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Giving Credit To Whom Credit is Due

Published on Feb 23, 2016

Learn the ins and outs of MLA with this presentation!

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Giving Credit To Whom Credit is Due

An instructive presentation on MLA citation rules and regulations
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MLA Citations for Books

  • Informational headers
  • Works cited page
  • In-text citations
  • Block quotes
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Informational Headers

  • Your first and last name
  • Your teacher's name
  • The official title of course
  • The date the paper is due
  • Last name headers
  • Title pages for long papers

Works Cited Page: Overall Format

  • Title
  • Alphabetical order by last name of author
  • Indention
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Works Cited Page: book format

  • Last name of author, comma
  • First name of author, period
  • Title of book in italics, period
  • City of publication, colon
  • Publisher, comma
  • Year of publication, period
  • Print, period
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In-text Citations: Direct Quotes

  • Quote written word-for-word
  • Put in quotation marks
  • No form of punctuation at end of the quote
  • Space, parenthesis
  • Last name of author
  • Page number, parenthesis, period.
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Block Quotes (Books or Online Source)

  • Indention
  • No quotation marks
  • Ending format for short quotes
  • Must be at least four lines
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Online Resource Works Cited Page

  • Last name of author, comma
  • First name of author, period
  • Title of article in quotation marks, period
  • Name of website, period
  • Website publisher, period
  • Date published, period
  • Web, date accessed, period

Online Resource Direct In-text Citation

  • Quote word-for-word in quotation marks
  • No punctuation at end of quote
  • Parenthesis with website domain
  • Period
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Paraphrasing and Summarizing

  • No quotation marks
  • No block quote format
  • Parenthesis of last name of author for books
  • Website domain for online articles
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MLA Overall Paper Format

  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Double Spaced
  • Centralized title of paper
  • Enter, remove centralization, and begin paper

And There You Have It!

When in doubt: cite it!
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