Introduction to MLA Documentation

In-text citation

(Steinbeck 47)

What is plagiarism?

A form of cheating or stealing; misuse or appropriation of another person's works.

Why should you cite?

Identifies and credits sources used in a research; allows others to follow up or retrieve material.

What is MLA style of writing?

It refers to a system of citing research sources in the humanities.

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

To restate a passage in your own words while retaining thought of author; restatement of a text in other words

Paraphrase

To use the ideas of another as your own

Plagiarize

When should a person use citation?

Summary; paraphrase; or quote another author's material

Works Cited

a complete listing of references cited parenthetically in the report and keyed on a separate page

summary

a very brief statement in your own words of a source's main ideas

internal citations

parenthetical documentation cited within the body of the text and corresponds with the entries on work cited page

Summary

captures the main idea

What is the purpose of a work cited page?

A Works Cited page names all of the sources that were used in an essay and also gives credit to the source or sources.

To capture all the most important parts of the original story, but express them in a much shorter space, and in the readers own words.

Summarize

Works Cited

a list of all sources used to write the research paper written in correct citation format for each type of source following MLA formatting and citation style

In-text Citation

a refrence to the source you are using within the body of your research paper placed at the end of sentences

paraphrase

a restatement that retains more details from the orginal source such as names dates places statistics

What is a bibliography?

a running list of all the sources found in the research process

Quotations

direct or indirect statements from a text

What are the two parts to citing according to MLA style?

in-text or parenthetical; Works Cited page

Where is the Works Cited page located?

last page of the research

Paraphrase

restatement of text in your own words

What is a Works Cited page?

sources actually used in the paper

plagiarism

using someone elses words or ideas without giving any credit, or without giving proper credit. Summarizing and pharphrasing must be cited