What Is Plagiarism?
The long and short of it is that if you take ANYTHING from anyone that doesn't belong to you, put it in your paper and turn it in, you're plagiarizing. You use someone else's work in ANY way, you cite it. Period.
Basics
Anything you turn in that is typed should be in TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 pt. font and be double spaced. The assignments should also follow the format below:
YOUR NAME
TEACHER NAME
CLASS & BLOCK
DATE DUE
YOUR NAME
TEACHER NAME
CLASS & BLOCK
DATE DUE
CREATIVE TITLE (for essays) or ASSIGNMENT TITLE (Ex. Think Piece #8)
Using the Tab key, indent every new paragraph.
In-Text Citation
MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the essay, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.
For example:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
^ See here how the writer introduces the author (Wordsworth) and then puts "quotation marks" around the words from another text? To finalize this proper in-text (in-essay) citation, the writer includes the page number of the text (263) at the end of this quotation to give the reader a sense of where to find this quote.
The format of this is always "quotation from any text, website, song, etc" (page number). The punctuation mark ALWAYS goes AFTER the page number.
For example:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
^ See here how the writer introduces the author (Wordsworth) and then puts "quotation marks" around the words from another text? To finalize this proper in-text (in-essay) citation, the writer includes the page number of the text (263) at the end of this quotation to give the reader a sense of where to find this quote.
The format of this is always "quotation from any text, website, song, etc" (page number). The punctuation mark ALWAYS goes AFTER the page number.
This information comes from the Purdue OWL. See this site for more information.
Works Cited
A Works Cited page is where you give credit for what you're using that doesn't belong to you. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO JUST DO IN-TEXT CITATION. YOU MUST ALWAYS COMPLETE A WORKS CITED PAGE.
To do this, follow these basic rules:
To do this, follow these basic rules:
- Begin a Works Cited page on a new page in your paper at the END of your essay (same document)
- Center Aligned, label this page Works Cited
- Below you see TYPES of sources, this is just for your reference. Your sources should be in alphabetical order by author last name.
Works Cited
Printed Book (1 author)
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (Print/Web).
Printed Book (2+ authors)
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (Print/Web).
Translated Book
Foucault, Michel. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. Trans. Richard Howard. New York: Vintage-Random House, 1988. Print.
Work from an Anthology (Collection of Stories in ONE Book)
Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.
Article in a Magazine
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Article in a Newspaper
Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.
Scholarly Article (Scholarly Journal)
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication.
Website
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
One Page from a Website
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. http://asdas.com
A Tweet
Brokaw, Tom (@tombrokaw). "SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this campaign." 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 a.m. Tweet.
Youtube
Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip.
YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (Print/Web).
Printed Book (2+ authors)
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (Print/Web).
Translated Book
Foucault, Michel. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. Trans. Richard Howard. New York: Vintage-Random House, 1988. Print.
Work from an Anthology (Collection of Stories in ONE Book)
Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.
Article in a Magazine
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Article in a Newspaper
Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.
Scholarly Article (Scholarly Journal)
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication.
Website
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
One Page from a Website
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. http://asdas.com
A Tweet
Brokaw, Tom (@tombrokaw). "SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this campaign." 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 a.m. Tweet.
Youtube
Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip.
YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.