MLA Citing Sources

Why is it important to cite a source?

• To give credit to the person who wrote the information.

• To know from where did you find the information.

• To show that you did an investigation, so your work is more complete.

• ALL of them

In order to avoid plagiarism, you should always _____.

• give credit to the person who created the material you are using

• change a few words so it isn't technically word-for-word

• hope nobody checks to find out it isn't your own original work

When copying something word for word, use ___.

• exclamation marks

• commas

• quotation marks

• parentheses

Which of these can be used as a source?

• Book

• Magazine

• Website

• ALL of them

You directly quote another author in your paper. Do you cite it?

• Yes

• No

Using the ideas or words of someone else and claiming they are your own is:

• plagiarism

• borrowing

• not a big deal

• fun and games

Paraphrase means to 

• Put into your own words.  
• Copy everything word for word.  
• Do not use any sources.  
• Use as many sources as you can.  

This contains and lists all of your citations for information you used in your research:

• research paper format
• bibliography / works cited
• parenthetical citation (in-line citation)
• publisher

How are entries organized on a Works Cited page?

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

Works Cited page goes at the end of the paper or presentation.

• True
• False