paper, changes a few words here and there, but does not cite the source. Later, she also asks a friend to proofread the paper and correct grammar without checking for copied content. What two academic integrity rules has Jamie broken?
What is plagiarism and failing to give proper credit?