1. MLA Format & In-Text Citations
ALOHA
MLA Format & In-Text Citations
U.S. History-Jr. Paper
Mrs. Tomboc-Brownlie, Teacher Librarian

2. Piles = support thesis paragraphs
NOTECARDS-Now what?
Piles = support thesis paragraphs
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Copy/paste Box 2 Evidence & Box 3 Commentary to outline

3. Drag cards together
to create pile

4. Pile by paragraphs/STs

6. Export
Box 2 & 3

7. Export notecards by paragraph Copy/paste into outline

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Outline template
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9. Wikiwiki 
Outline
Templates!

10. Videos!

11. MLA FORMAT-paper Times New Roman 12 Double Space 1 inch margins
Single sided
Check paragraph spacing

12. Adjust paragraph spacing 0 pt. No spaces Between! Right click

13. ½ inch 1 inch Header Last name page number MLA Heading Title centered.5
Paragraph tab 1
inch

14. Works Cited in NoodleTools
Create New Project = Works Cited
Copy/Duplicate sources used from Annotated Bibliography to Works Cited
Omit annotations in Formatting Options

15. Copy sources used to Works Cited
But do all editing here!

16. Check box all sources
used in paper

20. No annotations on
Works Cited page!

21. ½ inch
1 inch 1
inch
Sources alphabetized
Hanging indent .5 1
inch

22. in citation goes in parenthetical reference
First item
in citation goes in parenthetical reference
--. =Same author
as previous source

23. (Josiah and Oghenerho).
Pre-Test Answers
Or use lead-in
(Civil Rights Act).
(Josiah and Oghenerho).

24. Pre-Test Answers
(King, “Letter”).

25. Pre-Test Answers
(King, “Let Us”).

26. (“Martin,” DISCovering).
Pre-Test Answers
(“Martin,” American).
(“Martin,” DISCovering).

27. (“Martin Luther King Jr. and the Legacy”).
Pre-Test Answers
(“Martin Luther King Jr. and the Legacy”).

28. Pre-Test Answers
(McDarrah et al. 101).

29. In-text reference if fill-in-blanks used

31. How to in-text cite with page numbers
1 author
(Meyers 138).
2 authors
(Rosen and Wolf 79).
3 or more authors
(McDarrah et al. 50).

32. How to in-text cite (King, “Let Us”). (King, “Letter”).
Two or more works by same author
(King, “Let Us”).
(King, “Letter”).

33. Primary Sources Lead-Ins
Author & title with no page number stated in text:
In King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he replied to white clergymen
page at end of sentence (18).

34. How to in-text cite-No author
Anonymous Works
(“Martin Luther King Jr. and the Legacy”).
Anonymous/Same Title
(“Martin,” American 141).
(“Martin,” DISCovering).

35. Quotes more than 4 lines (MLA 76-7).
Colon introduces quotation
Block indented 1/2 inch from left margin
Double space
NO quotation marks
In-text citation after quote punctuation

36. Quotes longer than 4 lines
inch
Quotes longer than 4 lines

37. USE OF QUOTATIONS (MLA 75).
Quote primary sources only
Be selective
Brief as possible
Integrate into flow of your writing

38. INDIRECT SOURCES (MLA 124).
Try to find original source
Primary source quote quoted in a source
(qtd. in Simmons).

39. ELLIPSIS

40. ELLIPSIS (MLA 80-5).
Use when omitting material from a primary source direct quote
spaced periods (space before each and a space after last)
Do not use at the start of quotes; short phrases
Use in middle or sentence end

41. Italicize containers in paper (MLA 68-9)
Court cases – Roe v. Wade
Spacecraft – Sputnik
Books – Feminine Mystique
Periodicals – New York Times
Websites - National Security Archive

42. Grading Your MLA MLA Heading & Headers, 12 pt. font
1 inch margins, title centered, left justified
Double spaced (no extra space between paragraphs)
Parenthetical Citations correspond to Works Cited page
Long quote format (if applicable)
Follows MLA rules!

43. DO
PARAPHRASE secondary quotes & use in-text citations. DO NOT lead-in secondary sources.
FIX errors we correct in NoodleTools and Outline
USE past-tense & active voice; third person
FORMAT decades 1960s ‘60s

44. DO ATTACH corrected outline to final paper
USE minimum 2 primary, 1 secondary, 1 periodical
INCLUDE Works Cited AND Annotated Bibliography with final paper to Tomboc

45. MLA Rubric – 10 point scale