Students will be able to:

1. Students will be able to: • Give credit for both quoted and paraphrased information in a bibliography by using a consistent and sanctioned format and methodology for citations by choosing the correct use of citations and using them in their 1st draft writing process. • Create an organizational structure that balances all aspects of the composition and uses effective transitions between sentences to unify important ideas by continuing to work on their outlines and first drafts.

2. Citations in Your Paper Giving Credit to Your Sources

3. MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. For Example: (les, 578) • 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 text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page.

4. Acceptable Citations For example: • Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). • Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). • Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

5. Choose the MLA in-text citation that is handled correctly. • a. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (Hentoff 163). • b. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (163).

6. Correct! The interviewer was never named in the beginning of both choices. So the reader does not know who is given credit for this information until the citation at the end of the quote. a. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (Hentoff 163).

7. Try Again!

8. Choose the MLA in-text citation that is handled correctly. • A. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). • B. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

9. Correct! The writer was already described in the sentence before the citations so it is not needed to be added again. A. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). Also correct: Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

10. But What about This?

11. Choose the MLA in-text citation that is handled correctly. • a. Als describes Cat Power as “a storyteller . . . [who] cares more about how she says something than about what she says.” (148) • b. Als describes Cat Power as “a storyteller . . . [who] cares more about how she says something than about what she says” (148).

12. Correct! The period goes after the citation. b. Als describes Cat Power as “a storyteller . . . [who] cares more about how she says something than about what she says” (148).

13. The Real Challenge

14. The student is quoting from page 281 of the following article:Mead, Rebecca. “Sex, Drugs, and Fiddling.” Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000. Ed. Peter Guralnick and Douglas Wolk. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2000. 281-93. Print. • a. One startling description of fiddler Ashley MacIsaac begins, “Although wrecking a hotel room is standard rock-star behavior, it is unusual for the instrument of destruction to be a bucketful of freshly cooked lobsters” (Mead 281). • b. One startling description of fiddler Ashley MacIsaac begins, “Although wrecking a hotel room is standard rock-star behavior, it is unusual for the instrument of destruction to be a bucketful of freshly cooked lobsters” (Guralnick and Wolk 281).

15. Correct! Mead is the author and Guralnick and Wolkare the editors. Mead, Rebecca. “Sex, Drugs, and Fiddling.” Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000. Ed. Peter Guralnick and Douglas Wolk. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2000. 281-93. Print. a. One startling description of fiddler Ashley MacIsaac begins, “Although wrecking a hotel room is standard rock-star behavior, it is unusual for the instrument of destruction to be a bucketful of freshly cooked lobsters” (Mead 281).

16. Remember to use Citations after stating your evidence!

17. 1st State the Claim: 2nd Give Evidence: 3rd Comment on the evidence to show how it supports the claim: Today, Americans are too self-centered. Even our families don't matter as much anymore as they once did. Other people and activities take precedence. In fact, the evidence shows that most American families no longer eat together, preferring instead to eat on the go while rushing to the next appointment (Gleick 148). Sit-down meals are a time to share and connect with others; however, that connection has become less valued, as families begin to prize individual activities over shared time, promoting self-centeredness over group identity.