Name:

MLA Guide Worksheet 1

1. What does MLA stand for? ________________________

2. What are you documenting when using MLA in your academic

writing? ___________________

3. A bibliography is also known as what? ____________________

4. What is plagiarism?

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5. Plagiarism is like doing what to your reader?

_______________________________________

6. Do you need to cite common knowledge? Why or why not?

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7. A “Works Cited” page is also known as what?

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8. Where is the “Works Cited” page located? _________________

9. Each entry reads like what?

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10. In what order are the sources listed?

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Name:

11. Define a Parenthetical citation:

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12. Parenthetical citations are also known as what type of

citations? ___________________________

13. What information do you put in parenthesis after the

quotation? __________________________

14. Give an example of what you put in the parenthesis:

___________________________

15. What punctuation comes after the parenthesis?

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Define the following terms:

16. Bibliography

17. Citation

18. Direct Quote

19. Indirect Quote

20. Works Cited

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Professor Loebannosaurus

Nico Perakins

January 21, 2015

Language Arts

The evolution of Baseball technology: 1884: Present

From the United States to Japan, ever athlete who has ever play the game of baseball has used

the basic “tools of the trade”: a Baseball, a bat, a glove, protective equipment, and a uniform.

Babe ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, and Sammy Sosa have made a living out of using these tools

to play baseball, but there are also great number of people who play baseball as a source of

enjoyment. The crack of the bat connecting with a fastball, the slap of the ball on the mitt, and

the roar of the crowd after a homerun are all common sounds of a baseball game. The thing

that many peoples may not realize, however, is that the bat, ball, and the glove that makes

those sounds possible have undergone major transformations since the early days of the game.

The technology of baseball has improved significantly since 1884.

Among the necessitates to play a baseball game is the baseball. Since the game’s beginnings,

the ball has always been between nine and 9 ¼ inches in circumference and five to 5 ¼ ounces

(Honig page 125). There have been two major time periods in baseball with regards to the ball:

the Dead Ball Era and the Lively Ball Era. A “dead ball” was a baseball that stayed in play for an

entire game. These hand wound balls were big and heavy with an inconsistent shape (12

Wanner). Nearly no homeruns were hit during the Dead Ball Era because of the weight and

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shape of the ball. Al Spalding, the maker of Professional Baseball’s “dead balls” said, “It (the

ball) was usually made on the spot by some boy offering up his woolen socks as an oblation,

and these were raveled and wound round a bullet, a handful of strips cut from a rubber

overshoe, and piece of cork, or almost anything. The winding of this ball was an art, and

whoever could excel in this art was looked upon as a superior being.” (Gutman, 12).

The start of the Lively Ball Era was influenced not only by introduction of the cork-centered

baseball, but also by the fact that baseballs were machine wounds. This caused each ball to

have a uniform shape, which in turn led to balls being squarely hit every time (8, Gutman) With

the new and improved balls and great hitters such as Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, homeruns

were being hit with more power and greater consistency. During World War 2, there was a

great rubber shortage that prevented baseball manufactures from obtaining the rubber cork

coverings they needed to complete a baseball. South American rubber-like gum called balata

was used instead as a substitute. The problem with these new balata balls was that there were

only two homeruns hit in the first month of the 1943 season (Wanner).

MLA Notes I. Main Points: 1. The works cited page is the ______ page of a ___________ paper.

2. The works are listed in _____________ order by the ________ _________

in the listing.

3. In the paper, after a quote or a paraphrase:

Ex: “At Harvard, Franklin reached his goal –he became the editor of the Crimson” (Devany 25).

II. Works Cited Page 1. Encyclopedia Articles: Author (last name, first). “Title of Article”. Name of

Encyclopedia. Year or edition.

2. Book: Author/Editor (last name, first). Title. City: Publisher,

Year. Mc Kissack, Patricia. Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great

American Educator. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1985.

3. Magazine or Newspaper Article Author. “Title of Article”. Magazine Name. Date: Page

numbers. Eichol, Larry. “It Rains, Yet Again, on Rose’s Parade”.

The Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 May 2003: D1, D8.

Alphabetical Author's last name

4. Interview or Guest Speaker Speaker’s name. Personal interview/Telephone

interview/Guest speaker. Date. Mc Connell, Edward. Guest speaker. 15 August

2002.

