Name: Period: Rules for MLA In-text (in your essay) Citation Practice: Brief Review of *Internal Citations: Place in Spam: Journal for Grade. 1. Internal Citation is found within paragraphs as we write. (3 needed, one in each par. 2 + 3 + 4). 2. Internal citation needs the last name of the author in Parenthesis. Nothing will work unless you do" (Angelou). ----This is from a Website. The essence escapes, but its aura remains (Angelou 189). -----This is when internally citing someone in a book.) If it has a page number on the Web, you must cite it as a book. If whole essay is on one book, only cite a page number when evidence occurs. 3. We cite internally to guide the reader to an external/additional work page to find more information about our evidence and to make our work credible.
4. ******We do not plagiarize: or unlawfully take other peoples work. Rules for Work Cited page: External Citations: MLA (Modern Language Association) (Circle what MLA is and put three stars by it!!!) **(Notes on right side bar in this section.) Other ways of Citing: APA (American Psychological Association all science papers), Turabian, Chicago, and etc.. 5. A Work Cited page is what we always title a page that we give detailed information about our internal citations. 6. This page gives important information about evidence we base our essays/papers on. It is important especially because it formulates credibility for any writing we do. 7. Without internal and external citations, one is plagiarizing ideas of others and this is
against the laws established in every country in the world. 8. One s parents or self can be sued to obtain money if plagiarizing occurs. 9. Every line on a work cited page is double space constancy. 10. Entries are organized alphabetically. 11. All entries have a hanging indent. Which means that every line after the first line is indented at least five spaces in. 12. Purdue OWL is the Website that establishes all English rules of citation and conventions (Grammar) for the World. 13. Go to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/reso urce/747/01/ or search for Purdue Owl: MLA Formatting now. 14. The table of contents is on what side of the page? Your left Side 15. This table of contents is important to find rules on internal citations
and external citations. 16. A basic book citation is formulated like this: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print. Online Sources (Web Medium) MLA no longer requires the use of URLs in MLA citations. Because Web addresses are not static (i.e., they change often) and because documents sometimes appear in multiple places on the Web (e.g., on multiple databases), MLA explains that most readers can find electronic sources via title or author searches in Internet Search Engines.
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Title of Large Work: Title of Article if Present. Vol or Version/Issue Number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher in italicics), date of source s creation (if available). Medium of publication (Web Italicized). Date of access (when you used the information). Example: Use for an Encyclopedia Douglas-Hamilton and O. Douglas-Hamilton. Elephants: Their Habitat and Family.
Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 1 Oct 2010. Web. 9 Feb 2016. Or if not an encyclopedia, and no volume or edition present. (Periodicals) Example: Creditable Website Search Library of Children s Literature. Brant, Susan. American Literature Weekly: Controversy over Newbery Awards. 6 Jan 2016. Web. 22 Jan 2016.
If no Editor exists. (Periodicals) Example: May be poems or creditable website. Brant, Susan. American Literature Weekly: Controversy over Newbery Awards. 6 Jan 2016. Web. 22 Jan 2016.
Work Cited Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems. Ed. Philip Smith. New York: Dover, 1995. 26. Print. Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print. Zernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.