Citation

How many sources are required in a Works Cited page?

• A minimum of 2

• At least 3

• As many as are used in the paper.

• A minimum of 4

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.

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Cleary).

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations.

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations. (Cleary)

• Students may plagiarize because of lack of understanding about the reason for citations (Michelle Cleary).

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

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

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source. 

• True

• False

How is the Works Cited page arranged?

• Alphabetically, by title of the work

• Alphabetically, by the author's first name

• Alphabetically, by the author's last name

• By publication year

If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do not have to use an in-text citation.

• True

• False

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• Use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS

• Use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes

• Use the URL

• Just skip it and do nothing