1. Quote Incorporation
You MUST have textual evidence to support your claim, but you MUST be careful with how you use it.

2. Adding Textual Evidence
When asked to add specific textual evidence in your writing you have three choices: 1. quoting, 2. paraphrasing, 3. summarizing.
When dealing with literature you typically want to pull quotes to add specificity to your answer.
Instead of just saying that Ralph was excited to be on the island without grownups, add specifics from the text or a quote to help you.

3. Does your paper include textual evidence: Rules for Quoting
1. Quotes go in double quotation marks “ ”
2. After the quote include a parenthetical citation
(Author’s last name page number)
(Bradford 3) or (Smith 12-13) or (Jones 1025)
3. All punctuation goes after the parenthetical citation
4. All punctuation goes after the parenthetical citation, if it’s not an ! or ? that’s part of the original quote
5. Limit quotes to only 4-8 words

4. Examples of how to quote material:
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)?

5. Adding Words – Add [ ]
If you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put brackets around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text.
Original text:
“The great Athenian hero was Theseus. He had so many adventures and took part in so many great enterprises that there grew up saying in Athens, ‘Nothing without Theseus” (Hamilton 1028).
Quoted text:
“[Theseus] had so many adventures and took part in so many great enterprises” (Hamilton 1028).

6. Omitting Words . . .
If you omit a word or words from a quotation, you should indicate the deleted word or words by using ellipsis marks, which are three periods ( ) preceded and followed by a space.
Original text:
“The great Athenian hero was Theseus. He had so many adventures and took part in so many great enterprises that there grew up saying in Athens, ‘Nothing without Theseus” (Hamilton 1028).
Quoted text:
“[Theseus] had so many adventures and great enterprises” (Hamilton 1028), that he was considered a great hero.

7. Ok, so you’ve been asked to turn in a paper that’s in MLA format- what does that look like?
Sample Paper

8. General GUIDELINES Typed Double-space
legible font (e.g. Times New Roman).
12 point size font
Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks
1 inch margins
Indent the first line of paragraphs
Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis.
If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page before your Works Cited page. Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted).
Use a header in upper right corner that includes author’s last name and page number

9. First Page Set UP No title page Upper left hand corner:
Your name
My name
Course
Date (Day Month Year)
Center the title – use standard capitalization rules
Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number

11. With the research paper and other papers you will need to be using credible outside sources. Here are a few things to consider.
Works Cited

12. Works Cited Begin Works Cited on separate page
It will have a header with last name and page number
Label the page Works Cited
Double space all entries
Entries go in alphabetical order
Create a hanging indent

14. Your Works Cited Page
Bradford, William. “Of Plymouth Plantation.” Florida Collections. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Print.
Bradstreet, Anne. “Upon the Burning of Our House.” 1666. Poetry for Students. Ed. Sara Constantakis. Vol. 33. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Mar     
Edwards, Jonathan. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: A Sermon, Preached at Enfield, July 8, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings. New-York: Printed by G. Forman, Print.