General MLA
What size and style font is used in MLA?
Times New Roman 12 pt font
Create the in-text citation:
In "Traveling Europe," the tour group encounters their favorite food in Croatia. (By author Abby Miller, no page number)
(Miller).
What is the first element in a works cited page citation?
Author's last name then first name.
If there is an author but no page numbers to cite, what do you use in the in-text citation?
Leave the page number out and use the author.
Does your discovery draft need to include a works cited page and in-text citations?
Yes!
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 create a works cited entry of a source 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.
(Hale 52).
What are the special indentations called on a works cited page?
hanging indents
How 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)
What to do if you have to create citations and don't remember how to do it
Use our resources! See Canvas.