MLA FORMAT CITATIONS INTEXT PARENTHETICALLY AND WORKS CITED

MLA FORMAT &CITATIONS IN-TEXT (PARENTHETICALLY) AND WORKS CITED

WHAT ARE CITATIONS & WHY DO WE HAVE THEM? • Citations are the author’s way to demonstrating proof, credibility, and integrity. • We need them: • In case we want to investigate information further; • To critically respond to an author.

FOR EXAMPLE: • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=PKz. HXel. Qi_A

LET’S COMPARE THIS TO “TRUMP’S PRESS SECRETARY FALSELY CLAIMS…” • The only numbers Spicer cited were ridership numbers from WMATA, the D. C. public-transit system. “We know that 420, 000 people used D. C. Metro public transit yesterday, which compares to 317, 000 that used it for President Obama's last inaugural, ” he said. But the figures Spicer offered were not consistent with those provided by WMATA officials, who told the Washington Post that 570, 557 riders used the Metro system between its 4 a. m. opening and its midnight closure on Friday. That number falls short of both President Obama’s 2009 and 2013 inaugurations, which saw 1. 1 million trips and 782, 000 trips respectively. • https: //www. theatlantic. com/politics/archive/2017/01/inauguration-crowdsize/514058/

PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS • These are added after a statement or sentence. MLA generally uses author last name + page number, if available. With online articles/sources, use only the author’s name. • For example: “The only numbers Spicer cited were from the WMATA” (Ford). • You SHOULD ALSO use parenthetical citations when paraphrasing and summarizing.

SCAVENGER HUNT! • Grab a computer and a scavenge! First group to complete this ACCURATELY wins extra credit…