Lit Genius Editors - MLA Citations lyrics

For students and teachers alike, this is a simple explanation of how to cite anything you find on Rap Genius, in the popular MLA format. Citations exist for one purpose: to make it easy for your reader to find the sources you use. Works Cited page entries For RG texts [author's last name, first name]. "[RG page title]." Rap Genius. Genius Media Inc. Web. [Insert access date here in Day Month Year format]. Samples: Short Story: Chopin, Kate. "The Story of an Hour." *Rap Genius*. Genius Media Inc. Web. 26 March 2013. Poem: Williams, William Carlos. "Danse Russe." *Rap Genius*. Genius Media Inc. Web. 26 March 2013. Book: Alger, Horatio. *Ragged Dick.* Rap Genius. Genius Media Inc. Web. 26 March 2013. (Now for the tricky, ground-breaking, RG exclusive!) For Explanations on an RG text RG username. “Selection being explained.” in *Text from which it comes.* *Rap Genius*.Genius Media Inc. Web. Date of access. Sample Short Story: WCWTF. "She had died..." in "The Story of an Hour." *Rap Genius*. Genius Media Inc. Web. 26 March 2013. Poem: [Follows same format as short story] Book: ArrogantLeader. "Seven O'Clock!" in "Ragged Dick, Chapter 1." Rap Genius. Genius Media Inc. Web. 26 March 2013. In-text citations For RG texts Blah blah you leading in to the "quoted text from the book," (author's name, chapter if applicable). Sample: The narrator calls Ragged Dick's appearance "rather peculiar," (Alger, ch. 1). For Explanations on an RG text Blah blah you leading in to the "quoted text from the book," (RG author's username, "Selection explained"). Sample: Dick's sarcasm is modeled on the street children Alger himself spoke to in researching the book (ArrogantLeader, "Seven O'Clock").