Citations/Plagiarism/Thesis Statements

Correctly add an in-text citation using MLA format.

In 2014, the Federal Reserve gave close to $100 billion back to the government

Source: "The Only Game in Town?" by Timothy Shenk, page 27. Published in Nation 7 Mar. 2016:

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Add an in-text citation using MLA format.

The neighborhood sat on top of an assortment of about two hundred years' worth of aristocrats' waste

Source: "Peeling Back a City's Layers" by Jennifer Hattam, page 31. Published in Discover Sept. 2015:

(a)  

Add in-text citation using MLA format:

The collapse of banks in Iceland led to $100 billion in losses

Source: Boomerang by Michael Lewis, page 3. Published by W. W. Norton, New York 2011:

(a)  

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Suzy describes looking at a jellyfish as like looking into a "ghost heart" that can show you everything you have lost

Source: The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin, page 1. Published by Macmillan Children's Books, London 2015:

(a)  

Add an in-text citation using MLA format:

Not long ago, all the fossils we had of our human ancestors "could fit in a desk drawer"

Source: "Mystery Human" by Kate Wong, page 30. Published in Scientific American Mar. 2016:

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Add an in-text citation using MLA format:

It might be surprising to modern readers to learn how many buildings in Chicago at the time were made of wood. In fact, Chicago "was a city ready to burn" because two-thirds of its buildings were made of wood

Source: The Great Fire by Jim Murphy, page 18. Published by Scholastic, New York 1995:

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Answer this question in complete sentences. This question is worth 5 points - please provide a 5-point answer.

Explain why it's important that we use in-text citations.

True or False:

Using SnapChat AI is not a form of plagiarism.

• True

• False

David turned in an essay his older brother wrote and claimed it as his own work.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

What is plagiarism?

• Using or copying someone else's work without giving the original author credit or acknowledgment

• Using proper in-text citations and providing a works cited page

• Presenting your own, original ideas in an essay