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MLA
In-text (parenthetical) citations
Works cited activity
What is MLA?
Style most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within liberal arts
and humanities
every source type has a formula in APA; therefore, must refer to MLA
knowledge
MLA Basics
Use Times New Roman size 12 font, double space throughout, flush
left, paperclip left corner (I have a cat problem, please staple)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit (patchwriting)
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether
you give credit or not
http://www.checkforplagiarism.net/plagiarism-consequences
Avoiding Plagiarism
Any summary, paraphrase, or quotation used in a paper MUST be
documented
Exemptions include the following:
Common knowledge
Shakespeares death
Standard terms
Why?
The student uses language borrowed from the original
source without quotation marks and without
crediting the author. The following is an acceptable
revision:
Plagiarized.
Why?
The student has borrowed words from the source without
putting them in quotation marks (tears of frustration, sodden
with tears, rusts up again) and has plugged in synonyms for
other language from the source (cries/bawls, hits/bops).
Why?
The student has correctly placed borrowed language in
quotation marks and given the authors name and the
page numbers on which the quotation can be found.
Integrating Sources
Ellen Goodman offers this further observation about writers who peddle
formulas for achieving success through selfishness: They are all Doctor
Feelgoods, offering placebo prescriptions instead of strong medicine. They
give us a way to life with ourselves, perhaps, but not a way to live with each
other (16).
The author offers this further observation about writers who peddle
formulas for achieving success through selfishness: They are all Doctor
Feelgoods, offering placebo prescriptions instead of strong medicine. They
give us a way to life with ourselves, perhaps, but not a way to live with each
other (Goodman 16).
Integrating Sources
Block quotations
Besides riches, rank broad acres, and ancient lineage, the new
government also possessed, to the regret of the liberal opposition,
and in the words of one of them, an almost embarrassing wealth and
talent and capacity. Secure in authority, resting comfortably on
their electoral majority in the House of Commons and on a
permanent majority in the House of Lords, of whom four-fifths were
conservatives, they were in a position, admitted the same opponent,
of unassailable strength. (4).
Freestanding quotation
The report further stated, All great writing styles have their wellsprings in
the personality of the writer. As Buffon said, The style is the man (Duncan
49).
Explanation:
The student has put quotation marks around the exact
words from the source and has handled the MLA citation
correctly, putting the name of the author in a signal
phrase and the page number in parentheses.
In-text citations (parentheticals) must include the authors last name or first
word of title and the page number
(Stanko 7)
1.
A. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the
ancient Chinese used marijuana for medical
purposes, there is no record of the Chinese
using it as a pleasure-producing drug (26).
Explanation:
In MLA style, the sentence period comes after
the parenthetical citation.
Entries are listed alphabetically by authors or editors last name or by the title
of the work if no author/editor is available
Author names are written last name, first name, middle name (or initials)
Burke,
Levy,
Kenneth
David M.
Wallace,
DO NOT list titles (Dr., Sir, Saint, etc.) or degrees (PhD, MA, DDS, etc.)
John
David Foster
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One-inch margins, same header as rest of essay, double spaced (no extra
spaces between citations)
Works Cited (do not italicize, underline, bold, or put inside quotation marks)
centered at top of page
First line of each entry is NOT indented. The second and subsequent lines are
indented (hanging indent).
Page numbers are hyphenated, not separated by a dash
For every entry, indicate the medium of publication (Print, Web, Film, DVD)
URLs for Web entries are no longer required (instructor/publisher discretion)
<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/>.
Use italics (do not underline) titles of larger works (books, magazines, etc).
If citing a source originally issued in print form but was retrieved from an
online database, type the online database name in italics
It there is more than one entry per author, works are arranged alphabetically
by title
For second and all additional entries, type three hyphens and a period in
place of the authors name
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Inaccurate information
User error
Electronic Sources
Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print
publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may,
for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified
information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
Medium of publication.
URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a
URL).
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