Eng 101BC

Works Cited

On a sheet of paper
Why use a formatting guide like MLA, APA,
Chicago?
Why do we begin with MLA and not APA (which is
used more often)?
Write 3 things that you know about Works Cited
pages
Write 3 things that you want to know about Works
Cited pages

Exercise 57-5
1.
OK

Explanation
The student has enclosed the exact words from the
source in quotation marks and identifies the
author in a signal phrase and the page number in
parentheses.

Exercise 57-5
2.
OK

Explanation
The student has paraphrased the source without
using its language or structure and has credited
the author and cited the page number on which
the ideas can be found.

Exercise 57-5
3.
Plagiarized

Explanation
Although the student has credited the source with a
signal phrase and a page number in parentheses,
the student paraphrases the source too closely,
using the same or similar words (seldom,
faithfully, stick, wander) and borrowing the
sentence structure from the source.

Exercise 57-5
4.
Plagiarized

Explanation
The students paraphrase uses language from the
source without quotation marks (irrelevancies,
embarrassed, relevance) and a sentence structure
that is too close to that in the source. In addition,
the student does not credit the author of the ideas
or the page number on which they can be found.

Exercise 57-5
5.
Plagiarized

Explanation
The student has used language from the source
(modern ears, wandered all around and arrived
nowhere) without enclosing it in quotation marks.

Exercise 58-4
1.
Not okay
Explanation
The student has failed to cite the page number on which the
quotation appears. The page number should be placed in
parentheses after the quotation and before the final
period:
Packer notes the liberalization in Africa of the rules
governing used-clothing imports in the past ten years
(232).

Exercise 58-4
2.
Ok
Explanation
The student has enclosed the exact words of the source in
quotation marks and has correctly cited the author in a
signal phrase and the page number in parentheses.

Exercise 58-4
3.
Ok
Explanation
The student has enclosed direct words from the source in
quotation marks and has used qtd. In to indicate that
the quoted words belong to a person interviewed by the
author, not to the author.

Exercise 58-4
4.
Not okay
Explanation
The student has attributed the ideas in this paraphrase to the
author of the passage, but the ideas were expressed by a
person the author interviewed, not by the author. The
following is an acceptable revision:
A Ugandan driver asserts that his culture will not survive for
another decade because Ugandans are becoming
accustomed to Western goods (Packer 233).

Exercise 58-4
5.
Not okay
Explanation

Although the student has used quotation marks around the quoted
passage and has cited the author and page number correctly,
the quotation is not word-for-word accurate from the source. In
addition, the writer has failed to use brackets to indicate a word
changed from the source to fit the grammar of the sentence.
The following is an acceptable revision:
An American reporter observes that the availability of Western
clothing may send Africans the message that their own things
are worthless, that [they] can do nothing for themselves
(Packer 233).

Exercise 59-2
1.
Als describes Cat Power as a storyteller...[who] cares
more about how she says something than about what
she says (148).
In MLA style, an in-text citation appears after the
quoted material and before the sentence period.

Exercise 59-2
2.
Perhaps the essential achievement of punk rockers
was to broach in rock what we might call an antiaesthetic: All expression was possible, including no
expression; all musical expertise was possible,
including none, Kerman and Tomlinson point out
(412).
In MLA style for a source with two authors, both
authors names are given in the signal phrase.

Exercise 59-2
3.
In his album The Rising, Bruce Springsteen elevates his
typical working-class subjects to the status of
heroes in the post-September 11 world (Gates;
Santoro).
When two or more works are cited in the same
parentheses, the authors names are separated by a
semicolon.

Exercise 59-2
4.
One startling description of fiddler Ashley Maclsaac
begins, Although wrecking a hotel room is standard
rock-star behavior, it is unusual for the instrument
of destruction to be a bucketful of freshly cooked
lobsters (Mead 281).
The author of the work being quoted, not the editor of
the collection containing the work, is given in an
MLA in-text citation.

Exercise 59-2
5.
Bangs argues that he sees Elvis Presley not as a tragic
figure...[but] more like the Pentagon, a giant
armored institution nobody knows anything about
except that its power is legendary (Where Were
You 623)
When a paper includes two or more works by the same
author, the parenthetical citation includes a short
form of the sources title along with the page
number.

Exercise 59-2
6.
The Wiggin sisters grew up in Fremont, New
Hampshire. A town historian once wrote about
Fremont that for the most part, death, sickness,
disease, accidents, bad weather, loneliness,
strenuous hard work, insect-infested foods, prowling
predatory animals, and countless inconveniences
marked day-to-day existence (qtd. In Orlean 136).
Orlean is quoting the town historian, so the
parenthetical citation includes the abbreviation
qtd. In to indicate that the words are not
Orleans.

Exercise 59-2
7.
Ratliff notes that Lincoln Centers jazz concerts have
been held at Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall,
respectable cultural landmarks that are
nevertheless physically hostile to the sound of jazz
percussion (E5).
The in-text citation for a newspaper article includes
the exact page number on which the quotation
appears.

Exercise 59-2
8.
Wyman maintains that if you were a rock-loving
youth in Americas...Sun Belt in the mid-1970s, the
Ramones gave you your first taste of what a
sensation was.
For an unpaginated electronic source, a signal phrase
naming the author of the work is sufficient in an
MLA in-text citation.

