David Willett Mr. Neuburger English 102 102 12 March 2012 MLA Quiz 1.

. MLA Allows readers to cross- reference your sources easily, provide consistent format within a discipline, give you credibility as a writer and it protects yourself from plagiarism. 2. The writers show accountability to their source material. 3. Plagiarism can result to anything from failure of the assignment to expulsion from school. 4. A complete list of every source that you make reference to in your essay and it provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your essay. 5. When you quote anything that is not your own words, when summarizing facts and ideas from a source, and when paraphrasing a source 6. Keep references brief, give only the information needed to identify the source on your works cited page, and do not repeat unnecessary information. 7. Then you use an abbreviated title. 8. It is unethical, it means a lost learning opportunity, diminishes your credibility, and plagiarism may result in serious penalties.