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MLA Style

academic credibility/honesty

By: M. Hickey - Cawthra Park S.S.

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What is MLA Style

Specifications for essays Layout Citing resources

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Why Cite

Academic honesty Give credit to those who earned it Give credibility to your paper If you don’t cite, you are plagiarising Plagiarising is cheating

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A Typical Paper

• 1"/2.5cm margins• double spaced• 12 point font• Times New Roman• every paragraph is

indented

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1st Step for Citing

• Entry for every resource used in the essay

• Double spaced• Title is "Works

Cited"• New page• Hanging indent

used so second and subsequent lines are pushed in

• Very specific rules for each resource

• Alphabetical order by first item in the list

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2nd Step for Citing

Place embedded citations throughout your essay wherever you use someone else's work

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The Tricky Part Formatting the Citations

Citations are different for every type of resource

Follow the formats and examples for the types of materials you are using

Use the Source It print guide Use Source It online (site at school only) http://www.turnerfenton.com/Library/resear

ch/howto/

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Works Cited: Guiding Principles

Give as much information as possible Make sure your teacher can acquire

the resource If something is missing, leave it out Cite every resource you use DO NOT cite wikis Use reliable sources only

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Works Cited Basic Rules Author is first unless

there is no author Titles are underlined Component works

are in quotations Indent the second

and subsequent lines

Place in alphabetical order

Steinbicker, Earl. Day Trips New York. Fern Park: Hastings House, 2002. Google Books. 12 Jan. 2007

<http://books.google.com>.

Anderson, Chalon E., Amy T. Carrell, and Jimmy L. Widdifield, Jr. APA and MLA

Writing Formats. Toronto: Pearson, 2004.

“Police Credit YouTube in Finding Murder Suspect.“ Medicine Hat News (AB) 22 Dec. 2006. Student Research Centre. EBSCO. Cawthra S.S. 9 Jan. 2007 <http://www.ebscohost.com>.

Scrooge. Dir. Ronald Neame. Perf. Albert Finney.  Paramount Pictures, 2003.

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Embedded Citation

Check details in "Source It." Include one for every resource. Place it in brackets. Provide the first piece of information from

the Works Cited page Provide the page number if available.

(West 12) (14) (Shakespeare 3.3.81)("Two Ships Collide…") (Agenda)