MLA FORMAT

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MLA FORMAT
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QuotingParaphrasing Summarizing
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Quotations

• Quotations must be identical to the authors
  words.
• Keep quotes brief.
• Avoid over quoting.
• Cite your source!
• It is possible that dreams may express profound
  aspects of personality" (Smith 184).

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Paraphrasing/Summarizing

• Put information into your own words.
• Not just rearranging the words.
• Cite the source!
• International espionage was as prevalent as ever
  in the 1990s (Decade 26).
• The sinking of the Titanic has been called one of
  the greatest disasters of all time (Benton 28).

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Works Cited

• Documents your sources
• Last page of the paper
• Alphabetical order
• Underline all titles of books and periodicals
• Title of articles are placed in quotation marks
• Double Spaced
• Times New Roman Size 12 Font
• Indent 5 spaces for 2nd 3rd lines

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Works Cited

• Bordon, Allan. War in America. New York
• Appleton, 2004.
• Ruskin, Maria. In Defense of Poetry. Time 24
  Feb.
• 2007 38-40.
• Romance. Encyclopedia America. 2000 ed.
• Walters, Amy. Read for Fun. Reading Teacher.
• Association. http//www.rta.org/read.htm. 12
  Oct 2006.

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Questions

• See me or Miss Grassi
• Refer to your packet