MLA Check for UnderstandingReview MLA Works Cited 1

MLA – Check for Understanding/Review �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.

� 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” (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.

MLA PRACTICE (AS NEEDED) �GO TO THE LAST SLIDES!

USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE � 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!

“Two Days with No Phone” �Create two columns on your paper – label column one MY RESPONSE, label column two – TEXTUAL EVIDENCE MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

� NOW READ “TWO DAYS WITH NO PHONE”

1. WHAT EFFECT MIGHT TOO MUCH TEXTING HAVE ON A STUDENT’S RELATIONSHIP? 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”)

What is “sleep texting”? MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

What does the word “adolescents” mean in Dr. Dowdell’s quote about sleep needs? MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Make a prediction about Kenny and Franchesca. Which student is more likely to text less in the future than before the experiment MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

A teen checks his phone every five minutes, and his mood changes when he doesn’t have access to his phone. Might he have an addiction? MY RESPONSE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Example: “Human beings have been described as symbol-using animals” (Burke 3). � 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