Language Arts: Bibliography and MLA Citation Practice

Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this book: Author: Angie Thomas. Title: The Hate U Give. Publisher: Balzer + Bray. Year: 2017.

Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this book with two authors: Authors: Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Title: All American Boys. Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Year: 2015.

Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this online article: Author: Maya Phillips. Article title: Why Poetry Still Matters. Website: The New York Times. Date: 8 Apr. 2022. URL: www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/arts/poetry-matters.html.

Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this webpage with no named author: Page title: The History of Public Libraries. Website: Library of Congress. Publication date: 15 Jan. 2021. URL: www.loc.gov/library-history.

Create an MLA in-text citation for this sentence using the source information provided: The quotation comes from page 42 of a book by Toni Morrison.

Revise this sentence so the MLA in-text citation is correct: "The narrator describes the town as quiet and watchful" (Lee, p. 18).

A student quotes a website article with no page numbers. The author's last name is Chen. Write the correct MLA in-text citation for the end of the sentence.

Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this magazine article: Author: Sofia Ramirez. Article title: Teens and the Science of Sleep. Magazine: Health Today. Date: 12 Mar. 2023. Pages: 34-38.

Put these Works Cited entries in the correct alphabetical order by author or title if there is no author: King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies. "Climate Change Basics." National Geographic. Smith, Zadie. White Teeth.

Identify and correct the MLA mistake in this Works Cited entry: Green, John. "The Fault in Our Stars." Dutton Books, 2012.

Look at the sample source card: Author: Aisha Malik. Title: Ocean Plastic and Wildlife. Website: EarthWatch. Date: 4 May 2020. URL: www.earthwatch.org/ocean-plastic. Use the source card to write an MLA Works Cited entry.

A student used information from a source but changed the words instead of quoting directly. Explain whether the student still needs an MLA in-text citation.