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MLA Guidelines

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Why use the MLA format?

To avoid plagiarism To help you in your research It is required

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Overview

1. Formatting the paper

2. Citing sources in the text

3. Preparing the Works Cited page

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1. Formatting the paper

First page Margins Page number and header Font

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What goes on the first page? Your name The teacher’s name English IV, per. # The date

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Example

Susan Garcia

Mr. Ferguson

English IV DE/AP per. 2

27 September 2015

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Margins

One inch on all sides To change the margins in Word 2007,go to:

“Page Layout” “Margins”

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Page number and header

In Word 2007, Go to “Insert” on the main toolbar In the “Header & Footer” box, click “Page

Number” Select “Top of Page” Select “Plain Number 3” Type your last name, followed by a space

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Font

12 point Times New Roman will be used for this paper

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Use of sources in the text

Called “Parenthetical Citation” Indicates direct or indirect references to

sources within your text

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First example of a direct quote

It may be true that “in the appreciation of medieval art the attitude of the observer is of primary importance” (Robertson 136).

Quotation marks are required for a direct quote. Punctuation goes after the citation. There is no comma between author and page number.

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Second example of a direct quoteIt may be true, as Robertson maintains, that “in the appreciation of medieval art the attitude of the observer is of primary importance” (136).

Again, a direct quote requires quotation marks. The author’s name is not in parentheses

because it is already in the text.

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Example of paraphrase (the use of your own words)

It may be true, as Robertson maintains, that the art lover’s perspective is key to his or her appreciation of medieval art (136).

A paraphrase does not need quotation marks. Already in the sentence, the author’s name is

not in parentheses.

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Example of two successive references to the same source

In the novel, Oliver Twist, Oliver bravely asks, “Please, sir, I want some more” (Dickens 14). The master of the work house is astonished that an orphan could be so bold. He replies, “‘What!’… at length, in a faint voice” (14).

The author’s name is not used the second time you quote from the same source.

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Example of two different sources on one author

Examine the following passage,

According to this critic, "Charles Dickens was the most prolific author of the Victorian Age" (Bloom 122). In Dickens's novel Bleak House, the narrator prepares us for Joe's imminent death: "Fast. The cart is shaken all to pieces, and the rugged road is very near its end" (Dickens 603).

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Two authors = Two citations

Even though the two references relate to one author, Dickens, a distinction must be made between the two sources, between the two authors, and between the two books.

Therefore, you need two complete and different citations, (Bloom 122) and (Dickens 603).

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3. The Works Cited page

This is always the last page in a paper.

It is a separate page, but is numbered consecutively. If you have a ten-page paper, then the works cited page is page eleven.

The page is titled Works Cited. No underlining, quotes, or fancy fonts.

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For two or three authors

Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. Analyzing

Casual Conversation. London: Cassell,

1997. Print.

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Articles in scholarly journals

Gorzelsky, Gwen. “Ghosts: Liberal Education

and Negotiated Authority.” College

English 64. 3 (2002): 302-325. Print.

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An article in a magazine

Kher, Unmesh. "The Odd Ordeal of Daniel

Pearl." Time 11 February 2002: 34-35.

Print.

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Internet SourcesAn entire website:

The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing

Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U,

2008. Web. 23 April 2008.

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Internet SourcesA periodical publication in an online database:

Lal, Ananda. Letter. TDR 51.3 (2007): 17-18.

Project Muse. Web. 30 Nov. 2007.

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Internet Sources

A work on the Web with print publication data:

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn,

1855. The Walt Whitman Archive. Web. 12

Mar. 2007.

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Use the internet to help

OWL – owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/Bibme.orgCitationmachine.net

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Quick Formatting Guide

OWL – owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/Bibme.orgCitationmachine.net

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*Times New Roman *1” margins *”Works Cited” at end*12 point *Black text of document