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OUR GOALS TODAY

Overview MLA Format
Review In-text Citations and Works Cited Page

WHY CITE?

Citations provide many benefits to the author of a paper:

(1)Establishes credibility
(2)Protects against plagiarism
(3)Strengthens purpose

WHEN DO I CITE?

A citation should appear in-text anytime

work comes from a source other than your
own brain.

A direct quote can NOT be simply stuck into a paragraph. Instead, the
quote should be either, introduced, embedded, documented and/or
explained.

SUMMARY VS PARAPHRASE
Summarize putting the main, broad ideas of a text in your own words
(main idea)
In Cinderella, a beautiful, kind girl is mistreated by her stepmother.
Through the help of her animal friends and fairy godmother, she attends a
ball, falls in love with the prince and lives happily ever after.

Paraphrase putting a specific sentence or several sentences in your

own words
Cinderella looked at her fairy godmother in disbelief as her new beautiful
dress magically appeared.

3 TYPES OF IN-TEXT REFERENCES

Integrated Quotation: Direct Quote (word for word) from the document AND includes a
reference to the source.
According to an article published by the National Archives, By the late 1970s all branches of
the federal government and most state governments had taken at least some action to fulfill
the promise of equal protection under the law.
Summary Statement: Summary information should encompass the source as a whole.
Nearly every branch of federal and local governments had taken steps towards providing
equal protection by the late 1970s, as described in an article published by the National
Archives.
Paraphrase Statement: Paraphrase a smaller section of the text in your own words.
The National Archives state that late in the 1970s, the federal and state governments were
taking steps towards providing equal protection under the law.

COMMONLY USED SIGNAL PHRASES

according to
acknowledges
adds
admits
agrees
analyzes
argues
confirms
contradicts
declares
defines
demonstrates
denies
describes
discusses
disputes
documents

WORKS CITED LIST

Appears at the end of your paper.
All sources appear alphabetically.
All information double spaced.

Woks Cited
"Civil Rights Movement." - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. N.p., n.d.

Web. 20

Apr. 2015.
"Teaching With Documents: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission." The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal

Employment Opportunity

Commission. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.

"Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. N.p.,
20 Apr. 2015.

n.d. Web.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF WORKS CITED ENTRIES

Book with One Author:

Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Medium of Publication.
Article in a Magazine:
Author(s). Title of Article. Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of
Publication.
Entire Website:
Editor, Author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Name of site. Version
Number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher),
date of resource creation (if available). Medium of Publication. Date of Access.

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