Wednesday, March 6, 2013

MLA PowerPoint

As you view the MLA PowerPoint found in the Announcements on Blackboard answer the following questions.


  1. Give four reasons why using MLA is important.
  2. What is the purpose of using a consistent format?
  3. According to the PowerPoint, what would be the consequence of plagiarizing?
  4. Where can you find answers about how to properly cite in MLA format?
  5. Name two purposes of a works cited page.

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  1. UnknownMarch 6, 2013 at 7:47 AM

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  2. UnknownMarch 7, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    1.It allows readers to cross-reference your sources easily
    Provides consistent format within a discipline
    Gives you credibility as a writer
    Protects yourself from plagiarism
    2.Helps your reader understand your arguments and the built sources they're built on.Also helps you keep track of your sources as you build arguments.
    3.Anything from failure of the assignment to expulsion from school.
    4.Prentiss Hall Reference Guide, Composition textbooks,www.mla.org,and OWL website owl.english.purdue.edu.
    5.The purpose of a work cited page is to provide a complete list of every source that your make in your essay and to provide information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your essay.

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