MLA Questions and Answers- Victoria Hyde

1.) List 4 reasons why MLA is important? - Allows readers to cross reference your sources. - Provides consistant format within a dicipline. - Gives you credibility as a writer. - Protects yourself from plagiarism. 2.) What is the purpose of using consistant format? - Helps reader understand your arguments and the sources they are built on. - Keeps track of your sources as your build arguments. 3.) Consequence of plagiarizing? - Failure of assignment to expulsion from school. 4.) Where can you find answers about how to properly cite MLA format? - Prentice Hall Reference Guide - Composition textbooks - www.mla.org - OWL website 5.) Name 2 purposes of works cited. - Complete list of every source that you reference in your essay. - Provides info necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve sources cited in your essay.