PPT-Introduction to MLA Format

Reference Department at ULM Library Session Overview What is MLA Format Why Do We Use MLA General Guidelines QuotesParaphrasing InText Citations Works Cited Resources Any Questions What is MLA Format. UWC Writing Workshop. Spring 2014. Do you recognize any of these? What do they mean to you? What significance do they hold?. Integrating Quotations. What do you know about integrating quotations?. What aspect of integrating quotations do you struggle with the most? What do you hope to take away from today’s workshop?. Compiled and Written by. Jessica Reyes, Business Management Faculty. Valerie Peyer, English Faculty. Common Types of Collegiate Research Papers. Modern Language Association referred to as MLA Style. http. Let’s Analyze this!. Poem’s Form. What is the rhyme scheme?. Stanzas?. Literary Devices . Metaphor: incorporate both the philosophic mind and a lost childhood. Personification: speaker is grieving is related to pastoral nature images (i.e. the lambs dancing as to the tabor, the moon looking about her in the sky. Font. Times New Roman. Size 12. No bolds or underlines. Spacing. Double-spaced (. truly . – remove extra space when “Enter” key is pressed). 1” margins. Press “Enter” once between each line of heading, between heading and title, between title and intro, between each paragraph. Reminders, Updates, and Helpful Tools. Purpose and Tasks - AP Research course. Purpose of the lesson:. Review general citation guidelines that every responsible researcher needs to know. Learn about the changes in MLA 8. English IV GT AP/Dual Credit . English IV AP/Dual Credit. MLA Format—Font and Spacing. EVERY MLA formatted paper will use Times New Roman 12-point font. The ENTIRE paper will be double spaced with . 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. You want a smooth transition, . (like from Justin . Bieber. to teen girls screaming). not an abrupt change. (like from Justin . Bieber. to March Madness).. Integrating Quotations. Tips for Integrating Quotations . turned in to ELA must be submitted in ELA format.. The top of your first page is set up like this:. Click on symbol #. Steps to Formatting. Open word document. -> file. -> new. -> space for search format, type MLA. 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. . 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. The formatting style used in the liberal arts and humanities . From Research to Writing. Once the information has been gathered and a rough draft has been written, students should follow a specific style of formatting when completing their final draft. . What do you Mean I Have to Cite my Sources? A Guide to MLA Format & Style Norris- 2013 What is MLA? MLA (Modern Language Association) style specifies guidelines for formatting documents and using the English language in writing. MLA style also provides writers with a system for referencing sources though parenthetical, or in-text citations, in his or her writing, as well as in the Work