Citations & MLA Format

Knowing how to cite sources is important because

• it lets you add specific details

• it avoids plagiarism

• it makes you look more credible

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Putting a part of your source's information in your own words

• plagiarism

• paraphrasing

• parachuting

• paralysis

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

As a wise man once said, "Oh, the thinks you can think!" _____

• (Seuss p.5).

• (Seuss.)

• (Seuss 5).

• (5).

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

If you paraphrase, you have to include an in-text parenthetical citation.

• True

• False

Titles of LONG works (big things) need to be put in

• italics

• bold

• quotations

Which piece goes first in MLA formatted citations?

• Title

• Author's name

• Date published

• Publisher

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Which of these is correct?

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Scribner, 2004.

• F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. Scribner 2004.

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Scribner, 2004.

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 2004, Scribner.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

If a source lists no author,

• you cannot use it

• make one up

• start your citation with the title

• start your citation with the date

What citation would I include for something written by Owen Martin on page 67?

• (Martin, O. 67).

• (Martin p.67).

• (Owen Martin, 67).

• (Martin 67).

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

A works cited page is sorted

• earliest to latest date

• alphabetically

• shortest to longest

• however you want

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B