MLA FORMAT 8
Steps to paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting
1. Read the entire text, noting the key points and main ideas. 2. Summarize in your own words what the single main idea of the essay is. 3. Paraphrase important supporting points that come up in the essay. 4. Consider any words, phrases, or brief passages that you believe should be quoted directly.
Which of the following accurately reflects the information needed on page one, in order?
Student's name, instructor, class, date
Page on a Website Citation
Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.
MLA
Modern Language Association
Print Magazine Article Citation
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time, 20 Nov. 2000, pp. 70-71.
Publisher
Produces or distributes the source to the public.
In-Text Citations with no author rules are?
When a source has no known author, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name. Place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work (such as an article) or italicize it if it's a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire Web sites) and provide a page number if it is available.
For a direct quote, when do you not use the author's name in the citation?
When you have stated the author's name in an introductory clause or signal phrase before the quote.
When do you use in-text citations?
When you paraphrase, summarize, and quote exact words of others.
In-Text Citation
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Book with three or more authors citation
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.
MLA margins should be set at
1 inch all around
The title of a paper must be?
Centered
Spacing for MLA Format Paper
Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman).
Page Numbers in MLA format?
Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number, 1/2 inch down from the top.
What is the spacing for the Works Cited page?
Double Space
Entire Website Citation
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.
Web Page Citation in MLA Format
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.
Version in MLA format?
If a source is listed as an edition or version of a work, include it in your citation.
Number in MLA format is?
If a source is part of a numbered sequence, such as a multi-volume book, or journal with both volume and issue numbers, those numbers must be listed in your citation.
In-Text Citation option 1
Signal Phrase, Author, "quotation" (page number).
In-Text Citation option 2
Signal phrase "quotation" (author's last name page number).
Why do we need to use in-text citations?
So you don't plagiarize by not giving credit to other people for their ideas or words and to see what the source is.
In MLA, what are containers?
The larger wholes in which the source is located.
What does an in-text citation in MLA mean?
This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.
What is a signal phrase?
a phrase or clause which leads into a quotation or statistic. Include the speaker/author's name and some justification for using him or her as an expert in this context; it also helps establish the context for the quotation.
Page numbers for MLA format should be in the
top right
Paraphrasing
usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.
Signal Phrase Examples
Acknowledges Adds Admits Addresses Argues Asserts Believes Claims Comments Compares Confirms
Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Summarizing
All three types of putting source material in an original paper must be attributed to the original source
Citations within a paper should contain
Author's last name and page number.
Magazine Article Citation (Print)
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.
General information needed for any citation.
Author. Title. Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs URL or DOI). 2nd container's title, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location, Date of Access (if applicable).
What is needed to cite a magazine article?
Cite by listing the article's author, putting the title of the article in quotations marks, and italicizing the periodical title. Follow with the date of publication. Remember to abbreviate the month.
What information is needed to cite a database in MLA format?
Cite online databases and other subscription services as containers. Thus, provide the title of the database italicized before the DOI or URL. If a DOI is not provided, use the URL instead. Provide the date of access if you wish.
Book with more than one author citation
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
First page format for header?
In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.
What is the trail finding information used in someone's paper?
In-text citation to works cited page to the exact source.
Database Citation
Langhamer, Claire. "Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England." Historical Journal, vol. 50, no. 1, 2007, pp. 173-96. ProQuest, doi:10.1017/S0018246X06005966. Accessed 27 May 2009.
Where do quotation marks must go around in a paper?
The exact words that were borrowed from someone else.
When citing a source in your paper, the ending punctuation is located
After the parenthesis
True or false, if I've included the author's last name in my sentence, then I do not need to include it in my in-text citation.
True.
Titles of Longer Works are italicized or put in quotations?
Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works.
Generally, what information is needed for an electronic citation on a MLA Works Cited Page?
Author and/or editor names (if available) Article name in quotation marks. Title of the website, project, or book in italics. Any version numbers available, including editions (ed.), revisions, posting dates, volumes (vol.), or issue numbers (no.). Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date. Take note of any page numbers (p. or pp.) or paragraph numbers (par. or pars.). URL (without the https://) DOI or permalink. Date you accessed the material (Date Accessed)—
What is needed to cite a print newspaper article?
Cite a newspaper article as you would a magazine article, but note the different pagination in a newspaper. If there is more than one edition available for that date (as in an early and late edition of a newspaper), identify the edition after the newspaper title. (Cite by listing the article's author, putting the title of the article in quotations marks, and italicizing the periodical title. Follow with the date of publication. Remember to abbreviate the month.)
For in-text citations, what should be included? t
For in-text citations, the author's last name and page number should be included in the in-text citation.
et al use in citations
If there are three or more authors, list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in place of the subsequent authors' names. (Note that there is a period after "al" in "et al." Also note that there is never a period after the "et" in "et al.").
If there is a signal phrase and author name, then do you need the (author's last name page number) in the text of the paper?
If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3).
Book Citation in MLA format
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
What information is needed to cite a web magazine in MLA format?
Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, URL, and the date of access.
In-Text citation
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
DOI
digital object identifier, is a series of digits and letters that leads to the location of an online source.
What does a signal phrase do in the essay?
establishes the context for the quotation.
Summarizing
involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s). Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material.
Quoting
must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source.
