ENG 101 Documentation Test

The elements needed for a works cited page are:

- The author (if a work has one) - The title - The title of the larger work in which the source is located, if it is contained in a larger (MLA calls the larger work a "container" - a collection, a journal, a magazine, a website, and so on) - As much of the following information as is available about the source and the container: - Editor, translator, director, performer - Version or edition - Volume and issue number - Publisher - Date of publication - Location of the source: page numbers, URL, DOI, and so on

The best way to approach paraphrase is to imagine that someone does not understand the original text so you are trying to explain it to them.

True

When a work has no page numbers, it is possible that nothing will appear in parentheses to mark the end of the citation.

True

Work from a website citation

1. Author(s) of work 2. Title and subtitle 3. Title of website 4. Publisher of website 5. Update date 6. URL of page 7. Date of access

When do you need an in-text citation?

- When you directly quote a source - When you paraphrase information from another source

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text?

Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25)

Why do you need to still cite if your paraphrasing?

It's not your own thoughts, words, or ideas.

What is an indirect source?

Quotes found within the same source you are using.

Period is always after the citation.

True

All authors are listed last name, followed by first name, in the works cited list.

False, there are cases (two authors) where only the first author's name would be last name first.

What are the two primary ways to plagiarize a source?

Giving information from the source without giving credit and giving information from a cited source using the same or similar wording, but without quotation marks.

You may take words out of the middle of a quotation by adding ellipses.

True

Three or more authors

Use only the first author's last name and replace all other names with et al. Ex) (Frank et al. 237)

An in-text citation names the author (if there is an author) either in a signal phrase introducing the cited material or in parentheses after the cited material.

True

Effective paraphrase is typically easier to understand than the original - it gets to the point.

True

Corporate Author

Use the agency and the page number Ex) (EPA 9)

Author-Page Style

Use the author's last name and the page number Ex) (Wordsworth 263)

In MLA style, block (long) quotations should be

double-spaced, indented half an inch, and have no quotation marks

Context always needs to be given before a quotation. The purpose of context is to tell the reader everything they need to know to understand the quotation the first time they read it. Context should explain any or all of the following:

1. who or what is being described 2. who is speaking (if not the author) 3. what idea, event, or situation the author is responding to - why is the author saying this 4. who is the author speaking or responding to 5. any ambiguous words or phrases contained in the quotation (especially pronouns).

Where does the period go in a parenthetical citation?

After the ( ).

What is a rule of thumb for plagiarism?

Don't copy three consecutive words from a source without giving quotation marks and

Introducing a quotation with an incomplete thought abs a comma, typically with the author's name and a rhetorically accurate verb. Avoid using "says" or "writes" to introduce ideas:

Ex) Begley and Chatzky claim, "people who aren't good savers....don't accurately foresee the consequences of not saving"(68).

Introducing a quotation with a complete thought and a colon

Ex) However, studies show that inability to save money results from not predicting future outcomes: "people who aren't good savers... don't accurately foresee the consequences of not saving" (Begley and Chatzky 68).

In the parentheses marking the end of an in-text citation, the abbreviation "p." or "pp." is used before the page number(s).

False, for in-text citations you should not abbreviate for "p" or "pp", but you do on the works cited list.

A parenthetical citation in the text of a paper must always include a URL if the source is from the web.

False, parenthetical citations are in parentheses at the end of a sentence, the URL is needed on the works cited page.

When in-text citations are used throughout a paper, there is no need for a works cited list at the end of the paper.

False, you should always have both.

Original: Even before the advent of cheap audio cassettes, in the days when record players were rare and expensive, film songs achieved far-reaching popularity through street singers and wedding bands, which often played film hits rather than folk or traditional tunes.

Paraphrase: Narseen Munni Kabir notes that the songs in Hindi movies became widely popular even when few Indians owned recordings (41).

For a works cited entry for a Web source, a permalink (static, permanent link) or DOI (digital object identifier is preferable to a URL.

True

The works cited list is organized alphabetically by author's last names (or by title for a work with no author).

True

When a paper cites two or more works by the same author, in-text citation includes at least the author's name and the title of the (or a short version of the title).

True

Indirect sources are cited by

using qtd. in in parentheses followed by the author who used the quote, and the page number: (qtd. in Doe 25)

Integrating Quotations

Ex) When discussing California, Illyin demonstrates that in 2008 "the wind account[ed] for up to 8% of [its] electrical load"(22). Though "[w]ind power accounts for more than 1% of California's electricity," the contribution goes even higher during breezy early mornings in summer (Golden 11).

When a work's author is unknown, the work is listed under "Anonymous" in the list of works cited.

False, you should just begin the citation with the title.