MLA Citation and Works Cited

The LAST thing in an MLA citation is-

• The author's name

• The title

• The URL or name of newspaper

• The date you accessed/viewed the source

True or False: Google and Wikipedia are excellent sources to put in your works cited list.

• True

• False

The MLA in-text or parenthetical citation should be located _________________ .

• just after the information being cited

• just before the information cited

• at the bottom of the page

• on the last page of the paper

What are they?

• summaries and Works Cited

• exact words and quotations

• an author's exact words and the title of the book where they are found

• an in-text citation and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page

Select which in-text citation is PROPERLY DONE from the options below.

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)

• (Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately

How are entries organized on a Works Cited page?

• Alphabetically

• In the order they appear in the paper.

• By length

• Randomly

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.

Why do you need to cite information?

• to avoid plagiarism

• so that a paper is longer

• so that a paper takes more time to complete

• so someone else doesn't steal my work

True or False?
"Information that is NOT considered common knowledge needs to be cited."

• True

• False

True or False?
"Only direct quotes need to be cited."

• True

• False