In accordance with the standards outlined by Owl @ Purdue University & the "MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Ed."
MLA- (Modern Language Association)
Style formatting is often used in various humanities/disciplines
MLA regulates the following
- document formatting
- in-text citations
- works cited (a list of all sources used in the paper)
Recent changes to MLA
- no more underlying; only italics (for titles of long works like Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter); shorter works would be expressed with quotation marks (i.e. Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening")
- inclusion of publication medium (i.e. print, web, etc.)
- new abbreviations (refer to website for this)
#1 Rule for any formatting style:
ALWAYS FOLLOW INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDELINES
Technical Fomat
- type on white 8.5 x 11" copy paper
- DS everything
- 12 pt. Times New Roman font
- leave only one space after punctuation
- indent first line of paragraphs one half-inch
- set margins to 1" on all sides of paper
REMEMBER
NO title page!
NO single-spacing!
PLACE in upper left-hand corner:
Name
Instructor's Name
Course
Date (numerical date[space]month[space]full year)
i.e. 23 January 2013
CENTER paper title (use standard caps but no underlining, italics, quotations, bolding, etc.)!
CREATE header in upper right-hand corner at half inch from top and one inch from the right of the page (include last name and page number i.e. Smith 4
CITE using in-text citations (most of the time, for you will have typically have more than one source)
i.e. (Warden 245)
On works cited page...
Warden, Kelley. American Industry: The Evolution.
IF BLOCK QUOTING (more than four lines of a quote/quotation); no quote marks; indent all at 1"
i.e. Love begins with a smile. It grows with a kiss, ends with
a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone
around you was smiling. Live your life. That way, when you die,
you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying. (Unknown) [internal citation]
When citing sources on the works cited page of your essay, remember to always alphabetize entries!
Multiple works by one author? Indicate on second (and so on...) a series of three dashes for their name:
Barwood, "...."
---, "...."
---, "...."
Paraphrase- putting the whole text into your own words
Summarize- uses only the main ideas of the work
*Sources: Owl @ Purdue University & MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Ed.
Additionally, I would just like to mention that a large portion of the information I present here is based on notes I have taken in my AP English Language and Composition class (compiled from notes presented by my course teacher, topics discussed in the classroom, and personal interpretation/reasoning). Additional sources used will be cited in the footnotes of each posting.
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