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**Literary Criticism**
Why study Literary Criticism? Read this essay by Steven Hale, Humanities Division, Georgia Perimeter College [|Literary Criticism]

[|What is literary criticism?] from Springfield High School Media Center

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MLA Formatting and Style Guide: MLA Update 2009 see the [|Owl at Perdue]

For literary criticism: 5.6.7 - "To cite a previously published article in a collection, give the complete data for the earlier publication and then add Rpt. ("Reprinted in"), title of the collection and the new publication facts.

Source: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, sixth edition.

Example:

Eller, Edward E., "Fahrenheit 451." //Novels for Students//. Ed. Diane Telgen. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 138-157. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Gale. Hopewell Valley Central High School. 24 Mar. 2009 <[|http://find.galegroup.com]>

May, Jill, "In Defense of // To Kill a Mockingbird ,"// in //Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints,// edited by Nicholas J. Karolides, Lee Burress, John M. Kean, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1993, pp. 476–84. Rpt. in //Novels for Students//. Ed. Diane Telgen. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 285-307. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Gale. Hopewell Valley Central High School. 22 Mar. 2009 <[|http://find.galegroup.com]>

OR, from EBSCO

Touponce, William F. "Some Aspects of Surrealism in the Work of Ray Bradbury." __Extrapolation (Kent State University Press)__ 25.3 (Fall1984 1984): 228-238. __Literary Reference Center__. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Mar. 2009 [].

In-Text citations:
(author's last name page #) no author ("shortened title" page #)

no page # - leave blank

Avoiding Plagiarism:
//**Definition:** Plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledg­ing its source.//
 * 1) submitting someone else’s text as one’s own or attempting to blur the line between one’s own ideas or words and those borrowed from another source, and
 * 2) carelessly or inadequately citing ideas and words borrowed from another source.

Source: "Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices." __WPA Guide__. Jan. 2003. Council of Writing Program Administrators. 7 Apr. 2008 .


 * Also see:**

Plagiarism.org: []

Indiana Univ. Writing Tutorial: []

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