 MLA Works Cited  1. What is plagiarism?  2. How do you avoid plagiarism?  3. What does MLA stand for?  4. List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources.

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When you copy word for word or almost word for word you must . . . ?

 Failure to quote and cite material is called _________________________ and will result in a zero on the assignment!

 When you cite you use ______________ if there is one otherwise use ___________________________. Never cite by ___________________________

 True or False – On your works cited page all you need is the web address.

 True or False – When you cite an author or title in your essay there should be a matching entry in your works cited?

 “Blah Blah Blah” (Anderson). In your paper  Then in the works cited  “Teens use their cell phones too much”

 A Web Site –  Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Web Page.” Website Name. Website Editor or Company, Date created or last revised. Web. Date accessed.

 Example: Cohen, Elizabeth. “Five Ways to Avoid Germs While Traveling.” CNN.com. CNN, 27 Nov. 2008. Web. 28 Nov. 2008.

 GO TO THE LAST SLIDES!

 1. USE INFORMATION STATED IN THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS.

 2. ANYTHING TAKEN WORD FOR WORD FROM THE TEXT (OR ALMOST) MUST BE QUOTED AND CITED.

 3. ANYTHING YOU TAKE FROM THE TEXT AND PUT IN YOUR OWN WORDS STILL MUST BE CITED!

 Create two columns on your paper – label column one MY RESPONSE, label column two – TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

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NOW READ “TWO DAYS WITH NO PHONE”

MY RESPONSE

Possible responses: Interferes with sleep

TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

“Dr. Dowdell says that’s it’s common For teen’s sleep to be interrupted by texts” (“Two Days Without a Phone”)

MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

 1. A direct quotation written by Chambers found on page 11:  At the man’s feet is a sign that reads: “Won’t you help me? I’m cold and homeless. God Bless You”

 2. A paraphrase from Jack Ziegler’s book found on page 423:  Both poet-teachers strongly believe in the benefits of dream writing for beginning writers

 3. A direct quotation found on a webpage titled “Rivers” and accessed on April 30:  “Ohio River, Algonquian for ‘beautiful river’, is in the east central United States”

 4. A paraphrase from a webpage titled “Rivers Unlimited” found at www.riversunlimited.org/:  A group called Rivers Unlimited works to preserve rivers all throughout the state of Ohio

 5. A paraphrase from an article in a magazine with no author titled “The New Republic” and found on page 38:  Students learned a full year’s Spanish in ten days using the complete supermemory method