1. Brown
December 3rd, 2015

2. e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
Focus Standard
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.

3. Two Ways to Maintain Formal Style
Formal Writing
MLA Format
Complex- each point needs to be introduced, explained, and concluded.
Objective- be confident, limit emotion.
Full Words- no contractions and abbreviations need to be spelled out first.
Third person- disconnect from the topic.
Two Parts
The Paper
Work Cited Page

4. Basics- MLA Format A way to format essays:
Universal Way to Write Papers
See Your Sources
Avoid Plagiarism
Modern Language Association.
Times New Roman, Double Spaced, 12 font., and black ink.

5. The Paper Parts The Heading Name Teacher’s Name– Mr. Brown
Class- AC LA 2nd Period
12/9/15
Page Numbers
Go to Insert
Right Hand Corner- Your Last Name and Page #- Brown 3
Title
After heading
Centered in the middle of your paper
Denotes main idea of paper
Parenthetical Citations
Giving credit to original writers
Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
Two ways:
(Author’s Last Name and Page Number)- (Coelho 33)
Coelho say ……. (33).

6. Example

7. Work Cited Cite your sources On its own page- last of paper
12-font, Times New Roman, Double Spaced.
List entries alphabetically by author’s last name.
Hanging Indention
Follow formats- look online for citing your source.

8. Your Work Cited
Follow the format, using the correct punctuation.

9. Task Revise your paper for the following: MLA Format
Sentence Structure
Punctuation
Titles
Spelling

10. How did you maintain a formal style?
Closing
How did you maintain a formal style?