General MLA
The Size and style of font used in MLA
Times New Roman, 12 point font
Is this punctuation for an in-text citation correct?
"Shopping is so fun." (Winter 46)
Incorrect.
Correct punctuation: "Shopping is so fun" (Winter 46).
The first element in a works cited page citation?
Author's last name
This is what you should include in an in-text citation if there is an author but no page numbers to cite.
Author's last name
What should go in the top right corner of each page?
A running header; last name and page number
Ex:
Franco 1
True or false: The works cited page should start on its own page
True
Create the in-text citation:
In her article "Traveling Europe," Miller states that in Croatia, travelers often look for familiar foods alongside "bolder and more localized cuisines."
(By author Abby Miller, page 12)
In her article "Traveling Europe," Miller states that in Croatia, travelers often look for familiar foods alongside "bolder and more localized cuisines (12)."
What is a helpful website to figure out how to create works cited entries for several different types of sources?
Purdue OWL
How you do an in-text citation if an article doesn't have an author attached to it.
Use the title/shortened version of the title in quotations marks
How do you format the title of your essay?
It should be in the same size and font as the rest of the paper, but center aligned. No bold/italics/underlines.
What type of line spacing do you use in MLA?
Double-space
Create the in text citation:
The article, "Exploring Space Beyond the Moon," identifies what future space exploration might look like.
(Found on NASA website with no specific author listed. No page numbers)
The article, "Exploring Space Beyond the Moon," identifies what future space exploration might look like (NASA).
What order do you put works cited entries in?
Alphabetical
How to begin a works cited entry of a source with an unknown author.
Begin with the title
Are either of these in-text citations incorrect?
1) Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
2) Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
No! Both citations are correct.
How do you format the title of an online article in MLA format?
You put quotations around the title.
Ex: "Our Semicolons, Ourselves"
Create the in-text citation for the following sentence:
As the article states, reading is absolutely essential for student success as they "traverse the often rocky transition to middle school."
"Teaching Reading in Fifth Grade" written by Neil Smith and Lane Thomas, page 13
As the article states, reading is absolutely essential for student success as they "traverse the often rocky transition to middle school" (Smith and Thomas 13).
What is the special indentation style used in a works cited page?
Hanging indent
What you put in an in-text citation if you're using multiple works by the same author
Title and page number
What goes in the top left corner on the first page of your essay? (Needs to be in the correct order to count!)
First and last name
Professor's name
Class
Date
How do you format the title of a novel in MLA format?
Italics (Ex: The Anthropocene Reviewed)
Create an in-text citation for a quote from the article "Space and Time" written by Mary Moore, Ben Coolidge, and Emily Brown, no page number.
It's apparent that the United States will continue to make space exploration a "high-bar priority" in order to advance the country's intellectual prowess.
It's apparent that the United States will continue to make space exploration a "high-bar priority" in order to advance the country's intellectual prowess (Moore et al.).
What comes at the VERY end of each individual works cited page entry?
A period
How you cite multiple authors with the same last name
Using their first initial and last name
Why is it important to have both in-text citations AND a works cited page?
The in-text citations point to exactly where and what information you borrowed from outside sources, whereas the works cited page gives a more detailed layout of the sources you used to help write your essay.