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?
___________________________________________________
5. Plagiarism is like doing what to your reader?
_______________________________________
6. Do you need to cite common knowledge? Why or why not?
______________________________________
7. A “Works Cited” page is also known as what?
______________________________________
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?
_____________________________________
Name:
11.
Define a Parenthetical citation:
____________________________________________
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?
_____________________________________
Define the following terms:
16.
Bibliography
17.
Citation
18.
Direct Quote
19.
Indirect Quote
20.
Works Cited
1. Loeb
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
2. Loeb
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.
Author's last name
2. The works are listed in Alphabetical
_____________ 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.
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.
Jones, Chuck. "Coral Reefs." World Book
Encyclopedia. 2001: 76-77.
7. A guest speaker named Richie Samuels on March 2, 2003.
Samuels, Richie. Guest speaker. 2 March 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.
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.
Helgenburger, Marge. "Las Vegas." World Book Encyclopedia. 2004:
86-67.
7. A guest speaker named Samantha Williams on May 22, 2004.
Williams, Samantha. Guest speaker. 22 May 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.
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.
"Two Koreas." MSNBC.com. MSNBC. 18 May 2004. <http://
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.
"Rancho Relaxo." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1999: 489-491.
11. A book called The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, published by Perigree Books
in New York in 1954.
Golding, William. The Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigree Books, 1954.
12. A telephone interview with William Holt on January 3, 2003.
Holt, William. Telephone interview. 3 January 2003.
13.
The Fox and the Hound (1981) Released: May 2, 2000
Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
The Fox and the Hound. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2000.