5. Movie or Video Title. Name of the director or producer. Name of

Distributor, Year released.

Cast Away. Zemeckis, Robert. Twentieth Century Fox, 2001.

6. TV or Radio Program “Title of Episode”. Title of Program. Network. Station

call letters, City. Date of broadcast.

“Homer to the Max”. The Simpsons. Fox. WTFX, Philadelphia. 7 February 1999.

7. Web Sites Author (if known). “Document title”. Web site title.

Date site was posted. Name of sponsoring institution. Date you got the information. <URL>.

“Remarks by the President”. Veterans Outlook. April

1999. Bravo. 3 March 2003. <http://www.bravo.org/moh23.htm>.

Name: ___________________________________

Works Cited Worksheet Part One: Directions: Read the following Works Cited citations. If it’s correct, write C on the line. If not, write N (for not correct). _____ 1. Mike Reed. Baseball. New York: Berkley, 1993.

_____ 2. “Ron Reed.” Smith, Art. The Courier-Post 1 June 2001: D 3.

_____ 3. Smith, Adam. “See Spot Run.” Newsweek. 1 Jan. 1973: 4-7.

_____ 4. Jones, Chipper. Personal interview. 4 Oct. 1997.

_____ 5. "Big Problems?" Slate 8 Sep. 1999. 21 May 2003.

<http://www.slate.com/Economics/9-8-99/Economics.asp>. Part Two

Directions: Rewrite the following works in the correct Works Cited Format. (Ten points

each.) 6. An encyclopedia article called Coral Reefs in the 2001 edition of the World Book

Encyclopedia on pages 76 and 77, written by Chuck Jones.

7. A guest speaker named Richie Samuels on March 2, 2003.

8 A book called Rebar in Concrete Strutcures written by Edwin Drood, published by Putnam in

Chicago in 2001

Drood, Edwin. Rebar in Concrete Structures. Chicago: Putnam, 2001.

Jones, Chuck. "Coral Reefs." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001: 76-77.

Samuels, Richie. Guest speaker. 2 March 2003.

Name: ___________________________________

Works Cited Worksheet Part One: Directions: Read the following Works Cited citations. If it’s correct, write C on the line. If not, write N (for not correct). _____ 1. Jim Johnson. Angels. Philadelphia: Putnam, 1997.

_____ 2. “Iraqi Oil.” Wright, Richard. Newsweek 19 July 2003: A 3.

_____ 3. Rogers, Michelle. “Horses Racing in America.” Time. 18 Mar. 1989: 46.

_____ 4. Torborg, Jeff. Personal interview. 9 Dec. 1999.

_____ 5. "The Rise of the Middle Class." MSN 6 Sep. 2003. 21 May 2004.

<http://www.slate.com/Economics/9-6-03/Economics.asp>. Part Two Directions: Rewrite the following works in the correct Works Cited Format. (Ten points

each.) 6. An encyclopedia article called Las Vegas in the 2004 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia

on pages 86 and 87, written by Marge Helgenburger.

7. A guest speaker named Samantha Williams on May 22, 2004.

8. A book called Fantastic Plastic written by Paul Smith, published by New Line Books in

London in 2003.

Smith, Paul. Fantastic Plastic. London: New Line Books, 2003.

Helgenburger, Marge. "Las Vegas." World Book Encyclopedia. 2004: 86-67.

Williams, Samantha. Guest speaker. 22 May 2004.

9. A website article called Two Koreas, author unknown, at MSNBC.com. There is no date when

it was published online. MSNBC.com is owned by MSNBC. The article was read on May 18,

2004. The URL is www.msnbc.com/world/twokoreas.asp.

10. An encyclopedia article called Rancho Relaxo in the 1999 edition of the Encyclopedia

Britannica on pages 489 to 491, author unknown.

11. A book called The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, published by Perigree Books

in New York in 1954.

12. A telephone interview with William Holt on January 3, 2003.

13. The Fox and the Hound (1981) Released: May 2, 2000 Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Holt, William. Telephone interview. 3 January 2003.

The Fox and the Hound. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2000.

"Two Koreas." MSNBC.com. MSNBC. 18 May 2004. <http://www.msnbc.com/world/twokoreas.asp>.

Golding, William. The Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigree Books, 1954.

"Rancho Relaxo." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1999: 489-491.