MLA Research

Putting the first word of your full citation in parentheses at the end of your sentence to give credit to your source.

• parenthetical citation

• bibliography / works cited

• supporting detail

• narrative citation

Twelve-point font, Times New Roman, one-inch margins, and double-spaced

• bibliography / works cited

• narrative citation

• parenthetical citation

• MLA research paper format

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

• research paper format

• works cited

• parenthetical citation

• narrative citation

Using information from the full citation in your sentence to give credit to your source.

• et al.

• parenthetical citation

• bibliography / works cited

• narrative citation

How should you format the title of a journal article when mentioning it within the text of your paper in MLA format?

• In italics

• Underlined

• In quotation marks

• Bolded

Match the following

• Putting someone else's thoughts and ideas into your own words

• Works Cited

• Using someone's work without proper attribution

• Paraphrase

• Full alphabetized list of all sources cited in-text

• Direct Plagiarism

• Cited information from a source in your work.

• In-Text Citation

This tells you when a source was finalized and published

• citation

• publishing date

• bibliography / works cited

• source

These are places where you get information for your research

• citation

• source

• bibliography / works cited

• supporting detail

When a source has three or more authors, you will use

• author

• parenthetical citation (in-line citation)

• bibliography / works cited

• et al.

MLA means

• Modern Language Association - a formal style guide

• twelve-point font, Times New Roman, one-inch margins, and double-spaced

• research writing

• Maintain Legit Action - a good reminder to research responsibly