Use West Guide pages 385-393 and 399 to guide you in answering the following questions.
- What does the following in text citation mean if you see it in an essay? (35)
- If you see the above citation in an essay, what can you expect to find on the essay’s Works Cited page?
- A citation in MLA format goes at the end of the sentence in which the source was cited. Does it go before the end punctuation (usually a period) or after it?
- What does the following citation mean? (Jones 136-39, 145)
- What does this citation mean? (Taylor 54; Thomas 327)
- What information do you cite in your in-text citation if there is no listed author?
- List three of the citations in the sample Lolita essay and explain what each one means.
Example:
(Thomas 327)
This means that the source was written by someone with the last name of Thomas and that the quote or paraphrase came from page 327.
- What does the abbreviation et al. mean?
- What does the abbreviation “Ed.” mean?
- True or False (Circle one): A Works Cited page should be alphabetized.
- Which lines get indented in a Works Cited page?
- What word must appear in the citation if it is from the internet?
- What word must appear in the citation if it is from a print bo