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| MLA | Modern Language Association |
| MLA, APA, or Chicago style | Organizations that have created a method of creating research and other types of writing that follows the same format and rules |
| Cite | To quote/give exact support for your reason or claim OR to give an author credit |
| Quote | To write down the author's words EXACTLY; you do NOT have to use dialogue/text already in quotes when doing this; the punctuation you should use around the exact text is these: " " |
| Quotation | A type of word-for-word support for your essay that should be used sparingly and only when absolutely necessary which is when the author has said something that supports your claim and there is no better way for you to write it |
| Plagarize | To use someone else's work as your own, either intentionally or unintentionally |
| Laziness | Using the author's words instead of your own throughout an entire paper because you don't want to interpret, shorten, or analyze information |
| Paraphrase | To put the author's words into your own words by use different vocabulary, sentences types/length, and punctuation. BUT, you still give credit |
| Statistics | These number facts need to give the author credit |
| Parenthetical or in-text citation | Putting the author's last name and/or page number in parenthesis behind a quote or other exact information; each of these must connect to an entry in the works cited page |
