2. A Works Cited page tells readers where you found borrowed information. We begin to understand it by looking at a typical in-text quotation: Taking great care to tend the garden, Eliza “turned the soil over and over, and smoothed it and patted it firm” (Steinbeck 77). The name and number in parenthesis are the author’s last name and the page number where the quote is found in the textbook. When the name is a part of the sentence, use only the page or line number.
3. When quoting poetry (as you will do in the first paper)… Separate lines of poetry with a slash Rather than using the page number in parenthesis, use the line numbers For example, The speaker in Eliot’s poem asks, “Do I dare/Disturb the universe?” (45-6). *Notice that we only write the numbers that don’t repeat. (231-245 is written as 231-45)
4. After the very last page of your paper, start a new page entitled Work Cited (for just 1 work) or Works Cited (for more than 1 work). See below: Smith 4 Works Cited
5. For this class, all of the poems, short stories and plays come from the same textbook, so you need to know only one Works Cited entry format for them all: Steinbeck, John. “The Chrysanthemums.” Literature for Composition: Essays, Stories, Poems and Plays. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain, and William Burto. 9th ed. New York: Longman, 2011. 76-83. Print. Copy this because you will only need to change a few parts to adjust it to each essay!
6. Just 3 parts will change depending on the article you used (see red portions below): Steinbeck, John. “The Chrysanthemums.” Literature for Composition: Essays, Stories, Poems and Plays. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain, and William Burto. 9th ed. New York: Longman, 2011. 76-83. Print. The author (last name first. If there are 2 authors, reverse only the 1st author’s name) The article title The textbook page numbers for the article
7. In the poetry explication essay, you only need to quote one work, but in future essays, you will need to quote more. Create a separate entry for each work, alphabetizing them by the authors’ last names. See an example of this on the next slide…
8. Smith 4 Works Cited Chekhov, Anton. “Misery.” Literature for Composition: Essays, Stories, Poems and Plays. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain, and William Burto. 9th ed. New York: Longman, 2011. 83-86. Print. Steinbeck, John. “The Chrysanthemums.” Literature for Composition: Essays, Stories, Poems and Plays. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain, and William Burto. 9th ed. New York: Longman, 2011. 76-83. Print. Note: The entire page should be double spaced. Middle initials belong with the FIRST name. All lines after the first in an entry are indented. With more than 3 authors or editors, list the first name followed by “et al.”
9. Remember to include a Work(s) Cited page in EVERY PAPER you write this semester!
