1. You should always list the name of a contributor in your works-cited-list entry if the contributor played a key role such as editor, translator, or film director.

2. You are citing an essay by Laetitia Zecchini called “Postcolonial South Asian Poetry” from the collection The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Poetry. The editor of the collection is Jahan Ramazani. You would list Laetitia Zecchini in the Contributor element in your works-cited-list entry.

3. You are writing a paper about Homer’s The Odyssey, and you are using the translation by Emily Wilson. You should list Wilson’s name in the Contributor element.

4. You are writing a paper about Homer’s The Odyssey, and you are using the translation by Emily Wilson. You could list Wilson’s name in the Author element and Homer in the Contributor element if the focus of your discussion is the translator’s role.

5. You are citing the film The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, in your paper. The following is an acceptable works-cited-list entry for the source:

The Hurt Locker. Kathryn Bigelow, Voltage Pictures, 2008.

6. The decision to include optional contributors in your works-cited-list entry depends on which aspect of the source you focus on in your paper.

7. You are writing about Bryan Cranston’s performance in the play Network. His name could be listed in the Contributor element.

8. You are citing the graphic narrative March, by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin. Your paper focuses on Nate Powell’s illustrations. In your works-cited-list entry, you should provide only the name of the illustrator.

9. You are analyzing the word choices in the dialogue of the movie Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick. You could list the name of the screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, in the Contributor element.

10. You are citing an interview with Sam Jones conducted by Alex Brown. You should list the name of the person being interviewed, Sam Jones, in the Contributor element.