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- 1. MLA Style Guide In-text Citation, Documentation, and Miscellaneous Conventions
- 2. MLA requires sources be acknowledged in two ways: •in-text citation and •documentation
- 3. In-text Citations • Mark uses of sources • Used for identifying borrowed quotations, paraphrases, summaries, and ideas • Let readers know which material is yours and which belongs to which source
- 4. In-text Citations • Two basic styles for creating in- text citations: Signal phrase Includes author’s name and a verb Page number comes in parentheses
- 5. In-text Citations Using A Signal Phrase Example: Constance Hale cautions that “a metaphor has the shelf life of a fresh vegetable” (224).
- 6. In-text Citations • Parenthetical note In parentheses, include Author’s surname and page number
- 7. In-text Citations Using a Parenthetical Note Example: • Be aware that metaphors have “the shelf life of a fresh vegetable” (Hale 224).
- 8. In-text Citations • You can place in-text citations wherever you need to in order to eliminate or prevent confusion:
- 9. In-text Citations Place an In-Text Citation Following a Sentence • Example: Underground comix artists are not controlled by corporate interests that discourage “daring” material (Daniels, 165, 180).
- 10. In-text Citations Place an In-Text Citation Following a Clause Example: While underground comix artists are not constrained by the conservatism of large corporations (Daniels 165), they are beholden to a different set of standards.
- 11. In-text Citations Place an In-Text Citation Following a Phrase Example: Free from the control of large corporations (Daniels 165), underground comix artists are still beholden to their readers’ standards.
- 12. In-text Citations • Block quotations are a special case: • Used for quotation more than four lines long • Indented half inch from left margin • Uses no quotation marks • Parenthetical citation goes after closing punctuation
- 13. Documentation Each in-text citation must be accompanied by a corresponding entry in a list entitled “Works Cited.” Different types of sources have different formats.
- 14. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic • Basic format: Author’s surname, First name. Title: Subtitle. Publisher (shortened), date of publication.
- 15. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: Printed Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. Knopf, 2008.
- 16. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: Electronic: Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. D. Appleton, 1920. Bartleby.com. 5 July 2007.
- 17. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: E-book: Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. Knopf, 2008. Kindle e-book file.
- 18. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: Book with an editor or translator: Larsson, Asa. Sun Storm. Trans. Marlaine Delargy. Delacorte, 2006.
- 19. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: One selections from an anthology: Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 6th ed. McGraw, 2009. 79–84.
- 20. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: Two or more selections from an anthology: Use format for a single source and cross reference by including an entry for the anthology as well.
- 21. Documentation Books—Printed and Electronic Examples: DiYanni, Robert, editor. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 6th ed. McGraw, 2009. Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 6th ed. McGraw, 2009. 79–84.
- 22. Documentation Periodicals—Printed and Electronic Basic format: Surname, First name. “Title.” Journal title volume, issue, year, pages.
- 23. Documentation Periodicals—Printed and Electronic Examples: Article in a scholarly journal: printed Cantor, Nancy, and Steve Schomberg. “What We Want Students to Learn: Cultivating Playfulness and Responsibility in a Liberal Education.” Change, vol. 34, iss. 6, 2002, pp. 47–49.
- 24. Documentation Periodicals—Printed and Electronic Examples: Article in a scholarly journal: online database (DOI included) Cantor, Nancy, and Steve Schomberg. “What We Want Students to Learn: Cultivating Playfulness and Responsibility in a Liberal Education.” Change 34.6 (2002): 47–49. Academic Search Premier, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.003. Accesed 2 Dec. 2008.
- 25. Documentation Periodicals—Printed and Electronic Examples: Article in a scholarly journal: online (general) Lohnes, Sarah, and Charles Kinzer. “Questioning Assumptions about Students’ Expectations for Technology in College Classrooms.” Innovate vol. 3, iss. 5, 2007. wwinn.net/in/article/ view-60/362. Accessed 28 June 2007. Most online magazines do not include page numbers. Include url (without https)
- 26. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, the first word and all subsequent key words except articles and prepositions are capitalized in book and article titles;
- 27. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, book titles are italicized (not underlined except in handwritten work);
- 28. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, article titles are set off in quotation marks;
- 29. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, the first line of the citation goes flush with the left margin; the second and subsequent lines are indented ½ inch;
- 30. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, entries use double spacing;
- 31. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, comma or period follows the in-text citation except in block quotations; and
- 32. Miscellaneous Conventions Note that, in MLA format style, • period goes inside quotation marks in documentation.