MLA 9 Refresher

MLA 9 Review

Getting ready for our final essays.

MLA

Composing Your Essay

​Day 1: MLA Format Refresher

Poll

How well do you think you remember MLA formatting?

• I got this!

• I remember some of it.

• I don't remember too much.

• I have no idea what MLA is.

MLA

• MLA stands for Modern Language Association.

• Why do we need MLA?

• Help curious readers retrace your research steps.

• Help you build credibility and be more likely to win your argument.

• Give credit to the people who’ve done the work you want to talk about.

• Allow you to avoid a charge of plagiarism.

Open Ended

What is one reason why need MLA?

​Day 2: Embedding Quotations

MLA Formatting

• All MLA essays must be:

• Double-spaced

• Times New Roman

• Font Size 12

• 1" Margins

​Quotation Formula and Signal Verbs/Phrases

1. When to Use Quotations

• Whenever you quote a source, author, text, etc.

2. When to Use Summary

• Whenever you summarize writing that is not your own.

3. When to Use Paraphrase

• Whenever you paraphrase somebody elses thoughts, words or ideas.

​Textual

Evidence

Multiple Choice

Is it okay to use a different font to make your essay look fancy?

• Yes, of course!

• No, absolutely not.

Heading

• Your Name

• Teacher's Name

• Class Name

• Date (Day Month, Year)

Header

• Upper, right-hand corner

• Your Last Name

• Page Number

• Insert page number, then add your last name!

Multiple Choice

The header (top right corner) should include the title of the essay and the page number.

• True

• False

In-Text Citations

• Also called parenthetical citations

• Show where you got your information from

• (Author's Last Name Page#)

• **Notice there is no comma!**

• Full reference will be on Works Cited page

If the author's name is mentioned in the sentence, you don't need the name in the in-text citation.

Multiple Choice

When should you use a block quote for MLA style papers?

• Always.

• When the quote is longer than 3 lines.

• When the quote is actually a song lyric or lines of poetry.

• When the quote is shorter than 3 lines.

Multiple Select

Check all the in-text citations that are correct.

• (Frost, 244)

• (Smith 13)

• (Dean 548)

• (Davis pg. 32)

• (harris 19)

​Days 3-4: Citation Refresher

Adding Words

If you add words to a quotation, you must use square brackets to indicate which words are yours!

when in doubt...

cite your sources!

When do you need to cite your sources?

1. Quotations

• Whenever you quote a source, author, text, etc.

2. Summary

• Whenever you summarize writing that is not your own.

3. Paraphrase

• Whenever you paraphrase somebody elses thoughts, words or ideas.

When is it appropriate to leave out citations?

🌈 Common Knowledge 🌈

YOU DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE CITATIONS FOR INFORMATION THAT IS...

a. Your own original work (your own thoughts, ideas, writing, art, etc.)

b. Common Knowledge (something that everyone knows)

Omitting Words

If you omit words in a quotation, you must use an ellipsis (...) to indicate where words were taken out.

Multiple Choice

Do I need to cite this?

According to ICU patient data collected from the state of Florida in 2021, the large-scale disparities in vaccinated versus non-vaccinated caseloads proves that vaccines are highly effective at preventing Covid related hospitalizations.

• Yes, you need to cite this.

• No, you do not need to cite this.

This is especially useful the longer quotes we pulled from "The Most Dangerous Game."

Multiple Choice

Do I need to cite this?

The sky is blue.

• Yes because it is not your own original thought/idea.

• No because it is common knowledge.

Multiple Choice

When taking out words in a quote, you should use an ellipsis (...) to indicate.

• True

• False

In-Text Citations

In-Text Citations are used to mark each use of a source and alert the readers to shift between your ideas and those you have borrowed.

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• For every source listed in your Works Cited page, you must have a corresponding in-text citation in your writing.

• These internal citations should appear throughout your writing following any textual evidence (i.e. quote, paraphrase, summary, etc.). 

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The problem with simply listing the sources in the Works Cited page without proving the corresponding in-text citations throughout your paper is that no one can tell which source each bit of information/evidence came from.

Works Cited Page

• Last page of your essay

• Entries are alphabetized by author's last name

Internal Citations - Novels

A brief reference in your text to sources used in the paper

-Connected to Works Cited

-Generally includes author’s last name and page number
for literary works (short stories)

Example:

-Signal phrase, “Quote here” (Henry, 5).

A brief reference in your text to sources used in the paper

-Connected to Works Cited

-When no author is present, use the first few significant
words of the title

Example:

-Signal phrase, “Quote here” (“Celebrities Reveal”).

​Internal Citations - Articles

Multiple Choice

When should you cite your sources?

• When you got information from somewhere else.

• When the information is not in your words.

• If you had to look the information up on a website or article.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

Based on the information provided below, which of the following in-text citation is correct?

Title of Novel: Night

Author: Elie Wiesel

Page Number: 34

In part three of the Holocaust Memoir titled Night, the author, Elie Wiesel, writes, “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed"

• (Wiesel 34)

• (Wiesel, Page 34).

• (Wiesel 34).

• (Wiesel, 36).

Works cited page

A works cited page is a list of the works you have used in your paper

It has a little more information than the in-text citations.

• First and foremost, this helps the reader verify the information you provided throughout your writing.

• In addition, it also serves to give credit to the owner of the work you referenced.

• Lastly, it protects you from being accused of plagiarism.

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE

Every source listed in a Works Cited page must also have a corresponding in-text citation in the paper.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples below shows proper MLA format?

Open Ended

What is wrong with the other two options shown above?