MLA & Plagiarism- Thien Tran

1. MLA allows readers to cross-reference writer's sources easily, and it provides consistent format within a discipline. The MLA also gives writers the credibility. Moreover, it protects writers from plagiarism.
2. Using a consistent format helps readers understand writers' arguments and the sources they are built on. It also helps writers keep track of their sources as they build arguments.
3. Plagiarism may result in anything from failure of the assignment to expulsion from school
4. Properly cite in MLA format can find in handbook Prentice Hall Reference Guide 7th by Muriel Harris, http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3mla.pdf, and http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm.
5.  Works cited page is where the sources that writers used in their essay listed, and it provides the information necessary for readers to locate and retrieve any sources cited in their essay.