MLA Style Notes

What Margin Settings are used for MLA Format?

1 inch on all slides.

What is APA Style? Is it significantly different from MLA?

APA Style is most commonly used to cite sources within social sciences. How it's different From MLA: -Contains Tables & Figures -Contains Subeadings -Margins are 1.5 Inch with APA

How do you cite a newspaper or magazine article (periodicals) on a works cited page and in an-text citation?

Author. Title. Title of container. Other contributors, Version, Number (vol.), publisher, Publisher Date, Location (page number). 2nd Container's Title, Other Contributers.

What type of line spacing is used in MLA format?

Double space should be used int he MLA Format.

How do you cite a personal interview on a works cited page and in an in-text citation?

Last Name, First Name. Interview. Date. Pub Date, Location.

How do you cite a book with ONE AUTHOR on a works cited page and in an in-text citation?

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

What does MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association.

What is plagiarism and why is it considered cheating?

Plagiarism is uncredited use of someone else's words or ideas. It is considered cheating because that person did NOT give you permission to use their work in any way.

Where do the page numbers go on the first and subsequent pages of your paper and how are they formatted?

The page numbers go on the top, right alignment of your paper. They should be formatted as your last name and the consecutive page number.

The ability to evaluate sources is an important skill. Why should we evaluate our sources?

We should evaluate our sources because it is important we make sure our information is credible and valid. Also, to make sure that we are not plagiarizing someones work.

How do you cite a web page, an electronic resource, on a works cited page and in an-text citation?

Author and=or editor names. Article name (in quotation marks). Title of website. Any versions (if available). Publisher Info.

When typing the header information for an MLA paper, in what oder do you type the date?

Day, Month, Year.

How do your format short quotations in an MLA Style Document? How do you format long quotations?

You should format short quotations by enclosing the quotation within double quotation marks. For Long Quotations, you should place long quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotations marks.