MLA Terms

A.              Numerical data you can use to support your thesis

• Source

• Statistic

• Paraphrase

• Outline

            Giving credit to your source for info you use

• in-text citation

• works cited

• Documentation

• source

            Presenting the work done by someone else as if it’s your own, even if it’s accidental

• source

• statistic

• plagiarism

• direct quotation

            Using a source’s idea but your own words, regardless of length

• paraphrase

• summary

• direct quotation

• plagiarism

           Generating new ideas and info on your own

• secondary research

• plagiarism

• primary research

• summary

            Using your source’s exact wording, in quotation marks to show they are verbatim

• source

• outline

• summary

• direct quotation

            An index card that includes a summary, paraphrase, or quotation from a source

• note card

• source card

• source

• outline

             An index card that gives complete information about a source

• source card

• note card

• source

• documentation

              Material included in parentheses within your paper to identify your sources

• statistic

• outline

• in-text citation

• source

           A list of the sources you used in your paper, with complete bibliographic info

• outline

• source

• works cited

• source card