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MLA Format

MLA Format. How to use it!. All of the following information comes directly from your St David Style Guide. Why do we need MLA Format?. From your St David Style Guide:

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MLA Format

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  1. MLA Format How to use it! All of the following information comes directly from your St David Style Guide

  2. Why do we need MLA Format? • From your St David Style Guide: • “Whenever you use another person’s words, ideas or pictures, you must give credit. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism, which is a form of theft.”

  3. What does it mean to “cite” something? • To “Cite” something is to use a quotation of something another person said/wrote

  4. In-Text Citations In-text citations identify the source immediately following the quotation or paraphrase. The complete bibliographic information for each reference is listed in the Works Cited at the end of the essay.

  5. General Rules for In-Text Citations • For an essay which discusses ONE work: • Usually, the author’s name appears early in the text of the essay; if not, however, include it in the first parenthetical reference and thereafter cite the page number of the piece where the quotation appears: • For example:Atticus told Scout that in order to understand another person, she needed to learn to “walk in his shoes” (30). • To note: • quotation mark follows the last word • space before the first parenthesis • period comes after the second parenthesis

  6. Two quotations in the same sentence • When quoting two passages from the same work, place both page numbers at the end of the sentence, separating them with a comma. • Atticus told Scout that in order to understand another person, she needed to learn to “walk in his shoes”; later, he repeated himself when he advised her “to climb into someone’s skin and walk around in it” (30, 185).

  7. Dealing with a super long quotation • When quoting a passage that is longer than fifty words indent the passage from both margins and double space (this is a change in the MLA format). • Do not use quotation marks unless they indicate dialogue • This time, the period goes BEFORE the parenthetical citation Arnold’s coach recognizes Arnold’s abilities, but realizes he needs him to believe “[Arnold] can do it” (189). Arnold’s self-reflection demonstrates that the coach’s encouraging repetition of this statement worked: Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear this from anybody? It’s one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they’re the four biggest words in the world when they’re put together. You can do it. (189) Those last words really influence Arnold.

  8. Quoting dialogue • the quoted dialogue appears within single quotation marks, which are enclosed in double quotation marks: • In “The Prospector’s Trail” by Cathy Jewison, Norman discovers that prospecting for trash has the potential to turn his life around. “`I think I’ve got it,’ Norman announce[s]” at the end of the story (31).

  9. A few extra important notes… • when your own sentence extends beyond the quoted material, the page reference is still placed at the end of the sentence. For example: His hydrocephalus also causes him to look “goofy on the outside,” because of his enlarged head, which is full of brain fluid (3). • use square brackets to indicate a change you made in a quoted line (changes are made to maintain grammatical correctness and/or to add clarity). For example: His medical condition, hydrocephalus, is a condition that causes his “brain [to be] fragile” (21). • if the quotation is a question or exclamation, insert the appropriate punctuation before the closing quotation marks and end your own sentence with a period after the parentheses. For example: Arnold asked Mr. P, “Where is hope?” (43).

  10. For this assignment, you will not have a “Works Cited.” You will have a “Work Cited” because you are only citing one source. Works Cited A list of works cited is included at the end of your essay. Its purpose is to let the reader locate your sources.

  11. Work Cited • when more than one work appears on the Works Cited page, alphabetize by the author’s surname or web address, etc. • use hanging indentation style: indent second and subsequent lines in the same reference so that the author’s surname stands out • Always italicize the titles of published works • do not number the entries on the Works Cited list; the alphabetized surnames create order • single space each entry, but double space between them. Books and Novels – One Author • AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. Title of Work.PlaceofPublishing: Publisher, ####. Print. • MacLeod, Alistair. No Great Mischief. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1999. Print.

  12. First page formatting

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