1. WHAT’S UP?! A GUIDE TO CITING YOUR SOURCES, YO!
F.Y.I. IN ORDER TO MAKE SLIDE 8 MORE READABLE I HAVE ADDED ACTION BUTTONS THAT TAKE YOU TO 3 NEW SLIDES. THESE SLIDES ARE HIDDEN AND CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED WITH THE BUTTONS THAT SAY “PUSH ME”. IF YOU JUST CLICK NEXT SLIDE ON SLIDE 8 YOU WILL GO TO SLIDE 12. IF YOU WANT TO SEE SLIDES 9-11 YOU NEED TO USE THE ACTION BUTTONS.
THANKS!

2. MLA: Modern Language Association
M! TO THE L! TO THE A!
MLA: Modern Language Association

3. MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
MLA FORMAT IS A WAY TO CITE SOURCES IN RESEARCH PAPERS AND PROJECTS DONE IN HUMANITIES CLASSES MOSTLY.
HUMANITIES CLASSES ARE THOSE THAT DEAL WITH THE ARTS.
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE IS CONSIDERED AN ART FORM. SO, WE USE MLA TO CITE OUR RESEARCH IN THIS CLASS.

4. ARE YOU EXCITED?
SO, WHEN YOU DO RESEARCH YOU’RE GOING TO FIND OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS AND PUT THEM INTO YOUR PROJECT.
IF YOU TAKE ANOTHER PERSON’S WORDS OR IDEAS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THOSE.
OTHERWISE YOU’RE STEALING, AND I’M PRETTY SURE THERE’S A COMMANDMENT ABOUT THAT.

5. CITATION BECAUSE:
YOU DON’T WANT TO PLAGIARIZE WHICH IS THE FANCY TITLE FOR STEALING SOMEONE ELSE’S IDEAS, WORDS, OR WRITINGS.
95% OF PLAGIARISM IS ACCIDENTAL, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE IF YOU DO IT.
PLAGIARISM MEANS FAILURE.

6. SO, HOW DOES THE MAGIC OF MLA WORK, MR. G.?!
MLA CITATIONS ARE DONE IN TWO PARTS.
1) IN TEXT CITATIONS
2) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CITATIONS
GREAT QUESTION, KIDS!!

7. IN TEXT CITATIONS: HOW HULK REALLY SAVES THE WORLD.
IN TEXT CITATIONS HAPPEN IN 3 DIFFERENT WAYS: DIRECT QUOTES, PARAPHRASES, AND SUMMARIES.
DIRECT QUOTES ARE THE EASIEST TO USE BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY COPY AND PASTE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS SAID, WRITTEN, OR THOUGHT AND PUT QUOTATION MARKS AROUND IT WHICH TELL THE READER THAT THOSE WORDS AREN’T YOURS.
PARAPHRASES ARE WHERE YOU TAKE A QUOTE AND CHANGE IT INTO YOUR OWN WORDS, IT’S STILL SOMEONE ELSE’S IDEA SO, YOU GIVE THEM CREDIT, BUT NO QUOTATION MARKS.
SUMMARIES ARE WHERE YOU TAKE SOMEONE ELSE’S IDEAS AND GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE IDEA.

8. IN TEXT QUOTATIONS: DIRECT QUOTES
SO, YOU THINK YOU CAN QUOTE?
A PARENTHESES BY ANY OTHER NAME
SO, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN USE?
PUSH ME
PUSH ME
PUSH ME

9. What if I’m quoting something that’s inside a quotation mark in a source?
The quote within the citation ends at the end of the citation so, it gets 3.
THAT IS JUST A LITTLE TRICKIER.
SO, IF I WANT TO QUOTE THIS: IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET, JULIET SAYS, “THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE BY ANY OTHER WORD WOULD SMELL AS SWEET.”
DIRECT QUOTE: “IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET, JULIET SAYS, ‘THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE BY ANY OTHER WORD WOULD SMELL AS SWEET,’” (JONES 87).
IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTICE WHERE THE QUOTE STARTS AND STOPS.
The quote within the citation starts halfway, so it gets 1 quotation mark.
QUOTES WITHIN CITATIONS ALWAYS GET 1 QUOTATION MARK BEFORE AND AFTER. DIRECT QUOTES CITATIONS ALWAYS GET 2.

10. Paraphrases are a little different.
ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE IS STILL NO PERIOD AFTER THE SENTENCE BEING PARAPHRASED. THE PERIOD STILL HAPPENS AFTER THE PARENTHESES.
Paraphrases are a little different.
THIS IS WHERE YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE’S WORDS AND PUT THEM INTO YOUR OWN WORDS:
SO, IF I WANT TO QUOTE THIS: IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET, JULIET SAYS, “THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE BY ANY OTHER WORD WOULD SMELL AS SWEET.”
IN ROMEO AND JULIET SHAKESPEARE SAID CHANGING SOMETHING’S NAME DOESN’T CHANGE WHAT THAT THING IS, (JONES 87).
NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NO QUOTATION MARKS.

11. SUMMARIES ARE EVEN MORE SIMPLE!
CHANGING NAMES DOESN’T CHANGE SUBSTANCES, (JONES 87).
IS THE MAIN IDEA COVERED?
IS IT IN SHORT FORM?
IS THE AUTHOR CREDITED?

12. BUT, WAIT, MR. DUDE! WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR?
THEN THE PARENTHESES LOOK LIKE THIS: (JONES, SMITH 77).
TWO AUTHORS WITH THE SAME LAST NAME? (A. JONES 45). AND (L. JONES 83). JUST ADD THE FIRST INITIAL OF THEIR FIRST NAMES.
WHAT IF I WANT TO CITE TWO AUTHORS FROM 2 DIFFERENT SOURCES? (JONES 83; SMITH 97).
WHAT IF I HAVE NO AUTHOR?! (BOOK TITLE 93).
BAM!!

13. WHAT ABOUT THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, YO?
FOLLOW THESE STEPS AND YOU’RE A ROCK STAR!

14. OPEN MICROSOFT WORD
GO TO THE REFERENCES TAB.

15. In the Citations and bibliography group
USE THE DROP DOWN MENU TO GO TO MLA FORMAT 7TH EDITION.
THEN CHOOSE INSERT CITATION AND ADD NEW SOURCE

16. Then a dialogue box will open.
This will happen. Now just fill in all the fields with an astrix.
Then a dialogue box will open.
Choose your source type
Click show all bibliography fields

17. URL IS THE WEBSITE’S ADDRESS.
YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO FILL IN A URL IF YOU HAVE ONE AND THE SOURCE TYPE.
URL IS THE WEBSITE’S ADDRESS.
THE SOURCE TYPE FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE PRINT OR ELECTRONIC.

18. DUDE, BRO! I feel like I learned everything!
PS. JUST IN CASE YOU CITE THE CATECHISM, YOU WILL NEED TO CITE THE PARAGRAPH NUMBER OF YOUR INFORMATION AND NOT THE PAGE NUMBER.
Well, not everything, but enough to pass this assignment!

19. BECAUSE THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE,
WITH THE CATECHISM!