Transcript THE MLA Format - Troy University

THE MLA Format
A presentation for
Student Support
Services participants
Troy University
Troy, AL 36082
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OBJECTIVES
• Help prepare participants
for English and World
Literature writing
assignments.
• Teach participants correct
application of the Modern
Language Association
(MLA) format.
• Help students avoid
research plagiarism.
NEW MLA GUIDELINES
IMPORTANT NOTE: The MLA guidelines have
changed. Please see the online writing lab at
Purdue for these updates. Some of the information
in this PPT is outdated.
For help in generating various types of works cited
entries, check out:
http://mcculloughmg.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/ml
a-citiation-generator/
How to Avoid Plagiarism Charges
• Identify direct quotes.
• Cite your sources of direct
quotes
• Give credit to a source that
expresses uncommon
knowledge.
• Cite idea sources, (show
intellectual integrity), even
if you paraphrase what you
have read/researched.
Source: “Research Documentation.” 7 Apr. 2009 <http://troy.troy.edu/writingcenter/handouts>
What is the MLA style?
• The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used
for identifying research sources.
• With MLA style, you briefly credit sources with parenthetical
citations in the text of your paper, and give the complete
description of each source in your Works Cited list.
• The Works Cited list, or Bibliography, is a list of all the sources
used in your paper, arranged alphabetically by author's last
name, or when there is no author, by the first word of the title
(except A, An or The). [5.1-5.5]
Source cited verbatim:
MLA Citation Examples. Honolulu Community College Library. 20 Sept. 2004.
07 Apr 2009 <http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/library/mlahcc.html>.
Cite All Sources
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interviews – identify type of interview (personal, phone, e-mail, broadcast)
online sites – give the URL address
chat room conversations
radio or television programs.
personal letters.
speeches.
books.
journals (volume and issue)
magazines (volume and issue)
newspapers
tape, video, or CD recordings
electronic databases
Learn to format Works Cited entries
(later in presentation) for different types of sources.
Source: “Research Documentation.” 7 Apr. 2009 <http://troy.troy.edu/writingcenter/handouts>.
Cite All Sources of Evidence
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Quotations (direct or paraphrased)
Statistics/numerical or quantitative data
Graphs/visual rhetoric/charts
Pictures/ illustrations
Ideas or hypotheses
Stories
Lists
Videos
Basic MLA Page Format . . .
• Usually requires no title page.
• First page has at left margin . . .
the paper author’s full name;
instructor’s name; course number;
and the date in military form.
• The title of the paper is centered on
the first page.
• The paper has a running header flush
at the right margin, which
includes the paper author’s last
name and the page number
inserted.
• The last page is the Works Cited page.
Source: “Research Documentation.” 7 Apr. 2009 <http://troy.troy.edu/writingcenter/handouts>.
Basic MLA Page Format
(cont)
o Paper size -- 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
o Page margins -- (1) inch on all sides.
o Text -- double-spaced.
o Parenthetical citation – follows any direct quotation and
looks like this: (Jones 55) -- Author’s last name and page
number.
o Paragraph -- indent five (5) spaces from left margin.
o Block quotes -- indent five (5) to ten (10) spaces from left
margin.
Source: Gibaldi, Joseph and Walter Achtert. MLA Handbook. 3rd ed. New York: The Modern Language Association, 1988.
MLA Sample (Page 1)
Use one-inch
margins.
John Doe
Dr. Smith
Double space
text.
English 1120
15 May 2006
Kate Chopin’s Antagonized
Protagonists in “The Story of an Hour”
Do not put a
header on
page 1.
In one of her best known short stories, Kate Chopin
presents Louise Mallard, a woman who feels both blessed and
...
Do not
include a title
page.
MLA Sample (after page 1)
Doe 1
After hearing of the news that her husband is dead, Louise
begins to behave in an unexpected manner. She begins to
rejoice at a time when others in similar circumstances might
begin to grieve. She declares her self to be “free,” (Chopin, 2)
Use oneinch
margins.
Include a
header flush
with right
margin.
which to readers that Louise previously felt . . .
Double
space text.
MLA Sample (Works
Cited page)
Doe 1
Works Cited
“Essay.” Webster’s II Dictionary. 3rd. ed. 2005.
