Today we will review how to create a Works Cited list as well as how to embed quotes within an essay from your class play, A Raisin in the Sun following MLA school of citation
In English classes past you may have cited novels or short stories or poems parenthetically using MLA, which involves the author’s last name and page number from the text.
Just a few reminders:
To embed quotes, there are a few simple guidelines to remember:
No lonely quotes!
Run-In and/or Run-Out
Peppering a quote
DOT.DOT.DOT
COPY COPY (AUTHOR PAGE) PERIOD.
Remember that you will need to include a Works Cited page using MLA school of Citation. It is crucial to properly reference information that is not your own in order to give credit where it’s due and also to avoid PLAGIARISM.
Here is a handy video that gives a good visual of how to embed quotes in MLA. One change in the video is that you will create a Works Cited page, not a bibliography. Some people use the term interchangeably.
Using the following information will put you on the right track to creating a Works Cited page to be proud of!
Below you’ll find the Laurier Guide for MLA Citation.
We’ll be going over MLA Citation today, as you prepare to write your ISU essays!
Here’s some links that will come in handy.
MLA Citation
For your ENG4U class [and all your previous English courses], you use the MLA Citation guide to generate your Works Cited list and to create your Parenthetical Citations.
We’ll review the rules for MLA Citation, including how to create a proper Works Cited list.
Integrating a quotation into your writing is a fairly important part of the writing process. Keep in mind, that different teachers will have different preferences when it comes to this. OWL @ Purdue has information about how quotations should be best formatted using the MLA.
I always advise to consider the following:
Length of Quotation
Very long quotes should be placed in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented 1/2inch from the left margin while maintaining double-spacing. Your parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks.
Your Sentence and Paragraph Structure
Quotations are generally best received when integrated within your writing structure. This maintains your writer’s voice and allows your reader to read unimpeded.
Adjustment for Brevity and Truncation
Sometimes you need to shorten a quotation, or remove parts in the middle that make the quote too long. As long as you’re not removing words/phrases to change its meaning, it’s fine! Just use ellipses [three dotes . . . ] to show that there were originally words in the quotation that you’ve removed. If you need to change a word to match your sentence structure, use a Square Bracket around what was changed. For example, this could be used to change “I” or “he” to [Macbeth]
APA Citation This form of citation helps students show the source of their research and is quite simple to accomplish. We’ll talk about how we write a References list together in class and talk about why its important to know how to do properly.
The AP Source found HERE provides students with excellent peer-reviewed journals with tools to help organize and cite research. It’s the most powerful database we have.
The Library Catalogue provides you with remote access to our digital and streaming media collection. It also allows you to search the print collection to see what books will be available for circulation.
We’ll also discuss how to use our Academic Databases and how to find passwords if working virtually.
SickKids, & World Health Organization as well as some foundations directly related to the condition have useful and credible information as well.
Remember that the databases are password-protected and some of the passwords have changed since last year. You will need to be logged into AW to access these resources. Look for the orange Passwords & Info icon in the Virtual Library.
You’ll see this at the top of the Virtual Library page.
Slide Presentation and Citing Images
Your slide presentation needs visuals which in turn need to be cited in APA. In this situation you need to reference the source of the visual and unfortunately stating Google Images as the source will not suffice.
Simply put, you may NOT cite Google. It is a search engine, not a source. You have to dig deeper to cite images that are found through Google.
Here are a couple of short videos that may help you in this process, both of which I have permission to share with you.
The first one is valuable in that it shows where to find images that are free to be used in Google.
The second one shows how to cite images that may or may not have all of the information that you need.
These videos give slightly different information in terms of the placement of the date. The first video shows the date placed immediately after the creator’s name and no mention of the type of image.
The second video shows the creator’s name, the type of work and then the date.
Which one is accurate? The main difference is that the creator’s role (photographer) is mentioned in the second video as well as the type of image [photograph].
Note: if the image does not have a title, describe the image and put that description in square brackets.
Brock University and Simon Fraser University also have included great examples of citing images that you can reference as well.
From Brock U. 7.2: Using Images on Slides
If you use images, such as photographs or clipart, on your slides, you should also credit the source of the image. Do not reproduce images without permission. There are sources for clipart and images that are “public use” according to Creative Commons licensing such as:
Photographs are treated as figures in APA Style. Therefore, the citation for the source of the image is included as a footnote in the figure caption underneath the photograph which includes the figure number and a description. The source of the image obtained is attributed using the following model:
Figure 1. Blah blah blah. From Title of Image, by Author, Year. Retrieved from URL.
Another option for citing image sources is to create a separate slide titled “Photo credits” or “Image Sources”. For more assistance on the various ways to cite images in presentations (but not necessarily in APA format), see:
How to credit photos (Photoshare.org). Provides examples of various ways to credit image sources in Powerpoint, on webpages, and in print materials.
For more assistance in creating figures in APA Style, see the following sections & pages of the Publication Manual, 6th edition:
2.12 Footnotes (pages 37 -38)
5.20 – 5.25 Figures (pages 150 – 167)
Now that you know what you’re looking for, there are lots of places to look for images or illustrations for this assignment that are covered by Creative Common licenses which means that you can share and edit the material as long as you give appropriate credit.
Welcome Geographers! You are here to perform a Natural Disaster Risk Assessment on a Canadian city.
Your starting point should be TDSB’s Virtual Library as well as the following websites that your teacher has recommended using:
Websites to Assist Your Research
The following websites can be used to assist you in your research. These websites will not provide all the information you need to complete your task but do provide you a starting point for your work.
Remember that the databases are password-protected and some of the passwords have changed since last year. You will need to be logged into AW to access these resources. Look for the orange Passwords & Info icon in the Virtual Library.
You’ll see this at the top of the Virtual Library page.
Welcome Mr. MacDonald’s Grade 11 English class! Today we’ll review where to find quality sources for research, and how to embed and cite sources in order to create an outstanding persuasive essay.
For research purposes, we’ll base our start in the Virtual Library. (Remember that many databases are password-protected from home).
The Library Catalogue allows you remote access to our print, digital and streaming resources from anywhere at any time. To access this resource, you’ll simply need your TDSB log-in information.
The Canadian Encyclopedia is an excellent source of information for Canadian individuals (or for those with ties to Canada).
The second part of this review will revolve around embedding quotes within your essay which follows MLA school of citation.
In English classes past you may have cited novels or short stories or poems parenthetically using MLA, which involves the author and page number from the text.
For Mr. MacDonald’s assignment many of your sources will be online so that changes things a little bit.
To embed quotes, there are a few simple guidelines to remember:
Finally, when in doubt, OWL Purdue is a great resource for all of your citation needs.
Remember that you will need to include a Works Cited page using MLA school of Citation. It is crucial to properly reference information that is not your own in order to give credit where it’s due and also to avoid PLAGIARISM. Providing your teacher with a URL for a website used unfortunately will not cut it anymore.
Using the following information will put you on the right track to creating a Works Cited page to be proud of!
Below you’ll find the Laurier Guide for MLA Citation.
