MLA

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MLA
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WHAT IS MLA?

• MLA- stands for Modern Language Association
• Is format that you use to properly organize your
  paper and cite the sources you have used to
  gather your information. -It helps ensure that
  you do not commit plagiarism

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What is Plagiarism?

• the practice of taking someone else's work or
  ideas and passing them off as one's own.
• Its illegal
• You can fail an assignment, be suspended,
  expelled, fined, or put in jail for committing
  plagiarism
• In this class you get double detention, a parent
  call, you still have to complete the assignment

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When to cite

• Cite all mentions of another authors original
  ideas, statistics, studies, borrowed concepts
  phrases, images, quoted material, and tables.
• You do not have to cite facts which are commonly
  known by your audience and easily verified in
  reference sources.
• When in doubt, cite your source.

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Ways to cite

• Parenthetical Authors last name and page number
  are in () at the end of the sentence, before the
  period.
• In-Text The authors last name is listed within
  text (page numbers are at the end of the sentence

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In-text Example

• Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked
  by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"
  (263).

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OR parenthetical Example

• 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).

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Corresponding Works Cited Entry

• Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London
  Oxford
• U.P., 1967. Print.

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Paraphrase

• To paraphrase express the meaning of (the writer
  or speaker or something written or spoken) using
  different words,
• rewording of something written or spoken by
  someone else.
• YOU MUST CITE using parentheses when you
  paraphrase something, otherwise you are
  plagiarizing

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Paraphrase with parenthetical citation

• There are difficulties in labeling children with
  a type of intelligence, including the problem
  that labels may last, while the assessment may
  change (Gardner 139).

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Paraphrase with in-text citation

• Gardner explains that there are difficulties in
  labeling children with a type of intelligence,
  including the problem that labels may last, while
  the assessment may change (139).

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Quote

• repeat or copy out (a group of words from a text
  or speech)
• repeat a passage from (a work or author) or
  statement by (someone)
• YOU MUST CITE using parentheses when you quote
  something, otherwise you are plagiarizing

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Direct quotation

• Educators are cautioned that ...labels tend to
  stick, and few people go back later to document a
  shifting profile of intelligences (Gardner 139).

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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).
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Block Quote

• A block quote is a direct quote that is four or
  more typed lines long.
• Generally, only use one block quote in a short
  research paper.
• Tab the whole word-for-word quote twice, omit
  quotation marks, and maintain double
• spacing.
• The citation may follow the period instead of
  come before the end punctuation.

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Paper Formatting

• Type on white 8.5 x 11 paper
• Double-space everything
• Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font (or similar
  font, such as Arial)
• Leave only one space after punctuation
• Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides
• Indent the first line of each paragraphs one
  half-inch

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Paper Formatting

• Header with page numbers in the upper right
  corner
• Use italics for titles
• Endnotes go on a separate page before your
  Works Cited page
• a note placed at the end of an article,
  chapter, or book. Usually it makes comment or has
  a reference for a certain part of the text.

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Paper Formatting

• No title page (Unless Requested)
• 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)

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Paper Formatting

• REQUIRED Paper Heading
• Your last name, page
• Your Full Name (First and Last Name)
• Ms. Wright
• English - Period
• Date (Month day, year)
• Title of Paper/Assignment

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Works Cited page MLA style citation

• Include a Works Cited page listing all sources
  cited within the body of the paper.
• Double-space, alphabetize the entries.
• Do not indent first line, but do indent the
  following line(s) in an entry. (Called hanging
  indent in MSWord.)

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Works Cited Page The Basics
Sample Works Cited page
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Works Cited Page Books
Basic Format Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book.
Place of Publication Publisher, Year of
Publication. Medium of Publication. Examples Gle
ick, 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.
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Works Cited Page Periodicals
Article in a Magazine Format Author(s). "Title
of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year
pages. Medium of publication. Example Buchman
, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping
Mar. 2006 143-8. Print. Article in
Scholarly Journal Format Author(s). "Title of
Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year)
pages. Medium of publication. Example Duvall,
John N. "The (Super)Marketplace of Images
Television as Unmediated Mediation in
DeLillo's White Noise." Arizona Quarterly
50.3 (1994) 127- 53. Print.
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Works Cited Page Web
Web Source Format Editor, author, or compiler
name (if available). Article Name. Name of
Site. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site
(sponsor or publisher). Date of last update.
Medium of publication. Date of access.
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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.
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Works Cited Page Other
Personal Interview Example Purdue, Pete.
Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000. Speech
Example Stein, Bob. Computers and Writing
Conference. Purdue University. Union Club
Hotel, West Lafayette, IN. 23 May 2003.
Keynote address.
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