MLA Citation

What does it mean to cite something inside your text?

• A link you click that takes you to another website

• A small note at the bottom of a page

• Mentioning where you found your information in the text itself, usually with the author's last name and the year it was published.

• A brief overview of the main ideas in a text

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When should you use a works cited page?

• When you list the sources you used in your work.

• When you want to include a list of contents.

• When you want to make your work longer.

• When you want to add extra pages to your work.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What info do you put in a MLA citation inside your text?

• Website link and when you looked at it

• Source title and when it was published

• Last name of the writer and page number

• First name of the writer and year it was published

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How should you list sources on the works cited page?

• In any order, based on the page numbers

• Alphabetically by the author's last name or by the title if there's no author

• By the length of the title

• In the order they were published

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How do you format the title of a source in MLA style?

• The title should be in bold.

• Use standard capitalization, italicize if it's a standalone work, and put in quotation marks if it's part of a larger work.

• Write the title in all lowercase letters.

• Use random capitalization for the title.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why do we include page numbers when we cite something?

• To make the citation look more complicated.

• To confuse people with unnecessary details.

• To show how well the author knows the page numbers.

• To help readers find the exact information being talked about in a bigger book or article.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How do you write the names of authors in MLA style when there are many authors?

• Write each author's first name then last name.

• Start with the last name, then the first name of the first author, followed by 'et al.' and then the rest of the citation details.

• Only use the first author's last name and then 'et al.'

• Just write the date the source was published, without any authors' names.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What happens if you don't cite sources correctly in MLA format?

• You might be accused of copying others' work, lose trust, and face school consequences.

• Your writing gets better.

• You become better at researching.

• You get more recognition in school.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A MLA in-text citation should be located:

• at the end of the sentence, before the period

• just before the information being cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When you ___________, you are using someone's exact words, and you must use quotation marks. 

• borrow
• plagiarize
• quote
• paraphrase

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9