MLA Works Cited templates — website, interview, audiovisual; Works Cited page assembly

From homework: where do you get STUCK with website sources?

• Listen for: 'no author,' 'no date,' 'too many URLs'
• Validate; preview the template addresses each gap

Websites are most variable. MG-15: Last Name, First Name (if available). "Title." Title of Website, Publisher, Day Month Year, URL. If NO AUTHOR: title first in quotes. If NO DATE: omit (flag as CRAAP Currency caveat). INTERVIEW (MG-16): personal interviews cited as 'Personal interview.' + date. AUDIOVISUAL (MG-17): film/TV/podcast/YouTube each have patterns. WORKS CITED PAGE: alphabetize; hanging indent; double-spaced; title 'Works Cited' centered.

• No author = title first in quotes.

  model "Mayan Calendar." National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 21 Mar. 2023, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mayan-calendar.

  prompt NatGeo web article on Maya calendar, no author, 21 March 2023.
• Simplest entry: name + 'Personal interview.' + date.

  model Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 15 March 2026.

  prompt Personal interview with a local historian 15 March 2026.
• Channel as originator; video title in quotes; YouTube italicized.

  model TED. "The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." YouTube, uploaded by TED, 7 Oct. 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg.

  prompt Adichie TED talk on YouTube.

• Pair-share: build entry for a website source you have.
• Cold Call: what do you do when there's no author?
• Thumbs: I can build website/interview/AV entries (up) / I need re-explanation (down)

M-7-F-RES-10-A Chart

MG-15 website + MG-16 interview + MG-17 AV templates side by side. Each with template + worked examples + notes. Print-ready 11x17.

MG-15 Chart

MLA Works Cited template — WEBSITE (general): copy-able format card. TEMPLATE: Last Name, First Name (if available). "Title of Page or Article." Title of Website, Publisher (if different from site name), Day Month Year of publication or last update, URL. (Optional: Accessed Day Month Year.) EXAMPLE: "Mayan Calendar." National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 21 Mar. 2023, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mayan-calendar. NOTES: If no author, start with title in quotation marks. If no date, omit (but note in your notes that this is a flag for evaluation). Print-ready 8.5x11.

MG-16 Chart

MLA Works Cited template — INTERVIEW: copy-able format card. TEMPLATE (personal interview conducted by you): Last Name, First Name of Interviewee. Personal interview. Day Month Year. TEMPLATE (published interview): Last Name, First Name of Interviewee. "Title of Interview" (or 'Interview by NAME' if untitled). Title of Publication, Day Month Year, pp. or URL. EXAMPLE: Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 15 March 2026. EXAMPLE: Nakate, Vanessa. "On Climate Justice." Interview by Anita Powell. Voice of America, 8 November 2022, www.voanews.com/example. NOTES: Personal interviews you conduct yourself are cited as 'Personal interview.' Published interviews are cited like articles. Print-ready 8.5x11.

MG-17 Chart

MLA Works Cited template — AUDIOVISUAL (film, TV, podcast, YouTube): copy-able format card. TEMPLATE (film): Title of Film. Directed by First Name Last Name, performances by Cast, Studio, Year. TEMPLATE (podcast): "Title of Episode." Title of Podcast, narrated/hosted by NAME, season, episode, Network, Date, URL. TEMPLATE (YouTube video): Channel or Creator Name. "Title of Video." YouTube, uploaded by Uploader, Day Month Year, URL. EXAMPLE: Hidden Figures. Directed by Theodore Melfi, performances by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe, 20th Century Fox, 2016. EXAMPLE: TED. "The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." YouTube, uploaded by TED, 7 Oct. 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg. Print-ready 8.5x11.

• Build entries for remaining source types (website/interview/AV).

  scaffold MG-15 + MG-16 + MG-17
• Assemble FULL Works Cited page. Alphabetize; apply hanging indent.

  scaffold Blank WC template with margin guides; alphabetization rules card

• Hand in your full Works Cited page (alphabetical, hanging indent).

• Restate: website/interview/AV templates; assemble alphabetical with hanging indent
• Preview: mid-arc check + research-paper drafting

• Finalize typed Works Cited page. Bring in research-paper folder.