1. Modern Language Association 8th Edition Professional Style,
Prevents Plagiarism

2. Online Citation EasyBib Designed for: elementary and
middle school students —
not the best for college work.

3. Online Citation
Citation Machine, “Our plagiarism checker scans millions of sites and papers on the internet.”
Eventually, it may work well. Currently, it is not fully updated to MLA 8.

4. Online Citation
Purdue Owl has changed to MLA 8. It supports writers with grammar and punctuation, helps prevent plagiarism, but does not generate online citations.
Purdue Owl is part of Purdue University.

5. MLA 7 and 8 have the same header information and design
Writer’s Name
Instructor’s Name
Class Name
Date
Title
The essay begins…….
The header is
double spaced,
at the top of
the first page,
and flush with
the left margin.

6. MLA 8 #1 — Author Last name, first name. Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
The author’s name appears at the start of the citation if you are discussing something created by a writer.

7. MLA 8 #1 — Author Two authors:
Sayers, Dorothy, and Robert Eustace. The Documents in in the Case. HarperTorch,1995.
When there are three or more authors, only the first author is shown then followed by et al.
Almond, David, et al. Click. Scholastic, 2007.
Notice: No city, No state, No “Print” in MLA 8.

8. MLA 8 #1— Author
If an author is a performer, creator, etc. the beginning of the citation works this way:
Last name, First name, performer.
Last name, First name, creator.

9. MLA 8 #1 — Author
When writing, if you focus on a show rather than a person, your focus comes first:
Breaking Bad. Created by Vince GiGilligan, performance by Bryan CrCranston.

10. MLA 8 #2 — Container
MLA 8 uses the word “container” to relate to a larger whole that “holds” the source.

11. MLA 8 #2 — Container
In MLA 8’s citations, “container” defines the object that:
holds words (books, anthologies, journals, periodicals, magazines, library archives)
presents visuals (television series, art, a museum, website, online database)
discusses auditory work (songs, iTunes, radio).

12. MLA 8 — Core Elements 1. Author(s). 2. Title of the source.
3. Title of the container,
4. Other contributors,
5. Version,
6. Numbers, (volume, episode)
7. Publisher,
8. Publication date,
9. Location.

13. MLA 8 #2 — Container Titles: The main title is italicized. Examples —
A novel:
The Old Man and the Sea.
A textbook:
How to Write Anything.

14. MLA 8 #2 — Container
Book:
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. InIntroduction by Valerie Martin. Alfred A. Knopf,
“Introduction” is included if you share something from another writer in the book being cited.

15. MLA 8 #2 — Container Different volumes of a book:
Twain, Mark. Autobiography of Mark Twain. EdEdited by Harriet E. Smith, et al., vol. 3, U of CaCalifornia P
Look again— et al., vol. 3, U of California P.

16. In MLA 7, the volume, issue, and page numbers did not have abbreviation designations.
DelGuidice, Margaux. “When a Leadership O OpOpportunity Knocks, Answer!” Library Media CoConnection, 30.2 (2011): Print.
MLA 8’s difference:
DelGuidice, Margaux. “When a Leadership OpOpportunity Knocks, Answer!” Library Media CoConnection, vol. 30, no. 2, Spring 2011, pp
No ( ) around the year; no “Print.”

17. MLA 8 #2 — Container Magazine, journal, album, series:
Parker, James. “The Passion of FlFlannery O’Connor.” The Atlantic MMonthly, Nov. 2014, pp. 36+.
pp. 36+ tells the reader that the article continues on other pages, not on consecutive pages.

18. MLA 8 #2 — Container
Song:
Rihanna. “Don’t Stop the Music.” GGood Girl Gone Bad, Track 3, DDef Jam, 2007.

19. MLA 7 had an instructor decide if a URL should be included in the citation.
In MLA 8, the website’s address will be used, but without or

20. MLA 8 #2 — Container Website: Notice: No “Web.”
“MLA Style.” Purdue Online Writing. wwwww.owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11.
Notice: No “Web.”

21. MLA 8 #2 — Container Database:
McKay, Kim. “Double Discourses in John Irving’s The World AcAccording to Garp.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 38, no. 4,4,1992, pp JSTOR,dos.org/ /

22. McKay, Kim. “Double Discourses in John Irving’s ThThe World According to Garp.” (next comes the full full book title) Twentieth Century Literature, (next the the container’s version and number) vol. 38, no.4, (the(then the date) 1992, (the pages) pp (and the the Database) JSTOR, doi.org/ /
(JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. It is an online Database that is accessed through Tarrant County College Libraries.)

23. MLA 8 #2 — Container
Citing an episode from Netflix, Acorn, Hulu, etc.:
“Fly.” Breaking Bad, created by Vince GiGilligan, performance by Bryan CrCranston, season 3, High Bridge EnEntertainment, Hulu, wwwww.hulu.com/watch

24. Review of MLA 8 Core Elements
1. Author(s).
2. Title of the source.
3. Title of the container,
4. Other contributors,
5. Version,
6. Numbers, (volume, episode)
7. Publisher,
8. Publication date,
9. Location.

25. Works Cited MLA Handbook. 8th ed., e-book, Modern
Language Association of America, 2016.
MLA Handbook. 8th ed., MLA, 2016.

26. Next, we’ll review MLA 8’s style of:
Margins.
In-text citations.
Works Cited page.
Spacing and indentations.
Preventing plagiarism.