MLA Worksheet #2



American Literature MLA Worksheet: Practice Works Cited Page

Create entries for an MLA Works-Cited page using the following sources. OWL at Purdue has a very helpful website for this.  Practice writing each entry on a separate sheet of paper. MLA does NOT require the website addresses in the new guidelines. Refer to your notes and the sample Works Cited page on the back of this page.

1.   A book by F. Scott Fitzgerald called The Great Gatsby. It was published in New York, NY by Scribner in 1996.

2.   An article called “Writing Utensils” in the 5th edition (published in 1985) of the Encyclopedia of the Mediterranean.       

3.   An Internet article by Joan Ingram called “The Secrets of the Greeks.” No publishing date is provided, but it was viewed on 2/2/11 and the URL is .   

4.   A DVD called The Hunger Games. Directed by Gary Ross and produced/distributed by Lionsgate in 2012. 

5.   An article/chapter by Joshua Smith, Ph. D. called “Those Insufferable Greeks” on page 201-247 of the book/collection called Infamous World Empires. The collection was edited by James Wygonik and published by Colonial Press of Denver in 1983. 

6.   A newspaper article by John Xavier called “The Amazing Greek Islands.” The article was published in the Washington Post on 9/2/05 and started on page D1.      

7.  An article on pages 24-31 of the magazine 20th Century Travel by Karen Pankratz called “Destination: Athens.” It was published on March 3rd, 2002.

8.  An Internet article with no author called “Famous Greek Battles.” It was published on June 14, 1999, viewed on January 12, 2004, and the URL is .

 9. A personal interview with Bill Nye about Science on July 17, 2005.

10. An Encarta CD-ROM article called “The Persian Threat.” No author listed. Publishing date is May 3, 1998 and it was viewed on October 17, 2004.

 

Works Cited Guide

Book (by one author)

Author’s last name, first name. Book title. Publication city (if available): Publisher’s name, Year of publication.

Book (by two or more authors)

Author’s last name, first name, and first name last name. Book title. Publication city (if available): Publisher’s name, Year of publication.

Encyclopedia Article from Online Database

Last, First M., and First M. Last. "Article Title" Encyclopedia Name. City: Publisher, Year Published, Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.

Encyclopedia Article from Book/Print Source

Last, First M., and First M. Last. "Article Title" Encyclopedia Name. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Print.

Internet Source

Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Website Title/ Name. Modified Date. Publisher. Date Accessed. Website Address.

Magazine Article

Author’s last name, First name. “Title of the article.” Title of Magazine or Journal. Volume number or Date of issue: page numbers.

Movie, Film

“Film title.” Dir. First Name Last Name. Distributor, Year of Release. Medium.

Newspaper Article

Last, First M. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date Month Year Published: Page(s). Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.

Poem

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Poem.” Title of Work that the Poem appears in (if applicable). Publication City: Publisher’s Name, Year of Publication. Page numbers.

Speech

Speaker. “Title of the Speech.” Meeting name. Location of meeting. Date of presentation. Type of presentation.

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