In project #3 I demonstrate the correct use of MLA format when citing my sources. The “Works Cited” page is in my writing assignment and includes all three of the article sources used throughout the paper. I introduce the author of the statement before adding the quotation, giving the reader knowledge of who the information is coming. For example, in the quotation, In Ross Andersen’s “What the Crow Knows“, he dives even deeper into animals, describing their consciousness and ability to interact with other animals within their community. Andersen states that when he climbed “a sacred mountain in Gujarat” named Girnar:
“I’d seen deer using these monkeys as a treetop surveillance system. The monkeys sat high in the trees, keeping watch for leopards and lions, which blend into the woodland’s pre-monsoon palette of amber and gold. Monkeys that spotted a stalking cat let out a specific call.”
I first introduce the speaker, their writing article, and then the setting of the event. Providing the reader an image of the scene, so they stay engaged and don’t get lost. If the quotation was from a book, it would need the author’s last name and page number following the quotation. An example of this is, As David Foster Wallace stated:
“The lobster … behaves very much as you would behave if you were plunged into boiling water (without the obvious exception of screaming)” (Wallace 506).
It is a key factor give the author credit where credit is due. If I do not state first state the author and his/her work or cite back to the “Works Cited”, then I would fail to complete the correct citations. The Works Cited page needs to have the author’s name, title of article/book, publisher if stated, publish date, website if applicable, and accessed date.
