Terrorism
Terrorist Groups or Freedom Fighters - In Text Citation Practice
It is important to understand how to acknowledge your sources and be academically honest. TASK
1) From the “Known Terrorist Groups” posters choose a group that interests you.
2) For that group, find at least 5 interesting quotations from articles that say something about the group being either a terrorist group of freedom fighters.
3) Create an MLA bibliography for each quote.
eg) IRA
“Real IRA members from Northern Ireland have become increasingly active in its Dublin operations.”
MLA "Murdered Real IRA man's pal shot - Republic of
Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk." Belfast,
Northern Ireland, UK, World, News, Business, Entertainment , belfasttelegraph.co.uk. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. .
Books
Format:
Author's last name, first name. Book title. Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company, publication date.
Example:
Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society,
1974.
Website or Webpage
Format:
Author's last name, first name (if available). "Title of work within a project or database." Title of site, project, or database. Editor (if available). Electronic publication information (Date of publication or of the latest update, and name of any sponsoring institution or organization). Date of access and .
Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.
Examples:
Devitt, Terry. "Lightning injures four at music festival." The Why? Files. 2 Aug. 2001. 23 Jan. 2002 .
Levy, Steven. "Great Minds, Great Ideas." Newsweek 27 May 2002. 10 June 2002 .
4) Choose 3 of your best quotes and write paragraphs about that “terrorist” organization including in text citations (quote).
Don’t forget:
T EE E L
Topic sentence.
A clear outline of what the paragraph will be about.
Explanation.
Expand on the topic sentence in several sentences. Give the ‘How’
It is important to understand how to acknowledge your sources and be academically honest. TASK
1) From the “Known Terrorist Groups” posters choose a group that interests you.
2) For that group, find at least 5 interesting quotations from articles that say something about the group being either a terrorist group of freedom fighters.
3) Create an MLA bibliography for each quote.
eg) IRA
“Real IRA members from Northern Ireland have become increasingly active in its Dublin operations.”
MLA "Murdered Real IRA man's pal shot - Republic of
Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk." Belfast,
Northern Ireland, UK, World, News, Business, Entertainment , belfasttelegraph.co.uk. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. .
Books
Format:
Author's last name, first name. Book title. Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company, publication date.
Example:
Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society,
1974.
Website or Webpage
Format:
Author's last name, first name (if available). "Title of work within a project or database." Title of site, project, or database. Editor (if available). Electronic publication information (Date of publication or of the latest update, and name of any sponsoring institution or organization). Date of access and .
Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.
Examples:
Devitt, Terry. "Lightning injures four at music festival." The Why? Files. 2 Aug. 2001. 23 Jan. 2002 .
Levy, Steven. "Great Minds, Great Ideas." Newsweek 27 May 2002. 10 June 2002 .
4) Choose 3 of your best quotes and write paragraphs about that “terrorist” organization including in text citations (quote).
Don’t forget:
T EE E L
Topic sentence.
A clear outline of what the paragraph will be about.
Explanation.
Expand on the topic sentence in several sentences. Give the ‘How’