Terry Pruyne's Classes
  • Daily Agenda
  • Introduction
    • 10R: INTRODUCTION
  • The Personal Project
    • Checklist for Personal Project
    • Personal Project information Packet
    • Global Contexts >
      • Examples for the Global Context Question
    • Annotated Bibliography: Personal Project >
      • Example of an Annotated Bibliogrpahy
    • The Presentation: Personal Project
  • What is Civil Disobedience?
    • Pathos, Ethos, and Logos >
      • Pathos, Ethos, and Logos in Leter from Birmingham Jail
    • MLK: Letter from Birmingham Jail >
      • Question for "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
    • Literary Elements in "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
    • Thoreau: Where I Live and What I Live For
  • Short Story Unit
    • Science Fiction >
      • Harrison Bergeron >
        • Harrison Bergeron analysis
      • A Sound of Thunder >
        • "Sound of Thunder" analysis
      • All Summer in a Day
    • Short Story Unit: Part II >
      • Lather Research
      • Sniper: Research
      • Sniper Research Paper
    • Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie
  • This I Believe
    • This I Believe: Writing Your Personal Belief
    • This I Believe: Guidelines to Write
    • This I Believe: Philosophy of Life in Songs
    • Thoreau: Where I Live and What I Live For
  • Antigone
    • Antigone: Intro Questions
    • Letter to an Administrator >
      • Letter to an Administrator: sample letter
  • Maus
    • Maus: Chapter 1 Questions
    • Maus: Chapter 2 Questions
    • Maus: Chapter 3 Questions
    • Maus: Chapter 4 Questions
    • Maus: Chapter 5 Questions
    • Maus: Chapter 6 Questions
    • Maus: Understanding Graphic Novels >
      • Maus: Seven Types of Comic Panels
      • Maus: six Types of Transitions
      • Maus: What is Inference
      • Maus: Videos
      • Comic Book Drawings
    • Maus Project >
      • graphic novel project: Spongebob
      • graphic novel project: A Blade in the Night
      • graphic novel project: example
      • Grading the Maus Project
  • Of Mice and Men
    • Of Mice and Men: Introduction
    • Of Mice and Men >
      • Of Mice & Men: The American Dream
      • Themes in Of Mice and Men >
        • Social Consciousness
        • Lonliness in Of Mice and Men
        • The American Dream
      • Literary Elements in Of Mice and Men
      • Chapter Questions
      • Texas Uses Lenny for Execution Role Model
      • Of Mice and Men: You are a Lawyer
      • Documents: Of Mice and Men
      • courtroom
      • Evidence to Convict George
      • Evidence to Defend George
  • MLA Page Set up and Other Important Info and Links
    • Concession and Refutation
  • Poetry
    • Poetry Terms
    • Poetry: The Wind
    • Poetry: Ex-Basketball Player
    • Poetry: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
    • Poetry: The Whipping >
      • Point of View
      • The Whipping Resources
    • Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening >
      • Frost
    • All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
  • Into the Wild
    • Into the Wild: Why a Road Trip
    • Henry David Thoreau >
      • Thoreau Into the Wild Assignment
      • Thoreau in Into the Wild
      • Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College
    • Questions: Into the Wild (Chapters 1-6) >
      • Happiness
      • Aftermath of Into the Wild
  • MLA STYLE EXAMPLE PAPER
  • Help for Passing the Common Core Exam
    • Help for Part I of the New York State Common Core Exam
    • Help for Part II of the New York State Common Core Exam >
      • First Organizer for Part II
      • Second Organizer for Part II
      • Concession and Refutation
    • Help for Part III of the New York State Common Core Exam
    • Literary Terms: Short Definitions for the Commonly Used on New York State Exams
    • Mr. Ruth's Study Guide
  • RHETORIC & EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIMS
    • Political Cartoons
  • Additional Readings
    • Serving in Florida by Barbara Ehreneich
  • Literary Devices Through the Rolling Stones
  • Creating a Brochure
  • 10H: INTRODUCTION
  • Literary Elements
    • Literary Terms: Characterization
    • Literary Terms: Allusion
    • Literary Terms: Theme
    • Literary Elements: Imagery
    • Literary Terms: Conflict
    • Literary Terms: Irony
  • Documenting Sources (Works Cited)

documenting sources in a works cited (MLA)

Whenever a writer uses outside source in the their paper, they must document those source with in-text citation and a work cited page.

Setting up a works cited page

Setting up the works cited on your MLA style paper. Click on the link for directions to set up a works cited on your MLA style paper.
The Youtube clip to the right will show you how to do the same thing.

Easy Bib

Don't hesitate to use Easy Bib to document your websites. Easy Bib
is a great resource and makes a writer's life so easy.
   Watch the video clip to the left. Remember though that you are creating a works cited, not a bibliography. They make look the same and are set up the same way, but a works cited lists the sources used in your paper. A bibliography lists the sources you consulted, but not always used.

Documentation in a works cited

A Website with an Author
Author. "Title of Web Page." Title of the Site. Name of Sponsoring Institution.     Date of Article. Date of Access. Web.

Sherman, Chris. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." SearchEngineWatch. 24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004. Web.

A Website without an Author
"Title of Web Page." Title of the Site. Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of Article. Date of Access.
Web.

Smith, George. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." SearchEngineWatch. 24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004. Web.

Book
Author(s). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Smith, George. Playing Football. New York: McGrath Publishing. 1999. Print

Magazine
Author. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Date: Page Number. Print.

Benson, Fred. "Knowing How to Document Website." Writer's Digest. 5 Jan. 2013: 12. Print.

Newspaper
Author. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Date: Page Number. Print.

Benson, Fred. "Knowing How to Document Website." The Leader. 5 Jan. 2013: 12. Print.

Television Show
"Title of Episode or Segment."  Title of Program or Series. Credit (Performer, writer, etc). Name of Network. Call Letters (if any), City of LocalStation (if any). Broadcast Date.

“Los Angeles Mental Institute.” Ghost Hunters. Zach Baggins. Travel Channel. 28 Aug. 2010.

Interview
Jones, Fred. Personal Interview. 7 Aug. 2013.
YouTube

Text. Name of Website. Name of Website’s Publisher, date of posting. Medium. date retrieved.

Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip. YouTube. 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.


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