Document work MLA: Document their work using appropriate conventions (MLA)

Citing your sources it very important in every type of writing. When using others ideas you must give them the proper recognition. Failing to do so is considered plagiarism. Plagiarizing someone else’s work may not seem like a big deal when you’re in school because there aren’t any real world ramifications. In reality plagiarizing someones work can not only damage your academic record, but it can also ruin your reputation when you leave school.

Work Sample 1: Citation from a body paragraph from essay 3.

Here is an example of citing a paraphrase . Even though I didn’t use the quote in the authors words, I still had to give him credit because I used the idea just in my own words. Because I didn’t use the authors name prior to the quote, I included the authors last name and the page number I got the idea from.

Work Sample 2: Works cited page from essay 3.

This is an example of a works cited page. Works cited pages are used to fully cite the essay from which the quotes were taken from so the reader can reference them if needed. Citations may look different depending on what type of source they are from. For example the citation for DFW has extra information, like where the speech was given, because it is a speech and not an essay.