PPT-MLA Style (8th ed.): The Basics

The University of North Alabama Center for Writing Excellence An MLA Title Page First page of MLA paper is the title page and will contain the following information Identification in left header double space. UWC Writing Workshop . Spring 2014. Have you ever felt like this when trying to cite?. Let’s get started with…. MLA Style. Who uses MLA?/Where did MLA style come from?. English Studies: Language and Literature. Hosted by Gale Cengage. Welcome to our . Guided Tour. Tour takes about 7 minutes.. The show will run automatically, but you can also use the left and right arrows on your keyboard to move through the slides manually.. Why do you cite sources?. Avoid plagiarism. Acknowledge . work done by previous. researchers. Give credibility . to your . work. B. uild knowledge. What is plagiarism?. Failing to:. C. ite quotations . Why use MLA?. MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. . Writers who properly use MLA also . build their credibility . WORKSHOP. GOALS. Understand the importance of citing and documenting sources in academic writing . Determine when to summarize, paraphrase, and/or directly quote in academic writing. Practice citing sources using MLA Style. FOREIGN LANGUAGE. it will probably sound . like I'm speaking a . foreign language . - . using words & phrases that sound so . alien. to you. it's a . process. -. no one "gets it" on his/her 1st pass. American Psychological Association (APA). Citations. General Citation Information. Citation: An act of quoting. . (“Citation”). When preparing to write a document with an assigned topic, it is assumed that several information outlets will be researched while gathering information.. John Smith. John Smith. John Smith. Adv. English, . Semester 2, . 2. nd. period. D. . Crawford. March . 31.5, 2011. The Beginning:. . Student 1. . Bob Student. Mr. Crawford. A. True. B. False. True or False: MLA requires a title page.. A. True. B. False. MLA requires the first page of your paper to be:. A. Single-spaced with the title of your paper at the top. B. Double-spaced with a header containing your last name and page number in the top right. Faculty Coordinator, Linda G. Foss. English Department. What’s new with MLA?. An overview of the 2016 update. Rule #1: . ASK Your Instructor. Always. . follow your instructor’s. guidelines and instructional materials for source documentation. Ask for clarification, if needed.. . format?. Using Citation Machine . for . Pictures. . or. . Information. What is a . Works Cited. . List?. . . “is . a . list of all of . the . sources. . you have used… in . the. . process. MLA 7th edition1MLA Citation FundamentalsMLA Examples of Popular SourcesMLA Web RulesMLA Parenthetical Citationspage 2 - 6page 7 - 11page 12 - 16page 17 - 23Contents32412Fundamentals MLA CITATION3 American Psychological Association (APA). Citations. General Citation Information. Citation: An act of quoting. . (“Citation”). When preparing to write a document with an assigned topic, it is assumed that several information outlets will be researched while gathering information.. UHCL Writing Center. Updated Spring 2015. 1. Focus of MLA & APA Styles. Modern Language Association (MLA). Humanities and related areas (i.e. literature). Focuses on authorship: “…(Smith and Johnson)”.