What is MLA?
1.)What does MLA stand for?
Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, and Elizabeth Angeli. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 4 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 July 2010.
2.)What is the purpose of MLA?
Modern Language Associations. 2015 Modern Language Associations, 20 Dec. 2013.
Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <http://www.mla.org/mla_constitution>.
3.)Why do we use MLA in English?
- Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, and Elizabeth Angeli. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 4 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 July 2010.
4.)How do you format a paper using MLA? What are the requirements?
Type your paper using a computer and standard 8.5 - 11 in
Double Space
Understandable font (Times New Roman)
Font size should be 12pt.
One space between punctuation marks
Margin should be set to 1 inch on each side
Indent every paragraph, use tab key instead of the space bar
Create a header that reads the page number ( Page number on first page may vary)
Use Italics for titles
End notes should be included on a separate sheet of paper before the works cited
Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, and Elizabeth Angeli. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 4 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 July 2010.
5.)What is a Works Cited page? How do you format a Works Cited page?
6.)How do you cite a book source? How do you site an internet source?
- Capitalize each word in the title of the books and magazines. Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc, but do not capitalize articles (the, an), prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle: Gone with the Wind, The Art of War, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.Put authors in capital letters also and alphabetical order. Alphabetize works with no known author by their title; use a shortened version of the title in the parenthetical citations in your paper.
- To cite a website do Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.
- "How to Cite a Website in MLA." Http://www.easybib.com/. © 2001-2014 Imagine Easy Solutions, LLC, n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <http://www.easybib.com/reference/guide/mla/website>.