General MLA
List at least three requirements for a properly-formatted MLA paper
- MLA heading
- MLA header
- Title centered with no bold
- Times New Roman, 12pt font
- 1-inch margins
- Works cited page at the end
- Double-spaced
When you are citing a website, what should you italicize in your citation? When you are citing a scholarly article, what should you italicize in your citation?
the title of the website; title of scholarly journal/book that the article is published in
In an ideal scenario, what would your in-text citation look like?
(Last Name Page #). or (Jones 3).
What are at least three qualities of good academic writing?
- formal tone
- proper grammar
- citing sources
- organized
- etc.
What is the difference between a popular and a scholarly source?
popular = published anywhere on the internet (typically website), can have biased opinions, sometimes does not have any authors listed
scholarly = published in on a scholarly database, written by reputable authors with academic credentials, reliable, sometimes peer reviewed
List what goes on an MLA header + what side of the paper it goes on. Do the same with the MLA heading.
MLA heading (left side): First and Last Name , Professor Name, Course, Date in Day Month Year Format MLA header (top right corner): Last Name Page #
How should you order the following citations?
“Life is good.” Life, 2023, URL.
Kelly, Chris. “Candy.” Halloween Favorites, 2021, URL.
Jones, Denise, et al. “Destinations for the Summer.” Travel Guides, 2021, URL
jones —> kelly —> “life is good.”
What is another name for in-text citations?
Parenthetical Citation
What does proofreading mean?
rereading your paper during the editing/revision process
What are drop quotes? What are signal phrases? Which one is best?
Drop quotes = sentence with a quote and nothing else
Signal Phrases = phrases that introduce a quote by giving reader info about the source that the quote comes from
Signal Phrases = :)
Drop Quotes = :(
Tell us where the works cited page goes in an academic paper and list at least three requirements for formatting a works cited page (saying where the works cited page goes does not count toward the second part of the question).
- title should be "Works Cited" and centered at top of page
- alphabetized by first letter of citation
- hanging indentions
- double-spaced
What five things should be include in a website's MLA citation? What eight things should be included in a scholarly article's MLA citation?
Website: author(s), webpage title, website title, year, URL
Scholarly Article: Author(s), Article Title, Journal Title, Vol #, Issue #, Year, page numbers, DOI
Look at the following scenarios and write out in-text citations for each.
Scenario One:
Mary Jones
pg 5
Scenario 2
Mary Jones
Lucy Hill
pg 5
Scenario 3:Mary Jones
Lucy Hill
Joanna Keat
pg 5
Scenario 4:
No authors
No page numbers
Title: Cooking Guidelines: How to create perfect tamales
Scenario One:
(Jones 5).
Scenario 2
(Jones and Hill 5).
Scenario 3:
(Jones et al. 5).
Scenario 4:
("Cooking Guidelines: How to create perfect tamales"). or ("Cooking Guidelines").
Your research question should be _____ and your thesis should be the _____ to your research question.
unbiased, answer
I begin my sentence with:
Author A states that "insert quote"
1. What should I place after the quote if I know what the page number is?
2. What if I do not know what the page number is?
1. (page number). (2).
2. you do not need to have a parenthetical citation and you would put a period inside the quote to end the sentence OR you could use the last name of the author (but not required).
List at least two things you should do if you decide to copy and paste a citation from the scholarly journal's website.
1. make sure you italicize the correct info
2. make sure it includes all the info you need
3. make sure you copied and pasted the MLA version
Use the information below to create a proper MLA citation for a website. Write it out on the board and point and arrow towards the area that needs to italicized. You will only get the points if the citation is perfect.
Authors: Ariel Pink, Jupiter Ease, John Doe
Title of website: Thinking Three
Title of webpage: We Can't Stop Jamming
Year: 2023
Pink, Ariel, et al. "We Can't Stop Jamming." Thinking Three, 2023, https://www.thinkingthree.com/wecantstopjamming
Write an in-text citation for each scenario below:
Scenario 1:
Scenario 2:
Scenario 3:
(Keat and Jones 30).
(Beard et al. 30-45).
("Cake is better than Ice Cream").
How do you know if your source is reliable ( list at least 3 things) and where are the best places to find reliable sources?
- unbiased
- authors listed
- published in an academic journal/book
- peer reviewed
Find them on college databases/library websites
1. What is the difference between paraphrasing and directly quoting something?
2. What should be placed after each?
3. Give an example of each given the following info from a source:
"By the age of 12 about 30% of children have been reported to experience bullying at least once."
1.
Paraphrasing: writing in your own words without quotation marks
Directly quoting: quoting verbatim (exact) from the source
2.
Use in-text citations
APA format is mainly used for _____ subjects and MLA is used for ______ subjects
APA = STEM
MLA = Humanities
Bluhm, Jessica, Hoover Amy. "The Effects of Working Out". Health and Science, vol. 4, issue 5, pp. 56-72, 2023, doi.org/10.335.49.49.50.
There are five (5) mistakes on the citation above given the info below. What are they?
Title of article: The Effects of Working Out
Title of scholarly journal: Health and Science
Author(s): Jessica Bluhm, Amy Hoover
Year of Publication: 2023
Vol: 4
No: 5
Pages: 56-72
Bluhm, Jessica, and Amy Hoover. "The Effects of Working Out." Health and Science, vol. 4, no. 5, 2023, pp. 56-72, doi.org/10.335.49.49.50.
What is wrong with the citations below? There is one mistake for each one.
1. (Beard al et 8).
2. (Beard and Jones, 8).
3. (Beard p. 8).
4. (Beard 8)
5. (Cake is Everything 8).
1. et al.
2. no comma
3. no p.
4. no period
5. no quotation marks
Create an unbiased research question + create a thesis for it
If the question does not have an obvious bias = good research question
good thesis = tells the reader what the paper will be about and/or answer to the research question
1. If you change a word inside of a quote, what symbol should you use to represent the new word?
2. Write out an example of you changing the quote below from 1st person to 3rd person using the symbol(s) that you answered for question 1:
"I have witnessed many schools around the area that I live shut down because of the pandemic."
[use brackets]
Ex: The author "[has] witnessed many schools around the area that [she lives] shut down because of the pandemic"