MLA Style



MLA Style

3 main components:

1) Identification Information

2) In-Text Citation

3) Work Cited Page

1) Identification Information

Appears in the top left area of the first page of the essay. MLA Style essays do not use title pages. The information begins on the first line, and is double spaced. You are to use size 12 font, and Arial or Times New Roman…the same font size/style that you use throughout your essay. You are NOT to leave extra space between the information, title, and start of essay. Set the document to double spacing, and allow that extra double space to be enough to separate the parts.

Example:

Your name

Course code

Teacher’s name

Submission Date

Original and creative title

Start of your essay

2) In-Text Citation is put in brackets at the end of the quote. If there is more than ONE source, you MUST include the author’s last name in your in-text citation. If it is a novel you are citing, it is the author’s name and the page number. If it is a website, it is just the author’s last name, or the website article title if no author is given.

Example:

NOVEL: “----------------------- Victor” (Shelley 153). JUST A SPACE BETWEEN THE NAME AND NUMBER. NO COMMA, NO ‘PG.’

INTERNET: “---------------alienation” (Smith). OR “---------delusion” (How People Are Delusional).

NO IN-TEXT CITATION, MAX MARK = 60%

3) The Work Cited Page is the bibliographical information. It goes on a separate page at the end, is double spaced, and in alphabetical order. If an internet source does not have the needed info, you do not include it.

FORMAT:

Novel:

last name, first name. Title (in italics). Publication city, Publication company: publication date.

Internet:

Last name, first name. “Article title”, website title (in italics). Posted/updated date. Date accessed. NO URL ADDRESS

NO WORK CITED PAGE, MAX MARK = 1%

PLAGIARISM IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE. IF YOU DO NOT PROPERLY CITE YOUR ESSAYS, THEN YOU HAVE COMMITTED PLAGIARISM. THIS CAN COST YOU A CREDIT, ENROLMENT IN A SCHOOL, AND EVEN YOUR JOB! THAT IS WHY I HAVE INSTITUTED SEVERE PENALTIES REGARDING MISSING CITATIONS.

Secondary Sources

What to look for:

• Something from a professional source: magazine, newspaper, health and wellness organization, people with accreditation next to their name (i.e. letters like PHD, BSc, HBA, etc.), published books/reference articles

• Something that deals with yoru topic, BUT NOT YOUR SUBJECT (i.e. the novel). You want to provide factual support to the claims that are being made in the novel. You rae doing a Text to World connection to validate what Mary Shelley is saying in her novel [look at your text to world paragraph from the 1st assignment]

• Do not search blogs or other personal opinion sites. To validate your points, secondary sources must be professional. Look for websites with .org or .edu. They are professional sites that offer information from professional sources.

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