Writing Lab-Unit 5-Vocabulary/BrainPop

A summary, note of explanation, or comment attached to a bibliographic entry

Annotation

What information determines the order of MLA citations within a bibliography

Authors last name

A list of sources consulted for scholarly research

Bibliography

To state or name the source of a quote or information; verb form of citation

Cite

Name of the source that holds another source of information

Container

Name and role of people who created the source (author, illustrator, editor)

Contributor

Have up-to-date information, that is objective, reliable, and accurate

Credible sources

Purpose of including a bibliography in your report is to

Credit people who helped shape your argument

A citation for a print magazine article generally includes

Issue number

Based on MLA guidelines, every citation in a bibliography must

List information in same order

Jo Marchant wrote a book called Decoding the Heavens, published in 2009 by Da Capo Press. Which of the following appears first in the citation?

Marchant

In an MLA citation, a newspaper is the most likely container for

Movie review

What information about a source is most likely to appear in a bibliography

Name of the author

Responsible for producing and distributing a book, newspaper, or other printed source

Publisher

Which line(s) should be indented in this citation

Second and third

The act of seeing; vision (noun)

Sight

A location or place; website (noun)

Site

A brief statement of the main points of something

Summary

Identify the publisher in this citation: Kluth, Fred. Cars of 1998. Miami: The Auto Press, 1999

The Auto Press

In what ways do footnotes differ from bibliography citations

Their location in a report