Exercise 59-2
9.
While U2s music is infused with religious imagery and
explicitly embraces Christian themes, the bands
hard-living lifestyle makes some pietistic
Christians...question the bands beliefs (U2s
Spiritual Journey 12).
In MLA style, a work with no author is cited with a
short form of its title.

Exercise 59-2
10.
Wikipedia notes that the term riot grrl became an
almost meaningless media catchphrase that was
rarely used by artists themselves (Riot Grrl).
A work with no author is cited by its title in an MLA intext citation.

What is a Works Cited page?

Alphabetical list of sources found at the end of a research-based essay

Entries are listed alphabetically by authors or editors last name or by the title
of the work if no author/editor is available

Author names are written last name, first name, middle name (or initials)
Burke,
Levy,

Kenneth

David M.

Wallace,

DO NOT list titles (Dr., Sir, Saint, etc.) or degrees (PhD, MA, DDS, etc.)
John

Smith, PhD appears as Smith, John

DO include suffixes (Jr., II., etc.)

Dr.

David Foster

Martin Luther King, Jr. appears as King, Martin Luther, Jr.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

Works Cited page basics

One-inch margins, same header as rest of essay, double spaced (no extra
spaces between citations)
Works Cited (do not italicize, underline, bold, or put inside quotation marks)
centered at top of page
First line of each entry is NOT indented. The second and subsequent lines are
indented (hanging indent).
Page numbers are hyphenated, not separated by a dash
For every entry, indicate the medium of publication (Print, Web, Film, DVD)
URLs for Web entries are no longer required (instructor/publisher discretion)

<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/>.

Use italics (do not underline) titles of larger works (books, magazines, etc).

If citing a source originally issued in print form but was retrieved from an
online database, type the online database name in italics

Works Cited page basics

It there is more than one entry per author, works are arranged alphabetically
by title

For second and all additional entries, type three hyphens and a period in
place of the authors name

Stanko, Jeannine. I Like Belly Dancing. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014. Print.

---. I Like Cats. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014. Print.

How to create a Works Cited page

First, adhere to all of the basics as outlined in the previous slides

Second, determine the type of source (book, periodical, electronic source,

other [interview, lecture, visual art, film, audio, digital file) being cited

Third, find the appropriate formula to document the necessary information

of the source

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Online Bib Generators - WARNING

Not always correct

Inaccurate information

Not up-to-date with current MLA

User error

MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WORK FOR ERRORS

Electronic Sources

Author and/or editor names (if available)

Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)

Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print
publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may,
for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified
information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)

Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or

issue numbers.

Publisher information, including the publisher name (n.p. if unavailable) and

publishing date (n.d. if unavailble).

Take note of any page numbers (if not available n.pag.).

Medium of publication.

Date you accessed the material.

URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a
URL).

59-5 Works Cited

1.
A. Al Capone. The History Files. Chicago Hist. Soc.,
1999. Web. 9 Oct. 2002.
Explanation:

For a work without an author, a works cited entry

begins with the title of the source, not with
Anonymous.

59-5 Works Cited

2.
A. Roark, James L., et al. The American Promise: A
History of the United States. 2nd compact ed. Boston:
Bedford, 2003. Print.

Explanation:
In MLA style, a work with four or more authors is listed
by the name of the first author followed by et al.
Alternatively, a work can be listed by the names of
all the authors as they are given in the source.

59-5 Works Cited

3.
A. Biskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. New
York: Touchstone-Simon, 1998. Print.
Explanation:

In MLA style, the city of publication precedes the

name of the publisher and the date of publication.

59-5 Works Cited

4.
B. The Godfather. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf.
Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Paramount, 1972. Film.
Explanation:

Because the student has used dialogue from the film

and has not emphasized one persons contribution,
the MLA works cited entry begins with the title of
the film, not the directors name.

59-5 Works Cited

5.
B. Hamill, Pete. Dapper Dons Time Gone.
nydailynews.com. Daily News, 18 June 2001. Web. 7 Oct.
2002.

Explanation:
Both the date of publication and the date of access are
given for an online source.

59-5 Works Cited

6.
A. Biskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. New York:
Touchstone-Simon, 1998. Print.
Explanation:

Although the student has quoted Townes words, the book

in which the words appear was written by Biskind, not
Towne.

59-5 Works Cited

7.
A. Mobilio, Albert. Why Organized Crime Isnt What It
Used to Be. Rev. of Gotham Unbound: How New
York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized
Crime, by James B. Jacobs. Village Voice. Village
Voice, 29 Sept. 1999. Web. 30 Sept. 2002.
Explanation:

The works cited entry for a review should include the

words Rev. of and the title and author of the
work reviewed.

59-5 Works Cited

8.
B. Millman, Joyce. Sympathy for the (Jersey) Devil.
Salon. Com. Salon Media Group, 27 Feb. 2001. Web.
1 Oct. 2002.

Explanation:
In MLA style for dates, the day precedes the month,
and the day and the month are not separated from
the year with a comma.

59-5 Works Cited

9.
B. Agins, Teri, and Joe Flint. Mobster Chic: Its
Menswear a la Sopranos, Wall Street Journal 10
Mar. 2003: B1. Print.

Explanation:
In MLA style, the authors names are followed by the
title of the article and then the name of the
newspaper, the date, and the page number.

Create a Works Cited page using a blank

sheet of paper and these sources

Include header

For Tuesday
Exercise

59-6
Create an actual Works Cited page
For number 3, you will have 2
citations