Hacker, Diane. A Pocket Style Manual. 4th ed. Boston:
Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2004.
Indent five (5) spaces
Be sure to consult the latest edition of the MLA Handbook for instructions on citing different types of sources.
DIRECT QUOTES
Presenting Direct Quotes
• What is a Direct Quote?
Words, phrases or
sentences copied exactly
(verbatim) from a primary
or secondary source and
used as evidence or
support for a position.
• A direct quote can be in
the form of prose or poetic
verse.
Presenting Quotes (cont)
• Quotations are effective in research
papers when used selectively.
• Quote only vital parts. Refrain from
overuse of quoted material.
• If you directly quote information, give
credit to the source of the quote.
Directly Quoting Short Quotes
• Prose quotations four lines or fewer
requires no special emphasis other than
“quotation marks” and thereafter, cite
the source of the quote in parenthesis
(Money 1).
• Incorporate quotes four lines or fewer into
the text of your paper / essay.
• Do not present an Isolated Quote (one
without proper transitioning).
Directly Quoting Longer Quotes
Prose quotations longer than
four lines should be set off from
your text as a Blocked Quote.
See next slide for example.
Block Quotes Sample in MS Word
LEARN HOW
•Click on
picture to the
left.
•Right click to
Open
hyperlink.
•Click on
SHOW ME at
http://www.iusb
.edu/~sbwrite/b
lockformat.sht
ml
Formatting a Block Quote in Microsoft Word. Indiana University SouthBend. 07 Apr. 2009 <http://www.iusb.edu/~sbwrite/blockformat.shtml
Reminder: No Dumping Allowed
“Dumped” quotation SAMPLE
TRANSITION
Many people believe that the
TRANSITION
residents of homeless shelters
are just lazy and unmotivated,
TRANSITION
but such a view is much too
simplistic. “Most people who
Morgan Davis
end up in homeless shelters
reports that “Most . . .”
are suffering from
schizophrenia, clinical
depression, or post traumatic
stress syndrome” (196).
Works Cited Entries
Two or More Works by the Same Authors [5.6.3]
• When citing two or more sources by the same author, give the
name in the first entry only.
• For the next entries, type three hyphens, add a period, and
skip a space (---. ) then give the title. The three hyphens stand
for the name(s) in the preceding entry.
SAMPLE
Scott, Susan. Exploring Hanauma Bay. Honolulu: U of
Hawaii P, 1993.
---. Plants and Animals of Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press,
1991.
Source: MLA Citation Examples. Honolul Community College Library. 07 Apr. 2009
<http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html>
Websites
Author, if available. Title of the Site.
Editor /(if available). Date and/or
Version Number. Name of Sponsoring
Institution. Date of Access <URL>.
Encyclopedia Mythica. 2004. Web. 13
May 2004.
Videos
Title. Director, Producer, and/or
Writer. Medium. Distributor,
Year.
Interviews
Name of Person
Interviewed. Type of
Interview (personal,
telephone, email, etc.).
Date.
Example:
Clinton, Bill. Interview with
Larry King. Larry King
Live. CNN. 24 June 2004.
Online Periodicals (e-zines)
Author. "Title of Article." Title of Publication
publication date: Page(s) or Section(s)
Type of source (web or print). Date
retrieved.
Example:
Gundy, Jess. "The Complexities of Use of Force." Law and
Order Dec 2003. Web. 13 May 2004.
Magazine and Journal (database)
Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date:
Page(s). Name of Database. Gale Group
Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI.
Date of Access <http://infotrac.galegroup.com
/itweb/hawaii_honolulu>.
Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume
number (Year): Page(s). Name of Database. Gale
Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib.,
HI. Date of Access <http://infotrac.galegroup.
com/itweb/hawaii_honolulu>.
Works Cited
Gibaldi, Joseph and Walter Achtert. MLA Handbook. 3rd ed. New York: The Modern Language Association,
1988.
“MLA Citation Examples.” Honolul Community College Library. 07 Apr. 2009 <http://honolulu.hawaii.
edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html>
“Research Documentation. Troy University Writing Center. ” 7 Apr. 2009
http://troy.troy.edu/writingcenter/handouts
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