PPT-MLA Documentation

Modern Language Association Paraphrasing Seventyfive per cent of the research material that you are using should be PARAPHRASED Remember that paraphrasing means to put the ideas of the original in your own . Do note the MLA Handbooks suggestion to write out the full title the first time you mention the play and then use abbreviations thereafter It is usually best to introduce an abbreviation in parentheses immediately after the first use of the full tit 1. . What is plagiarism? . 2. . How do you avoid plagiarism? . 3. . What does MLA stand for? . 4. . List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources. . MLA – Check for Understanding/Review. When you copy word for word or almost word for word you must . . . ?. Turabian. Duane Theobald. dtheobal@westga.edu. Have you ever felt like this?. MLA Style. Who uses MLA?/Where did MLA style come from. ?. English Studies-Language and Literature. Foreign Language and Literature. 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. L. anguage . A. ssociation. 8. th. Edition. Professional Style,. Prevents Plagiarism. Online Citation. EasyBib. Designed for:. elementary and . middle school students —. not the best for college work.. 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. Documentation tells a story. Quality documentation tells a story that everyone can understand. What does your documentation say about you? . Financial implications. Documentation is a receipt, warranty and guarantee for payments received.. 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. . 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. Documentation Log. Assignments Note Taking. http://library.acadiau.ca/sites/default/files/library/tutorials/plagiarism/. http://www.fmtusd.org/Page/8774. http://library.acadiau.ca/sites/default/files/library/tutorials/plagiarism/. 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..