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MLA
In-text (parenthetical) citations
Works cited activity

What is MLA?

Modern Language Association (1883)

Style most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within liberal arts
and humanities

Foundation for other styles such as APA

Not

every source type has a formula in APA; therefore, must refer to MLA
knowledge

Specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English

language in writing

Why use MLA?

Builds writers credibility by demonstrating accountability to source material

Provides writers with a system for referencing sources (uniformity)

Protects writers from accusations of plagiarism

All of the following are considered plagiarism:

turning in someone else's work as your own

copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit

failing to put a quotation in quotation marks

giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation

changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit

copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether
you give credit or not

http://www.checkforplagiarism.net/plagiarism-consequences

What is a Works Cited page?

Alphabetical list of sources found at the end of a research-based essay

Entries are listed alphabetically by authors or editors last name or by the title
of the work if no author/editor is available

Author names are written last name, first name, middle name (or initials)
Burke,

Levy,

Kenneth

David M.

Wallace,

DO NOT list titles (Dr., Sir, Saint, etc.) or degrees (PhD, MA, DDS, etc.)
John

Smith, PhD appears as Smith, John

DO include suffixes (Jr., II., etc.)

Dr.

David Foster

Martin Luther King, Jr. appears as King, Martin Luther, Jr.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

Works Cited page basics

One-inch margins, same header as rest of essay, double spaced (no extra
spaces between citations)
Works Cited (do not italicize, underline, bold, or put inside quotation marks)
centered at top of page
First line of each entry is NOT indented. The second and subsequent lines are
indented (hanging indent).
Page numbers are hyphenated, not separated by a dash
For every entry, indicate the medium of publication (Print, Web, Film, DVD)
URLs for Web entries are no longer required (instructor/publisher discretion)

<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/>.

Use italics (do not underline) titles of larger works (books, magazines, etc).

If citing a source originally issued in print form but was retrieved from an
online database, type the online database name in italics

Works Cited page basics

It there is more than one entry per author, works are arranged alphabetically
by title

For second and all additional entries, type three hyphens and a period in
place of the authors name

Stanko, Jeannine. I Like Belly Dancing. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014. Print.

---. I Like Cats. Pittsburgh: Random, 2014. Print.

Electronic Sources

Author and/or editor names (if available)

Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)

Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print
publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may,
for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified
information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)

Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or

issue numbers.

Publisher information, including the publisher name (n.p. if unavailable) and

publishing date (n.d. if unavailble).

Take note of any page numbers (if not available n.pag.).

Medium of publication.

Date you accessed the material.

URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a
URL).

How to create a Works Cited page

First, adhere to all of the basics as outlined in the previous slides

Second, determine the type of source (book, periodical, electronic source,

other [interview, lecture, visual art, film, audio, digital file) being cited

Third, find the appropriate formula to document the necessary information

of the source

OWL@Purdue https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

Online Bib Generators - WARNING

Not always correct

Inaccurate information

Not up-to-date with current MLA

User error

MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WORK FOR ERRORS

What is an in-text (parenthetical) citation?

Sources listed on Works Cited page must be referenced in the essay using an
in-text (parenthetical) citation

Sources referenced in an in-text (parenthetical) citation must appear on

Works Cited page

Information listed in parenthetical citation depends upon

Sources medium of publication

Sources entry on Works Cited page

Whatever

signal word/phrase used in parenthetical must be the first thing listed on

Works Cited page source citation

Example
The following is an excerpt from an essay:
This disenfranchisement over his marginalization in Anglo
society [affected] his individual psyche (Delgadillo 99).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stanko 17
Works Cited
Delgadillo, Theresa. Forms of Chicana Feminist Resistance:
Hybrid Spirituatlity in Ana Castillos So Far From God.
Modern Fiction Studies 44.4 (1998):79-102. Print.

MLA in-text citations (regular & attributive tag)

In-text citations contain two elements

Last

name of author

Page

number of quoted or paraphrased passage

Information can be placed in parentheses immediately after the material

being cited
The Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina women, who had been able to do
business, get divorced, and sometimes become village chiefs (Karnow 41).

Or place authors name in an attributive tag at the beginning of the source

material and the page number in parentheses at the end
According to Karnow, the Spanish tried to reduce the status of Filipina women, who had
been able to do business, get divorced, and sometimes become village chiefs (41).

Works Cited Activity

Use http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ to create a works
cited page.
Your Works Cited page should follow MLA format.
Four sources will circulate around the room.
Create a citation for each source.
Select a quote from each source.
Write the quote without using an attributive tag.
Then write the quote with an attributive tag.
Email Works Cited pages to jstanko@ccac.edu and
print a copy

Works Cited Activity Format

Insert Header Here
Something Goes Here
Source citation
Quote without using an attributive tag
Quote using an attributive tag
Source citation
Quote without using an attributive tag
Quote using an attributive tag
*continue until all sources cited

For Wednesday

Study for quiz #4 (quotation marks, brackets, ellipsis, slashes, MLA,

parenthetical citations)

Read chapter about definition writing