General MLA
What size and style font is used in MLA?
Times New Roman 12 pt font
Create the in-text citation:
The article "Traveling Europe" written by Ally Miller
(Miller)
What is the first element in a works cited page citation?
Author's last name then first name.
If there are no page numbers to cite, what do you use instead?
Other markers (like paragraphs or sections) or leave the page number out.
How do you cite an article written by an organization?
Use the organization's name as the author!
Ex. Group name. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site Name. URL
(Also, if the group name and site name are the same, leave out the site name!)
Does a works cited page start its own page?
Yes
Create the in text citation:
The article "Exploring Space Beyond the Moon" written by an unknown writer.
("Exploring Space Beyond the Moon")
What comes at the VERY end of a works cited page citation?
.
How do you do an in-text citation if an article doesn't have an author attached to it?
The first word(s) of the article title in quotation marks.
Why do we use a works cited page?
To keep track of sources and so we don't plagiarize!
How should each paragraph be spaced from one another in MLA?
Double-spaced!
The article "Teaching Reading in Fifth Grade" written by Neil Smith and Lane Thomas
(Smith and Thomas)
What is a contributor?
Translator, editor, illustrator, photographer, etc
How to do cite something with an unknown author?
You forget the author name and move the title up to the front.
Ex. Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2003). Merriam-Webster.
What order do you put things in on a works cited page?
Alphabetical!
Is this punctuation correct?
"Shopping is so fun." (Winter 46)
No!
The article "Buying Time" found on page 52 written by Allan Hale.
What are the special indentations called on a works cited page?
hanging indents
How do you cite multiple sources from the same author?
In the in-text citation, use the title (or a shortened version of it) instead of the last name.
Ex. Lake Regions of Central Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton >>> (Lake Regions of Central Africa 97)
Wanderings in West Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton >>> (Wanderings in West Africa 21)
Which in-text citation is correct?
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).
Both!
Is this citation correct: Y/N
According to Winter's book "shopping is so fun" (46).
Yes
The article "Space and Time" written by Mary Moore, Ben Coolidge, and Emily Brown
(Moore et al.)
Create this citation:
You found the article "Modern Dog Training" written by Alex Fisher in June of 2022 on the website Dogs.com and the link www.dogs.com/trainingmodern. The article was translated by Lola Young.
Fisher, Alex. "Modern Dog Training". Dogs.com, translated by Lola Young, June 2022, www.dogs.com/trainingmodern.
How do you cite multiple authors with the name?
You use their first initial (or full name if they have the same initials)
Ex. (R. Miller 12) and (A. Miller 46)
Is the following citation template correct and if so, what type of source is it for?
Author. "Title." Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink). 2nd container’s title, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location, Date of Access (if applicable).
Yes! This is a template for an electronic source!