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MLA Worksheet: Practice Works Cited Page
Part One: Works-Cited Page Entries
Create entries for an MLA Works-Cited page using the following sources. OWL at Purdue has a
very helpful website for this. After you have written each entry, please type a correctly formatted
Works Cited page for submission; be sure to follow all MLA guidelines including doublespacing and alphabetical order.
1.
A book by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard called Ancient Civilizations. It was
published in Philadelphia by Gold House in 1989.
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 http://www.greeksecrets.com.
4.
A documentary called The Beauty of Greek Architecture. Directed by Alexander Morrow
and produced/distributed by Westing Forge in 2001.
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
http://www.iahistory.org/greeks/battles.htm.
Part Two: MLA Documentation Practice Worksheet
Using the information set below, write correct parenthetical citations/documentations for each
example.
Information Set:
Donaldson, Sam. Bantering on Watergate. New York: Penguin Books, 1985.
Jennings, Peter. Pushing the Limits of Political Journalism. Washington: Greater Politics Press,
1994.
Smith, Charles. I Love Politics: A Guide To Discerning Reality. Chicago: Penn Press, 2001.
Xavier, Jason and Thomas Yater. Political Guide to the United States. New York: Ballantine,
2004.
Xavier, Jason. Somewhere in the Political Realm. New York: Ballantine, 2002.
Citation Questions:
1.) "He spoke to us in German and then left us behind" (
).
-from Donaldson's Bantering on Watergate, page 45
2.) "I never thought of myself as proud", says Jennings in his book Pushing the Limits of
Political Journalism (
).
--This source was located on page 107.
3.) "Politics is such an interesting field" (
).
--From Charles Smith's book, page 451.
4.) "Enraged is how he felt after the episode" (
).
--From Jason Xavier's book Somewhere in the Political Realm, page 233.
5.) In Political Guide to the United States, Xavier and Yater explore the idea that the U.S. is
changing politically (
--From page 544 of this book.
).
Embedded Questions:
Now, use the quotes given below and embed them into your own sentence. Don’t forget the
parenthetical citation!
1. “Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?” Edgar Allan Poe pg. 482, lines 2324
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2. “The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly.
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.” Walt Whitman pg. 510, lines 10-12
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3. “Then rattle quicker, heaveier drums—you bugles wilder blow. So strong you thump O
terrible drums—so loud you bugles blow.” Walt Whitman pg. 517 lines 14 and 22
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4. “We slowly drove—He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, for
His Civility—“ Emily Dickinson pg. 526 lines 5-8
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