Transcript MLA - 7th-Tech

MLA
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Formatting and Style
Guide
W. edits from de Santiago 2014
What is MLA?
MLA (Modern Language Association) style formatting is
a guide for research papers.
What does MLA guide you on?
MLA guides you on:
Document Format
In-text citations
Works Cited
(a list of all sources
used in the paper)
Your Instructor Knows Best
#1 Rule for any formatting style:
Always
Follow your teacher’s
guidelines
Format: General Guidelines
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Type on white 8.5“ x 11“ paper
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Double-space everything
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Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font (or similar font)
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Leave only one space after punctuation
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Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides
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Indent the first line of paragraphs by using tab key
Format: General Guidelines
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Header with page numbers in the upper right corner
 Titles are always in 12-pt. font and centered but not
italicized, bolded, or put in quotation marks.
Endnotes go on a separate page before your Works
Cited page
Formatting the 1st Page
 No title page
 Double space everything
 In the upper left corner of the 1st page, list your
 name, your instructor's name, the course, and date
 Center the paper title (use standard caps but no
underlining, italics, quote, or bold)
 Create a header in the upper right corner at half
inch from the top and one inch from the right of
the page (include your last name and page
number)
Sample 1st Page
Formatting Section Headings
 Headings are generally optional
 Headings in essays should be numbered
 Headings should be consistent in grammar and
formatting but are otherwise up to you
Sample Section Headings
Numbered (all flush left with no
underlining, bold, or italics):
1. Early Life
1.1 Education
1.2 Marriage
2. Presidency
3. Civil War
Socrative
• Room #186148
• In your opinion, what the most imporant
things to remember
In-Text Citations
In-Text Citations: the Basics
MLA uses parenthetical citations which places
relevant source information in parentheses.
E.g. (Biography: George Washington)
 Parenthetical citations depend on the medium
(e.g. book, Web, DVD)
 Parenthetical citations also depend on the source’s
information on the Works Cited page
Author Named in Signal
Phrase
In-text Example:
McCullough describes John Adams’ hands as those of someone used
to manual labor (18).
Corresponding Works Cited Entry:
McCullough, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford
UP, 1967. Print.
Author Named in Parentheses
In-text Example:
Adams is said to have had “the hands of a man accustomed to
pruning his own tress, cutting his own hay, and splitting his own
firewood” (McCullough 18).
• Period placed after the citation
Corresponding Works Cited Entry:
McCullough, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford
UP, 1967. Print.
Author unknown
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If you don’t know the author:
1. Use the work’s title
2. Shortened version of the title in parentheses.
1. Example: A powerful editorial in last week’s
paper said that healthy liver donor Mike Smith
died because of a bad hospital care (“Every
Partient’s Nightmare”).
Work With no Page Numbers
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This includes many online sources
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Identify the source using
1. Author
2. Title of article
3. Title of web page
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Use signal Phrase or in parantheses
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Example: Information presented in History.com claimed
that George Washington was a valiant leader with a kind
heart (Biography: George Washington).
Signal Phrases
• Acknowledges
Adds
Admits
Addresses
Argues
Asserts
Believes
Claims
Comments
Compares
Confirms
• Contends
Declares
Denies
Disputes
Emphasizes
Endorses
Grants
Illustrates
Implies
Insists
Notes
More Examples
In-text Example:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a
“spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). Wordsworth extensively
explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Corresponding Works Cited Entry:
Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford
UP, 1967. Print.
Formatting Short Quotations
In-text Examples:
• According to some, dreams express “profound aspects of
personality” (Foulkes 184), though others disagree.
• According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express
“profound aspects of personality” (184).
• Is it possible that dreams may express “profound aspects of
personality” (Foulkes 184)?
• Website: use name of site and the title of web page.
Formatting Long Quotations
Must be indented
Example:
throughout her narration:
They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in
their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the
landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the
morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it
crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on
quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got
there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my
cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house.
(Bronte 78)
Adding/Omitting Words
In-text Example for Adding Words:
Jan Harold Brunvand, in an essay on urban legends, states:
“some individuals [who retell urban legends] make a point of
learning every rumor or tale” (78).
In-text example for Omitting Words:
In an essay on urban legends, Jan Harold Brunvand notes that
“some individuals make a point of learning every recent rumor
or tale . . . and in a short time a lively exchange of details occurs”
(78).
Work Cited Page
Work Cited Slide
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For every site include:
Author
Title of Webpage
Publisher information- N.p.
Publishing date- use if not present -n.d.
Medium
Date used
Url when requested by teacher
Works Cited Page: Sample
Sample Works Cited Page:
Author
• Can be located either on top of page or at
bottom
• Some site won’t have one- that’s ok
• Always use last name first in work cited
History.com
Title of Webpage
• Not the url
– http://www.history.com/biography/uspre
sidents/abrahamlincoln.php
• Not the domain name
– http://www.History.com
• Use the title of page you used
Example: George Washington Carver
Publisher
• This is who is paying or paid
to have the site on the
internet.
• Usually a company or
organization
• Information located on bottom
of page in small print
Continue
Publisher cont…
• Hard to find
• History.com
–A.E. Television Network.
• If no publisher use: N.p.
Medium and Date
• Date is the date you visited the site
– Should be earlier than due date of project
– Format= Day Month Year
• Medium is the type of source: CD,
Website, or Blog
• Use Web for website
Final Citation
Author’s Last name, First name. Title of site. Publisher or Sponsor.
Date last updated. Medium. Day Month Year of access.
If no author use the Title of site
first
Works Cited Page: Books
Basic Format:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Examples:
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York:
Penguin, 1987. Print.
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to
Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St.
Martin's, 1997. Print.
---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale:
Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print.
Book One Author
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Author's last name, First name.
Title in italics.
Publication City: Publisher, Year.
Medium: print, web, cd, movie
Works Cited Page: Web
Web Source Format:
Editor, author. “Article Name.” Name of Site. Name of institution/
organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher).
Date of last update. Medium of publication. Date of access.
Works Cited Page: Web
Examples:
Bernstein, Mark. “10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.” A List Apart:
For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug.
2002. Web. 4 May 2009.
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28
Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.
“How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow.com. eHow. n.d. Web. 24 Feb.
2009.
Works Cited Page: Other
Film Example:
The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin
Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen
Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995.
Film.
The End