1. MLA and Plagiarism
9th grade Literature

2. What is plagiarism?
“The action or practice of taking someone else’s work and passing it off as one’s own; literary theft.” –Oxford English Dictionary

3. What are some examples of plagiarism?
Copying from a website, article, or book
Copying someone else’s work (or having them do your work for you and taking credit)
Any form of copying/pasting without citing the work
Failing to use quotation marks when using a direct quote
Rewording a source without citing it
Buying an essay online and turning it in as your original work
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4. What does “cite” mean? To give credit to the original author
Stating where you found the information

5. What do you need to cite? Direct quotations (exact words)
Paraphrasing (restating the author’s words in your own words)
Summarizing (condensing down the author’s words in your own words)
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6. What is the name of the format we use to cite?
MLA (Modern Language Association)

7. For what subjects do you use MLA formatting?
English
Foreign language
Humanities (anything that does not do a scientific study)

8. What is an in-text citation?
Giving the author credit within the content of your essay
There are multiple types of in-text citations
Direct quotations
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
In order to do an in-text citation, you must always give the author’s last name and page number

9. What is a direct quotation and how do you cite a direct quote?
Direct quotation: Using the author’s EXACT words
Ex:
Lee reminds readers, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"(42). OR
Atticus teaches Scout, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 42).

10. What is paraphrasing and how do you cite it?
Paraphrasing: Restating the author’s words and ideas sentence by sentence using your own words
This is also called an indirect quote
Citing: Atticus reminds Scout that you don’t really understand anybody until you stand in his shoes (Lee 42).

11. What is summarizing and how do you cite it?
Summarizing: Condensing down the author’s words and ideas using your own words
This is also called an indirect quote
Citing: Atticus teaches Scout life lessons by using vivid examples in order to empathize with others (Lee 42).

12. How does MLA affect the format of your paper?
Times new Roman, size 12
1’’ margins
Double-spaced
Heading with your information
Page header
Title centered (no underline, italicize, or bold)
When mentioning an author for the first time, use the full name. Afterwards, you may use just the last name.
Never refer to an author by his first name only
Present tense
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15. How do you document the sources you used?
A list of sources is called a works cited
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16. Where do you go online for help with MLA?
OWL Perdue:

17. How to Cite Electronic Sources
Last name, First. Title. Publisher, Date Month Year. Web. Access date. Web address