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In text Citations. Use of the exact words from a text, film, tape, or interview. What people say What others say about people Descriptive passages or phrases Statistics Definitions. What is citing?. To provide specific detail or evidence to support opinions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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In text Citations
What is citing?
Use of the exact words from a text, film, tape, or interview
What people say What others say about people Descriptive passages or phrases Statistics Definitions
Why cite? To provide specific
detail or evidence to support opinions
To include facts to illustrate or prove a point
To emphasize a point To add credibility by
including the opinions of experts.
Why Use MLA Format? Protects yourself from
plagiarism Allows readers to cross-
reference your sources easily
Provides consistent format within a discipline
Gives you credibility as a writer
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Why Use MLA Format? The correct documentation of
your sources is serious business!
If you plagiarize, even inadvertently, you may flunk your class, be expelled from school, and college, suspended from NHS>
Plagiarism in your professional career can result in being sued, fired, and publicly embarrassed
Where Do I Find MLA Format?
http://www.sophia.org/in-text-citations--5-tutorial
www.pitcolib.org/media/uploads/CITING_SOURCES_small.ppt
MLA Style: Two PartsIn text/ Parenthetical
Citations Works Cited Page
When Should You Use In Text/ Parenthetical Documentation?
that are not your ownQuoting/citing means
to repeat another source word for word, using quotation marks.
When quoting/citing
When Should You Use In Text/ Parenthetical Documentation?
When summarizing facts and ideas
from a source
When paraphrasing facts and
ideas from a source
When Do You Cite?Don’t fall into the trap of
plagiarism!
If the idea or information you are using did not originate in your own mind . . .
Keys to In-Text Citations
Readability! Keep references brief Give only information
needed to identify the source on your Works Cited page--cross-referencing!
Do not repeat unnecessary information
Handling In-Text CitationsTypical in-text citation:
Citation with source author mentioned in text:
Handling In-Text Citations
Consecutive citations from the same source:
More than one author with the same last name(W. Wordsworth 23) (D. Wordsworth 224)
Handling In-Text Citations
Sometimes more information is necessary.
More than one work by the same author(Joyce, Portrait 121) (Joyce, Ulysses 556)
Different volumes of a multi-volume work(Jones 1: 336)
Citing indirect sources (Johnson qtd. in Boswell 450)
Handling In-Text CitationsOther problems: If the source has no known author, then
use an abbreviated version of the title:
If the source is only one page in length or is a web page with no apparent pagination:
Full Title: “California Cigarette Tax Deters Smokers”
Source: Dave Poland’s “Hot Button” web column
In-text Citation: (“California ” A14)
In-text Citation: (Poland)
Choose your quotations carefully and for specific reasons.
Later reference
Memorable language
Authority
Accuracy
Brevity
When To Use Quotations
When To Use QuotationsChoose your quotations carefully and for specific reasons.
Use quotations to support your argument
A short phrase or sentence is more easily
understood than a long quotation. Look for the "kernel" or the
most important part of the quotation and extract it.
Paraphrase a quotation in your own words when possible.
Handling Long Quotations
There are many different combinations and variations within MLA citation format.
If you run into something unusual, look it up!
Handling Quotes in Your Text
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