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1、mla citation stylemodern language associationwhat you already know(but well remind you just in case!)what is plagiarism?“presenting as your own the ideas, opinions or work of others whether copied from source material, purchased, or otherwise obtained without giving proper credit through documentati

2、on.”fhs academic policy on plagiarism and obtaining an unfair advantage, 2007-2008 handbookhow do i avoid plagiarism?ldo your own work!ltake accurate notes, always keeping track of your sources luse direct quotes when neededlparaphrase carefullylinclude an accurate works cited or bibliography page w

3、ith every assignmentwhat is a quotation?lexact words of an authorlcopied word for wordwhen should i use a quotation?lyou want to add the power of an authors words to support your argumentlyou want to disagree with an authors argumentlyou want to highlight powerful phrases used by an authorwhat is a

4、paraphrase?lrephrasing the words of an author into your own wordsloften shorter than the originalwhen should i paraphrase?lyou want to avoid overusing quotationslyou want to use your own voice to present informationwhat is a summary?ltaking key information from one or more sources without including

5、detaillalways significantly shorter than the original(s)when should i summarize?lyou want to establish background or offer an overview of a topiclyou want to describe common knowledge (from several sources) about a topicwhen do i need to include a citation?after everylquotationlopinion that is not y

6、our ownlstatement of factexcept when youre presenting “common knowledge”lyou knew the information before you started researching the topiclthe same information is provided in every sourcelthe information is general rather than specifichow do i cite using mla style?two parts:parenthetical citationswo

7、rks citedwhat would an example look like?“hate crimes are typically excessively brutal, and quite often they are carried out in a random fashion against strangers” (eastman 362). if your cited material runs to more than one page, give the range of pages (eastman 362-363).*use no punctuation between

8、name & page #whats different in this example?eastman suggests that “hate crimes are typically excessively brutal, and quite often they are carried out in a random fashion against strangers” (362). note: the authors name is not included in the citation when you use a signal phrase.what if i cant

9、find an author?as of 2001, at least three hundred towns and municipalities had considered legislation regulating use of cell phones while driving (“lawmakers” 2).what does “lawmakers” refer to?caution: do detective work before you assume a web source doesnt have an author. the name may appear on ano

10、ther page, such as the home page. what if i cant find a page number?you may omit page number if work lacks page numbers as with many web sources. pdf files provide “stable” page numbers, so you should include those numbers when available.what if there is more than one author? “hate crimes are often

11、the result of either an individual perpetrators perspective or of a larger set of societal attitudes” (smith and london 404). what if i use more than one work by an author? hate crimes are often the result of either an individual perpetrators perspective or of a larger set of societal attitudes. for

12、 example, sometimes perpetrators are motivated by a bigoted attitude toward a particular group - an idea that may be reinforced by society.other times the perpetrator may simply be looking for excitement (eastman “evolution of hate crimes” 362).what if i have two authors with the same last nameinclu

13、de an initial for the author to clarify which author wrote the article(a. smith 72)citation with paraphraseshate crimes are often the result of either an individual perpetrators perspective or of a larger set of societal attitudes (smith 404). for example, sometimes perpetrators are motivated by a b

14、igoted attitude toward a particular group - an idea that may be reinforced by society. other times the perpetrator may simply be looking for excitement (eastman 362).or try thishate crimes are often the result of either an individual perpetrators perspective or of a larger set of societal attitudes.

15、 for example, eastmans research showed that sometimes perpetrators are motivated by a bigoted attitude toward a particular group - an idea that may be reinforced by society. other times the perpetrator may simply be looking for excitement (362).works cited pagelstarts on a new page with the title: works cited centered on page ldouble-space within and between entries lentry begins at the marginlprovide a complete list of all sources made reference to in your paper ldoes not include any sources n