Writing the Rough Draft

Internal Citations and Works Cited Page

Works Cited Page

The Works Cited page is a list of all sources you have used in your paper. Direct Quotes Summaries Paraphrases

How to Create Your Works Cited Page

Gather all of the source sheets you have Go to www.easybib.com Choose a source type and enter all info

from your source sheet that it asks for If easybib asks for something you didn’t

record, try to find it. Otherwise, leave that part blank

If there is something on your sheet easybib doesn’t ask for, then leave it out!

Creating your works cited page….

Continue adding until you have added all of the sources you plan to use in the paper.

Do not use easybib for GALE, or Worldbook online or the OED—you already have those cited correctly!!!

When all sources have been entered, choose “export to Microsoft Word.”

Putting it all together….

Easybib will open a new document and properly format it for you.

The Word document should have a hanging indent, 12 point font, Times New Roman, and be double-spaced.

Your sources should be listed ALPHABETICALLY by the first word of the citation.

You will need to manually insert any additional sources (GALE, Worldbook Online, OED) where they belong ALPHABETICALLY!!!! (edit format before cut and pasting, that way, everything matches!!

How to give credit as you type your rough draft…..

We use INTERNAL CITATIONS to show when we have paraphrased, summarized or directly quoted a fact or idea from a source.

In general, an internal citation includes the author’s last name and page number that the information came from.

This information is enclosed in parenthesis at the end of the sentence where the fact/idea is located.

What if there is no author? No page?

MANY of your sources may not have an author or page numbers.

The general rule is to use whatever is listed first on the Works Cited entry.

Your citations might look like this:(Golding 45).(“Happiness” 245).(“Evil”).(“Putting up with Bullies”).

EACH CITATION MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT!!!

Examples of what an Internal Citation may look like….

Book with author and page numbers:The boy had a look about him that “proclaimed no evil” (Golding 21).

Entry in a printed encyclopedia:Whenever humans feel happy, there is a little bit of sadness, too (“Happiness” 245).

Online encyclopedia with no author:“There is no worse death than the death we die each day by not living” (“Death”).

What if you refer to the author in the text?

If you refer to the author before giving a direct quote, you do not have to list the author in the citation, just the page #--

According to William Golding, “Man is evil without civilization” (312).

When using a quote book or concordance, refer to the speaker in text, and then cite the quote book or website as your source:

As William Shakespeare wrote in his famous play, Hamlet, “To be or not to be? That is the question” (Bartlett 299).

What other details do I need to pay attention to????

PUNCTUATION!!!! The citation goes at the END of the sentence

that contains the information. The citation should appear BEFORE the end

punctuation of the sentence. If the information INSIDE the citation is a title

or subject heading, it needs to be properly punctuated as well.

…“proclaimed no evil” (Golding 21).…a little bit of sadness, too (“Happiness” 245).

What other details do I need to pay attention to????

Title page—

MLA format does NOT require a title page. The first page of your FORMAL paper should have a heading in the upper LEFT that includes the following:

Your name My nameAdvanced English 8Date

Example:Jose SmithMrs. RidgwayAdvanced English 8March 3, 2011

What other details do I need to pay attention to?

Double Spaced Times New Roman 12 point font Proper heading (see previous slide) Title (centered below heading) Page numbers with your last name in

the upper right corner of every page EXCEPT the first page