Language Arts: Bibliography and MLA Citation Practice
Practice creating MLA Works Cited entries and in-text citations
Language Arts: Bibliography and MLA Citation Practice
Practice creating MLA Works Cited entries and in-text citations
Language Arts - Grade 9-12
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Create an MLA Works Cited entry for this book: Author: Angie Thomas. Title: The Hate U Give. Publisher: Balzer + Bray. Year: 2017.
For a book, use this order: Author. Title. Publisher, year.
The correct MLA Works Cited entry is: Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. Balzer + Bray, 2017. - 2
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.
The correct MLA Works Cited entry is: Reynolds, Jason, and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. - 3
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.
Article titles go in quotation marks, and website names are italicized in MLA formatting.
The correct MLA Works Cited entry is: Phillips, Maya. "Why Poetry Still Matters." The New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022, www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/arts/poetry-matters.html. - 4
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.
The correct MLA Works Cited entry is: "The History of Public Libraries." Library of Congress, 15 Jan. 2021, www.loc.gov/library-history. - 5
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.
MLA in-text citations usually include the author's last name and the page number.
The correct in-text citation is (Morrison 42). In MLA style, the author's last name and page number appear in parentheses without a comma. - 6
Revise this sentence so the MLA in-text citation is correct: "The narrator describes the town as quiet and watchful" (Lee, p. 18).
The corrected sentence is: "The narrator describes the town as quiet and watchful" (Lee 18). MLA style does not use a comma or the abbreviation p. in a basic parenthetical citation. - 7
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.
Do not add a page number if the source does not provide one.
The correct in-text citation is (Chen). Since there are no page numbers, MLA uses only the author's last name. - 8
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.
The correct MLA Works Cited entry is: Ramirez, Sofia. "Teens and the Science of Sleep." Health Today, 12 Mar. 2023, pp. 34-38. - 9
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.
Ignore articles like a, an, and the when alphabetizing titles, but use the first listed word if there is no author.
The correct order is: Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies.; "Climate Change Basics." National Geographic.; King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail."; Smith, Zadie. White Teeth. Works Cited entries are alphabetized by the first important word in each entry. - 10
Identify and correct the MLA mistake in this Works Cited entry: Green, John. "The Fault in Our Stars." Dutton Books, 2012.
The mistake is that the title of a book should be italicized, not placed in quotation marks. The corrected entry is: Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars. Dutton Books, 2012. - 11
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.
Use quotation marks for the webpage title and list the website name after the title.
The correct MLA Works Cited entry is: Malik, Aisha. "Ocean Plastic and Wildlife." EarthWatch, 4 May 2020, www.earthwatch.org/ocean-plastic. - 12
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.
Citations are needed for borrowed ideas as well as exact quotations.
The student still needs an MLA in-text citation. Paraphrased ideas must be cited because the information or idea came from another source, even if the wording is different.