Feraco World Lit and Myth/Sci-Fi 25 March 2013 MLA Goodness! Feraco World Lit and Myth/Sci-Fi 25 March 2013

Why Bother? Formatting easily differentiates research from original thought Allows me to double-check your studies Standardizes papers across classes, especially in college Different disciplines = different formats, so learn as many as you can! Demonstrates care and attention to detail Looks attractive, polished, and finalized

The Basics Submit via turnitin.com and hard copy Turnitin Due Date: April 12th, 7:30am Upload to “Senior Professional Project Paper” Submit drafts constantly – turnitin.com will overwrite your old one, and you’ll be safe from viruses/crashes MUST UPLOAD IN .DOC or .DOCX – NO EXCEPTIONS If you don’t have Word, upload a properly-formatted copy of your paper from school E-mail yourself the text and build the file in my room or in the library in advance – or go to a friend’s house If you aren’t here on the 12th, make appropriate plans to finish early

Starting Points This goes into the “Conventions” part of your grade Print your hard copies on white computer paper with black ink! Create a cover page that includes a creative title for your research paper, your name, my name, your period and subject, and the due date – you may use color or images here Times New Roman, 12-point font Set your line-spacing to “Double” and your spacing to 0 pt on both “Before” and “After”

More Basics Margins are 1” on all sides (the handouts I give you have .7” on all sides) Page numbers should be a header a half-inch from the top in the upper-right hand corner, and include your last name (“Feraco 1”) You should only hit the space bar once after each sentence. See? Not like this. And definitely not like this. Boo. Indent each paragraph by hitting “Tab” once

A parenthetical citation includes two parentheses, the author’s last name, and the page number When the quote acts as the last part of your sentence, write the quote, follow it with the parenthetical, and finish with the end mark. Orwell states that “everything is hopeless” (Orwell 6). When the quote lies in the middle of your sentence, you still put the punctuation after your citation. Orwell states that “everything is hopeless” (Orwell 6), but Winston’s experiences in the Prole Quarter contradict him. If you’re citing the same work twice in a row, you don’t have to write the name again

If you’re using multiple sources in the same sentence, you may combine the parentheticals: (Orwell 6; Fromm 315) If there’s no obvious author, you may use a shortened version of the work’s title instead of the author’s last name Do the same thing if you’re citing two works from the same author Use the first initial and last name of authors if you’re citing different writers with the same last name: (M. Feraco 17) (D. Feraco 23) Italicize the titles of longer works, and place the titles of songs, poems, films, articles, and other shorter pieces in quotation marks.

If it is, the last name/page number still applies If you’re citing an Internet resource, it’s probably a scholarly journal If it is, the last name/page number still applies If it’s not, use the author’s last name If you’re citing a religious text, cite whatever is appropriate – version, book, chapter, verse, etc. Ezekiel saw "what seemed to be four living creatures," each with faces of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle (New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.5-10).

For quotes that are longer than three full lines of your page, you’ll use a block quote The entire block quote is indented one inch (two Tabs) from the left margin, and is still double-spaced You don’t use quotation marks, and you put your citation after the period If you’re cutting words out of a quote (especially in a block quote), use … (an ellipsis) to show that you’ve made the change

Works Cited You still have a page number on your separate Works Cited page – although this does not count towards your page limit Center the title of the page on the first line Double-space all citations here, and do not hit “Enter” between citations Indent the second and third lines of citations by a half-inch (just like a paragraph) Appropriately capitalize your titles (The Art of War)

An author’s name is listed Last, First Middle When listing your citations, alphabetize them by last name If citing multiple works by the same author, substitute three hyphens for the name the second time After writing the author’s name, place a period after the name and the work’s title Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird.

Books: Last, First. Title of Book Books: Last, First. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year Published. Print. If more than one author, then the format includes: Last, First and First Last. If more than two authors, then the format includes: Last, First, et al. Corporations, firms, and foundations count as authors If you’re citing an article from a reference book, the format is: “Article.” Name of Book. Publication Date. Print.

Periodical: Author. “Title. ” Title of Periodical Date: Page Numbers Periodical: Author. “Title.” Title of Periodical Date: Page Numbers. Publication Method. Scholarly Journal: Author. “Title.” Title of Periodical Volume.Issue (Date): Page Numbers. Publication Method. Website: Author. Name of Site. Date Posted. Institution or Organization. Publication Method. Date You Checked the Site. Note: You may also italicize the name of the site. I tend to do this; it makes my Works Cited/Consulted pages look more coherent. Interview: Interviewee. Personal interview. Date interviewed (in MLA format - ex. 2 April 2009)

Works Cited "Business Coalition for Climate Action Doubles." Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007. Web. Clinton, Bill. Interview. New York Times on the Web. May 2007. 25 May 2007. Keyword: Climate. Web. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times on the Web 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2007. Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2007. Global Warming. 2007. Cooler Heads Coalition. 24 May 2007. Web. Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36. Print. An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore. Lawrence Bender, 2006. Film. Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print. Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Print. Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print. "Global Warming Economics." Science 9 Nov. 2001: 1283-84. 24 May 2007. Print. Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution; Climate change laws seem inevitable, but their economic impact is unknown." US News & World Report 14 May 2007. 24 May 2007. Print. Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.