Mastering Academic Citation (Grade 12 ELA)
A Grade 12 ELA worksheet focusing on academic citation, including MLA and APA styles, paraphrasing, direct quotes, and avoiding plagiarism.
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Mastering Academic Citation
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet assesses your understanding of academic citation practices.
1. Which of the following is the primary purpose of academic citation?
To increase the word count of an essay.
To avoid plagiarism and give credit to original sources.
To make an essay appear more scholarly.
To confuse the reader with too many sources.
2. In MLA format, which of the following is typically included in an in-text citation?
Author's last name and publication year.
Author's last name and page number.
Article title and URL.
Publisher and city of publication.
3. When you summarize or paraphrase information from a source, you must still provide a to avoid plagiarism.
4. The two most common citation styles used in academic writing are MLA and .
5. Explain the difference between a direct quote and a paraphrase, and when it is appropriate to use each.
Match the citation term on the left with its definition on the right.
6. Works Cited
a. The act of using someone else's work or ideas without proper attribution.
7. In-text Citation
b. A list of all sources cited in a paper, typically at the end.
8. Plagiarism
c. A brief reference within the body of the paper to indicate the source of information.
9. It is acceptable to use a direct quote without quotation marks as long as you provide an in-text citation.
True
False
10. APA style is commonly used in the humanities, while MLA is preferred in the social sciences.
True
False
11. Read the following passage and then write a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) summarizing its main idea. Afterward, provide an MLA in-text citation for the passage and then a full Works Cited entry, assuming it is from a book titled 'The Art of Research' by Dr. Eleanor Vance, published in 2022 by University Press, on page 145.
Passage: "Effective academic research goes beyond mere information gathering; it involves a critical engagement with existing scholarship, a synthesis of diverse perspectives, and a clear articulation of one's own argument within the broader academic conversation. The judicious use of evidence, coupled with meticulous citation, forms the bedrock of intellectual integrity and persuasive argumentation."