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
