MLA Format & You
Mrs. Wolff - F2015-16
MLA Format, and How Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Can Help
Throughout this semester, I will be adding resources to this Smore, which will assist you in compiling any assignments in which proper MLA Format must be used. This includes all paper rough and final drafts, MLA Works Cited page assignment, etc.
Whenever you are in need of further assistance in the use of this format - it's easy to forget between semesters! - always remember to go back to OWL. They have just about every answer you'll need in order to complete your assignment successfully.
Be sure to check back frequently for more Purdue OWL updates!
Happy writing!
-Mrs. Wolff
What is MLA Format, and Why Do I Have to Use It?
Click here for the Purdue OWL MLA Format home page, which defines MLA Format, why we use it, and includes helpful free resources at your fingertips.
Watch This Video -Format for Page 1 of Your MLA Papers!
Click here for an excellent step-by-step video tutorial of everything you need to do to type page one of all MLA Format essays for this class! Created by David Taylor at UMUC.
MLA Style Essay Format - Word Tutorial
VIDEO: MLA In-Text Citations
Created by HSLanguageArts.
MLA In-Text Citations (Step-by-Step Guide)
Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting - The Basics
Purdue OWL Site Map
Click here for all of the resources that are available to you through Purdue's Online Writing Lab - it's free, and it's the best site I've seen in 20 years for free MLA, persuasive writing, and grammar resources - worksheets and answers, too!
Purdue OWL -Writing Literary Analysis Persuasive Papers
Click here - takes you to the "Writing a Literary Analysis Presentation" page. Then click on the PowerPoint presentation - very helpful when writing your GATSBY papers!
Purdue OWL - Main Page
Click here for Purdue OWL's home page / site map.
Purdue OWL - MLA Format
Click here for (almost) everything you'd ever want to know about using MLA Format in our research and literary analysis papers. To the point that you'll be sick of it. Which is probably a good thing.
Purdue OWL - Works Cited Page
Click here for the main page of the OWL's Works Cited page resources. Just about every type of citation you could want or need lies within these pages.
Purdue OWL - MLA Classroom Poster
Click here for the MLA Style Guidelines Overview Poster.
Purdue OWL - OWL Mail MLA FAQs
Click here for even more answers to your MLA questions.
Purdue OWL - MLA Sample Works Cited Page
Click here for a sample Works Cited page in MLA Style.
Purdue OWL - MLA Sample Paper - Works Cited Page (P.10)
Click here, and then navigate to the MLA Sample Paper. Scroll down to pages 10-11. This Works Cited page is within their Sample Paper.
Purdue OWL - MLA 7th Edition (2009) PowerPoint
Click here for the OWL site that will take you to the MLA PowerPoint - MLA 7th Edition (2009) Formatting and Style Guide.
Purdue OWL -MLA Citation Chart-Keep Open While Writing!
Click here for the PDF document, and keep this open as you write any paper for this class in which you must cite your sources, including literary analysis, and research papers. You will use the left column citations / MLA Format only!
Purdue OWL - What Makes a Persuasive Literature Paper?
--Creating a debatable, persuasive thesis
--Using rhetoric - persuasion - throughout your writing
--Using quotes that support your MPTSs and thesis statement
--Using rhetoric - persuasion - throughout your writing
--Using quotes that support your MPTSs and thesis statement
Resource: Strunk and White: The Elements of Style
Click here for a free online copy of this classic text, published in 1920, and written by E.B. White, of Charlotte's Web fame - yes, him! - and William Strunk, Jr. When you have extra time, even if it is not until this summer, read this book!