MLA
In-text (parenthetical) citations
Works cited activity
What is MLA?
Style most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within liberal arts
and humanities
every source type has a formula in APA; therefore, must refer to MLA
knowledge
MLA Basics
Use Times New Roman size 12 font, double space throughout, flush
left, paperclip left corner (I have a cat problem, please staple)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095636_747.p
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changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit (patchwriting)
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether
you give credit or not
http://www.checkforplagiarism.net/plagiarism-consequences
Avoiding Plagiarism
Any summary, paraphrase, or quotation used in a paper MUST be
documented
Exemptions include the following:
Common knowledge
Shakespeares death
Standard terms
Plagiarized.
Why?
The student uses language borrowed from the original
source without quotation marks and without
crediting the author. The following is an acceptable
revision:
Why?
The student has paraphrased without using language or
structure from the source. The student also cites the
authors name and gives the page numbers for the
source in parentheses.
Why?
The student has used the words extreme performance from
the source without putting them in quotation marks.
Integrating Sources
Ellen Goodman offers this further observation about writers who peddle
formulas for achieving success through selfishness: They are all Doctor
Feelgoods, offering placebo prescriptions instead of strong medicine. They
give us a way to life with ourselves, perhaps, but not a way to live with each
other (16).
The author offers this further observation about writers who peddle
formulas for achieving success through selfishness: They are all Doctor
Feelgoods, offering placebo prescriptions instead of strong medicine. They
give us a way to life with ourselves, perhaps, but not a way to live with each
other (Goodman 16).
Integrating Sources
Block quotations
Freestanding quotation
The report further stated, All great writing styles have their wellsprings in
the personality of the writer. As Buffon said, The style is the man.
(Duncan 49).
In-text citations (parentheticals) must include the authors last name or first
word of title and the page number
(Stanko 7)
1.
A. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the
ancient Chinese used marijuana for medical
purposes, there is no record of the Chinese
using it as a pleasure-producing drug (26).
Explanation:
In MLA style, the sentence period comes after
the parenthetical citation.
Explanation:
When a work has two or three authors, all authors
must be named either in a signal phrase or in the
parenthetical citation.
Explanation:
A short form of the title of the work appears in the
parenthetical citation because two works by Marshall are
given in the works cited list.
The signal phrase gives the complete name of the author of the
source, in this case a government agency. If the student uses
a parenthetical citation, it must include the complete name
under which the work is given in the list of works cited:
(United States, Dept. of Justice, Drug Enforcement
Administration).
Explanation:
When a source is quoted in another source, MLA style requires
the abbreviation qtd. in (for quoted in).
For Thursday...
Complete these exercises:
Exercise 57-5
Exercise 58-4
Exercise 59-2