MLA Formatting & Citations

When typing in MLA format, novels, news publications, and other large bodies of work are

• underlined

• italicized

• bolded

• written in all capital letters

• within quotation marks

When typing in MLA format, article titles, song titles, and other smaller bodies of work are

• underlined

• italicized

• bolded

• written in all capital letters

• within quotation marks

What is the name of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?

• Reference Page
• Works Cited
• Bibliography 
• Sources

How are entries organized on a Works Cited page?

• Alphabetically
• In the order they appear in the paper.
• By length
• Randomly

Why should students use MLA Format?

• To avoid plagiarism
• Because teachers say they should
• To make a paper harder
• Students shouldn't use it

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.8

One purpose of a Works Cited page is to

• Show readers from where your information came.
• To add length to a paper.
• To stress out students
• To prove information in the paper is true.

A Work Cited page includes

• All in-text citations from my essay

• only author/title information for my sources.

• citations for all sources used in the writing of my essay.

• web addresses for all citations.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.8

A citation entry should be alphabetized by:

• Title

• Author's first name

• The first word in each citation

• Publisher

Say, all your sources have these authors. An author's last name starts its Works Cited entry.

Which author's name should come first on the Works Cited page?

• Alex Harper

• Jenny Andrews

• Decise Thomas

• Eric West

If my Works Cited citation has no author

• the citation begins with the publisher's full name

• the citation is indented an extra 5 spaces.

• the citation begins with the title of the source at the left margin.

• citations without authors appear at the end of the works cited page.