MLA Terms

2. Cited Page – A list at the end of your essay that shows all the sources you used.
3. Copying someone else’s work or ideas and pretending they’re your own.
5. A page at the front of a paper that lists the title, your name, teacher, and date (some teachers ask for this).
6. Restating someone else’s ideas in your own words.
12. – A way to give credit to the source of your information.
13. The company or group that released or printed the source.
14. The year the source was created or last updated.

1. Using the exact words from a source inside quotation marks.
4. A short note inside your paragraph that shows where a fact or quote came from. Example: (Smith 12).
7. The person or organization that created the source.
8. The small line at the top of each page that includes your last name and page number.
9. Any book, website, article, or video where you find information.
10. To start a new paragraph by moving the first line a little to the right.
11. Another word for a list of sources, similar to a Works Cited page.