MLA Format

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MLA Format

• Writing and Citing

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The Basics

• MLA Format
• Is typed
• Is double spaced
• Is in 10-12 point format
• And dont try the period/comma trick. I know it.
• Is in a basic font, such as Courier or Times New
  Roman
• Changes every few years
• Check online with a credible source for new
  formatting rules before writing new papers.
• Consists of three main pieces
• Heading
• In-text Citations
• Works Cited

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MLA Headingsfirst page

• Set your paragraphs to double spacing.
• On the left of your first page, type your name.
• Enter, then type your teachers name.
• Enter, then type the name of the class.
• Enter, then type the due date (17 March 2008).
• Enter, then type the title of your paper and
  center align it.
• Your header on every page will be your last name
  page
• Taken from http//owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/reso
  urce/557/01/

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MLA in-text citations

• Every page will have the header with your last
  name and page number at the top right corner.
• Any time you use information from one of your
  sources, you must cite it in your text.
• All in-text citations come at the end of the
  sentence where you quoted them.
• The basic format is (Author pg).
• Taken from http//www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker
  -Daly-MLA.pdf

Daly 2 Academy midshipman crashed into their
parked car. The driver said in court that when he
looked up from the cell phone he was dialing, he
was three feet from the car and had no time to
stop (Stockwell B8). Expert testimony,
public opinion, and even cartoons suggest that
driving while phoning is dangerous. Frances
Bents, an expert on the relation between cell
phones and accidents, estimates that between 450
and 1,000 crashes a year
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Works cited Page

• Type Works Cited and center align it
• Put your sources in alphabetical order
• The first line of each citation is left aligned
• Any other lines are one tab in
• Your citations will vary, depending on your
  sources
• Taken from http//www.clas.ufl.edu/users/lhager/t
  eaching/coursestaught/2001fall/mlaworkscitedpageex
  ample.html

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Citing sources

• Remember your checklist
• Author
• Title (of article, of chapter, of book)
• Publisher (company and location)
• Date (of publication, and access)
• Entire web address
• Make sure its credible
• Cite it right
• Online citation makers
• MLA style sheet

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Citing a book

• On your Works Cited page, a book will look like
  this
• Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Herland. New York
  Dover Publications, 1998.
• In your paper, if you use this source, it will
  look like this
• They wear their hair shorter, and as the men
  notice, there is little visible difference
  between them and the women they meet besides
  their own beards (Gilman 39).

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Citing an article

• On your Works Cited page, an article will look
  something like this
• Kreger, Erika M. Depravity Dressed Up in a
• Fascinating Garb Sentimental Motifs and the
  Seduced Hero(ine) in The Scarlet Letter.
  Nineteenth-Century Literature. 54.3 (1999)
  308-335.
• If you use it in your paper, it will look
  something like this
•  
• Because of his perceived responsibility to
  society, he adds to his first sin by making
  repeated errors in judgment (Kreger 324).

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Citing a website

• On your Works Cited page, a website will look
  like this
• Global Warming. 2008. Cooler Heads Coalition. 17
  March 2008 lthttp//www.globalwarming.org/gt.
• If you use it in your paper, it will look like
  this
• There is no scientifically proven link between
  global warming and huge hurricanes like Katrina
  (Global).

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In-text citations

• If you use the exact words the author used, your
  text will look like this
• Because of his perceived responsibility to
  society, he adds to his first sin by making
  repeated errors in judgment (Kreger 324).
• If you paraphrase the author, your text will look
  like this
• They wear their hair shorter, and as the men
  notice, there is little visible difference
  between them and the women they meet besides
  their own beards (Gilman 39).

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Questions and answers

• If you dont ask, youll never know.