MLA Format Expectations for ENG 101 & ENG 102 Mrs. Catherine Wishart, Senior Adjunct Instructor

General Format Paper must be typed on standard white paper. Text of paper must be double-spaced, including the heading. Margins are set at 1 inch for left, right, top, and bottom (older versions of Microsoft Word will set the margins at 1.25 inches for left and right – go in and reset manually). There must be a header on the right side that has the writer’s last name and the page number.

Heading and Title Name 1 Stephen Drew Mrs. Wishart ENG 102.401 30 October 2011 Edgar Allen Poe’s Manipulations in “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allen Poe is renowned for his spooky tales and haunting plotlines. One of the reasons that his stories work so well is the manner in which Poe layers manipulation into his tales. Throughout his works, including “The Cask of Note: header to the right This is the correct order for information The title of published stories are in quotation marks, but not the title of the paper

In-Text Citations MLA uses parenthetical citation (information about the source inside parentheses). Work the citation into a sentence that contains some of your own words. Quotations should be integrated, not just dropped into the paper. Example: Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). Note that the period is inserted after the last parenthesis, not after the quotation mark.

Methods of Parenthetical Citation The following are examples from Purdue OWL: MLA Format: According to some, dreams express “profound aspects of personality” (Foulkes 184), though others disagree. According to Foulkes’s study, dreams may express “profound aspects of personality” (184). Is it possible that dreams may express “profound aspects of personality” (Foulkes 184)?

In-Text Citation examples Let’s say the quote I want to use is the following quote from an article from The New Yorker written by Amy Davidson entitled “The Attack on Charlie Hepdo.” There were times when the French government asked the magazine to hold back, but the magazine kept being itself, which is what one wishes for in a free press. Ways I could use quote as an in-text citation are: Ex 1: Even though the French government at times requested the magazine hold back, it “kept being itself, which is what one wishes for in a free press” (Davidson). Ex 2: On the topic of free speech, Amy Davidson writing for The New Yorker stated the magazine Charlie Hepdo “kept being itself, which is what one wishes for in a free press.” Ex 3: Freedom of the press means being able to criticize and offend just like Charlie Hepdo did even though “there were times when the French government asked the magazine to hold back” (Davidson).

Citing Internet Sources You do not need to give paragraph numbers or page numbers based on your print preview. Do not list the URL address within the text of the paper. Instead, list the author of the source.

Quotes of More than Four Lines Quotes of more than 4 lines is called a block quote. For a block quote, indent the entire quote. You do not need quotations around a block quote. Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him when she says: They entirely refused to have in bed with them, or even in their room, and I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone in the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept into Mr. Earnshaw’s door, and there he found it on his quitting chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. (Bronte 78) Note placement of period with quote, lack of quotation marks, and lack of punctuation after the parenthesis.

Works Cited Begins on a separate page and is labeled Words Cited (no italics or quotation marks). Double space, but do not skip spaces between entries. Indent the second and subsequent lines five spaces. List page numbers only when needed. Determine the Medium of Publication. Most will be print or web sources. Basic Format: Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Work from an Anthology: Last name, First name. “Title of Story.” Title of Anthology. Ed. Editor’s Name. Place of Publication, Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium. Work from a web source: Last name, First name. Title of Source. Name of Institution publishing the source. Date source was published. Web. Date you viewed source on the web.

Assistance with Works Cited A site that is helpful in building a Works Cited page is “Easybib.” Use of this site is not considered plagiarism; it is considered an excellent use of resources available in the information age.

Works Cited Sample Aristotle. Poetics. Ed. S. H. Butcher. The Internet Classics Archive. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sept. 2007. Web. 23 Nov. 2011. Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. Wysocki. Anne Frances. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

Group Practice Write out these sources correctly: An article on The New York Times website www.nytimes.com titled Obama to Announce New Cyberattack Protections” written by Julie Davis. Date of publication is January 13, 2015. Date of access is January 13, 2015. An article on CNN website www.cnn.com titled “Anti-Islam protesters march in Dresden, Germany” written by Rick Noack. Date of publication is January 12, 2015. Date of access is January 13, 2015. An article in National Geographic magazine volume 3 issue number 34 titled “Africa’s Lion Wars” written by John Doe on pages 15-18. Date of publication is October 15, 2012.

Source Used for This PowerPoint The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2010. Web. 4 Oct. 2011.