MLA PPT FALL2024

corresponding citation on works cited page

for every in-text or parenthetical citation in the text of a paper, there must be a __________________________________________

truncated (shortened)

in-text citations must be ___________ as much as possible

First

in text citation is the ____ word or words of the works cited entry

paraphrasing

means “in other words”

three

how many words in a row of the original without quotes constitutes plagiarism?

summary

in your own words, the main idea

example of summary

a page being reduced to a sentence or a chapter being reduced to a paragraph

attributive tag

to refer to a source by name is to assign what?

attributive tag or parenthetical

either a __________ or a ______________ to avoid redundancy

author

what is an entry on the works cited page usually start with?

double spaced

entries in the works cited page are ________?

alphabetical order

entries in the works cited page are arranged in what order?

hanging indentions

what is used if an entry exceeds one line?

short

parentheticals are as _____ as possible

first

parentheticals are the _____ word or words from the works cited entry?

page numbers

parentheticals employ ____________ (if available)

no

do parentheticals use commas before page numbers?

page number

is a source is cited sequentially, only the _____________ is necessary after the first citation available