Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
Taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own
What goes inside a parenthetical citation?
Author's last name and page number
What is the proper way to write the date in MLA?
Day Month Year (no punctuation)
The last page on a separate sheet
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
True or False:
The permission to use ChatGPT is up to individual instructors.
True. Some will allow you to use it for outlines, brainstorming, etc. Others will not allow it for anything. ASK FIRST. Don't get a penalty for plagiarism.
If my citation is (Shakespeare 12), what is that telling you?
The author of the work is Shakespeare and you got the information from page 12.
What goes in the upper right corner of every page?
What is the correct title for your work cited page?
Work Cited
How large should your margins be?
1 inch
How do we avoid plagiarism?
With MLA format
What punctuation do you need if you are directly quoting?
Quotation marks
What kind of spacing is used for MLA format?
Double
What order should your citations be in?
Alphabetical
What date should you put on your MLA paper?
The due date
True or false: it is not plagiarism if I put someone else's ideas into my own words.
FALSE! You need to cite everyone's ideas that are not your own.
What must you include if you paraphrase someone else's words?
An in-text citation.
What font and size should MLA format be?
Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point
Name one resource that can help you cite your sources
EasyBib, Purdue OWL
When should you use MLA format?
When writing an academic paper.
True or false:
MLA format allows us to prove our credibility as authors by providing access to our sources.
True. Allowing readers easy access to our sources shows that we have chosen reliable sources and that we encourage our readers to check them out.
Do the quotation marks come before or after the parenthetical citation?
After. Example: "Life will defend itself no matter how small it is" (Martel 38).
In the correct order, list what needs to be included in an MLA heading.
Name
Teacher's Name
Class
Date
If a citation is more than one line long, what should be done with it?
A hanging indent
Name two things that should be included in a citation on your work cited page.
Author's name, Title of the work, Year published, Publisher, Publication location