MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources

Answer each question using information in the source provided.

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SOURCE: A website

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Whom would you list as the author of this website in a works cited entry?

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SOURCE: A website

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In your paper, you quote from the internal page “Shakespeare and the Players: Introduction.” The update date on the internal page is 2003, and the URL for the page is http://shakespeare.emory.edu/introduction.cfm. Assume that your date of access is March 3, 2013. How would you cite that internal page of the site?

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SOURCE: An article accessed through a database

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How would you cite the publication information for the journal article in this database record? (The article is more than one page long.)

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SOURCE: An article accessed through a database

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How would you begin a works cited entry for this article?

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SOURCE: A print book

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How would you begin the works cited entry for this book?

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SOURCE: A print book

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How would you cite the place of publication for this book in an MLA works cited entry?

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SOURCE: A print book

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How would you end the MLA works cited entry for this book?

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SOURCE: An online podcast

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What is the correct works cited entry for this podcast, which is an interview with writer Vivian Gornick conducted by Gemma de Choisy? The podcast's website gives no sponsor. The URL for the podcast is http://www.litshow.com/archive/season-07/vivian-gornick, and your date of access was January 30, 2014.

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SOURCE: A work in an anthology

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You have used the essay on the right from the anthology whose title page is on the left. What information would come first in your MLA works cited entry?

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SOURCE: A work in an anthology

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What information shown on these two pages do you not need in an MLA works cited entry for the essay?

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