Frontier Research Essay AP English Language and Composition Thurs. 12/19 – Mini-lesson on citations Citations In-text EVERY piece of information you Works Cited include in your essay, paraphrased • Informative or directly quoted, MUST have • Complete information BOTH an in-text citation AND an • Unobtrusive entry on your works cited page! • “get the goods” Citations • The basic reason: avoid plagiarism (which is stealing) • The philosophical reason: publishing a paper is entering an existing conversation. Your work becomes part of a body of work on a topic. By providing the exact sources you used to gather your information, you are contributing to the further research on that topic. • For instance, when you go to the works cited page in an online article, and find one of those sources to use too. One day, it could be your work that students are using in the same way! In-Text Citations • The basics: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/ mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html • Formatting quotations: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatt ing_quotations.html Helpful tips: 1. As you’re writing your draft, put an identifying note in next to each piece of directly quoted or paraphrased information 2. Do your works cited page 3. Go back through your draft and make sure your in-text citations correspond to the first part of the works cited entry Works Cited Page • Basic format: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_an d_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html • Sample Works Cited page: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_an d_style_guide/mla_sample_works_cited_page.html Works Cited Page In some cases, a container might be within a larger container. You might have read a book of short stories on Google Books, or watched a television series on Netflix. You might have found the electronic version of a journal on JSTOR. It is important to cite these containers within containers so that your readers can find the exact source that you used. “94 Meetings.” Parks and Recreation, season 2, episode 21, NBC, 29 Apr. 2010. Netflix,www.netflix.com/watch/70152031?trackId=200256157&tctx=0%2C20%2 C0974d361-27cd-44de-9c2a-2d9d868b9f64-12120962. Langhamer, Claire. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.” Historical Journal, vol. 50, no. 1, 2007, pp. 173-96. ProQuest, doi:10.1017/S0018246X06005966. Accessed 27 May 2009. MLA Formatting MLA Sample Paper: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and _style_guide/documents/20190822MLASamplePaper.pdf Helpful Tips: • Times New Roman size 12 font – no bold or underlined words • Double spacing throughout the entire essay – no extra enters between paragraphs or between works cited entries • Triple check for spelling and punctuation errors before turning in your work • Writing resources: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/index.html.