MLA Format & Citation Rules

True/False: Works Cited are only used on writing assignments.

False-Works cited should be used ANYTIME you use an idea, fact, picture or saying that is not your own!

What are the consequences for plagiarism in my class?

a zero on the assignment and a referral

How should the sources be listed on your works cited page?

alphabetically

What is a source?

any idea, fact, picture or say you did not create yourself

On what page can your works cited be found?

last

In what order do you list your sources on your Works Cited page?

Alphabetically by the author's last name, book/article title, or website name

What does not have to be cited?

Common Knowledge

T/F Alphabetize your Works Cited page including "A" "An" or "The" as the first word of a title.

False

T/F You should capitalize every word in a title

False

T/F You should underline the title of a text, but not the period at the end in the Works Cited Page

False

T/F for multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, seperated by commas, and a period at the end

False

When documenting one author by name in your sentence/text, which is correct?

Frye has argued this point before (197).

What does a Works Cited page do?

Lists all of the sources you've used

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

How do you format your Works Cited page?

Start each entry on new line, regular left margin, Indent the second and all subsequent lines ("hanging indent") Double space all lines.

When documenting one author in reference to a text, but not mentioned in your sentence, which is correct?

The point has been argued before (Frye 197).

Which is the correct way to cite a website?

The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 and Accoring to the Modern Language Association's (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org).

Which of the following is true about block quotes:

The entire block quote is indented, author is mentioned in the text, Page number is included at the end after the period, quotation marks are not used

T/F MLA prefers Times New Roman font

True

T/F The period (.) is placed after the page number in parentheses ...into his heart" (9).

True

T/F You only use "et al" when you are citing a text with more than three authors

True

T/F You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text

True

True/False: Punctuation is very important when citing a source.

True

True/False: a book citation is different than a website citation.

True

A bibliography is also known as what?

Works Cited page

Where should the words Works Cited appear on the top of your page?

center

As a writer it is your responsibility to give what to your sources?

credit

If the entry continues to the second line, what should you do?

indent 5 spaces or tab (hanging indent)

If you fail to give proper credit to your sources, what have you done?

plagiarized

What do you do to show that a title is from a short piece of text like a poem, article, song, short story, or a tv episode?

quotation marks

What do you do to show that the title is from a book, movie, album, video game or tv show?

underline or italicize