Mla style guide seminar8th ed brief version
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MLA Style Guide
In-text Citation, Documentation, and Miscellaneous Conventions
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MLA requires sources be acknowledged in two ways:
• in-text citation and
•documentation
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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
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In-text Citations
• Two basic styles for creating in-text citations:
Signal phraseIncludes author’s name and a verb
Page number comes in parentheses
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In-text Citations
Using A Signal Phrase
Example:
Constance Hale cautions that “a metaphor has the shelf life of a fresh vegetable” (224).
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In-text Citations
• Parenthetical note
In parentheses, include
Author’s surname and
page number
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In-text Citations
Using a Parenthetical Note
Example:
• Be aware that metaphors have “the shelf life of a fresh vegetable” (Hale 224).
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In-text Citations
• You can place in-text citations wherever you need to in order to eliminate or prevent confusion:
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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).
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In-text CitationsPlace an In-Text Citation
Following a ClauseExample:
While underground comix artists are not constrained by the conservatism of large corporations (Daniels 165), they are beholden to a different set of standards.
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In-text CitationsPlace an In-Text Citation
Following a PhraseExample:
Free from the control of large corporations (Daniels 165), underground comix artists are still beholden to their readers’ standards.
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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 afterclosing punctuation
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DocumentationEach in-text citation must be accompanied by a corresponding entry in a list entitled “Works Cited.” Different types of sources have different formats.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and Electronic
• Basic format:
Author’s surname, First name.
Title: Subtitle. Publisher
(shortened), date of
publication.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and Electronic
Examples:
Printed
Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. Knopf, 2008.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and ElectronicExamples: Electronic:
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence.
D. Appleton, 1920. Bartleby.com. 5 July 2007.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and ElectronicExamples: E-book:
Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. Knopf, 2008. Kindle e-book file.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and ElectronicExamples: Book with an editor or
translator:Larsson, Asa. Sun Storm. Trans.
Marlaine Delargy. Delacorte, 2006.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and ElectronicExamples: One selections from an
anthology:Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.”
Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, andDrama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 6th ed. McGraw, 2009. 79–84.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and ElectronicExamples: 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.
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DocumentationBooks—Printed and ElectronicExamples:
DiYanni, Robert, editor. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 6th ed.
McGraw, 2009.
Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.”Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, andDrama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 6th ed. McGraw, 2009. 79–84.
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DocumentationPeriodicals—Printed and Electronic
Basic format:Surname, First name. “Title.”
Journal title volume, issue,year, pages.
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DocumentationPeriodicals—Printed and ElectronicExamples:
Article in a scholarly journal: printed
Cantor, Nancy, and Steve Schomberg. “WhatWe Want Students to Learn: CultivatingPlayfulness and Responsibility in a LiberalEducation.” Change, vol. 34, iss. 6, 2002, pp. 47–49.
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DocumentationPeriodicals—Printed and ElectronicExamples:Article in a scholarly journal: online
database (DOI included)Cantor, Nancy, and Steve Schomberg. “What We
Want Students to Learn: Cultivating Playfulnessand Responsibility in a Liberal Education.”Change 34.6 (2002): 47–49. Academic SearchPremier, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.003. Accesed 2 Dec. 2008.
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DocumentationPeriodicals—Printed and ElectronicExamples:Article in a scholarly journal: online (general)
Lohnes, Sarah, and Charles Kinzer. “QuestioningAssumptions 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)
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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;
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Miscellaneous Conventions
Note that, in MLA format style, book titles are italicized (not
underlined except in handwritten work);
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Miscellaneous Conventions
Note that, in MLA format style, article titles are set off in quotation
marks;
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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;
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Miscellaneous Conventions
Note that, in MLA format style, entries use double spacing;
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Miscellaneous Conventions
Note that, in MLA format style, comma or period follows the in-text
citation except in block quotations; and
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Miscellaneous Conventions
Note that, in MLA format style, • period goes inside quotation marks
in documentation.