1. Journal Topic for Friday, November 3rd:
What is MLA format? What is it used for? Why is it even a thing? What are the individual components?

2. What is MLA anyway? Modern Language Association
Founded in 1883
Discussion & advocacy group for literature & modern languages
30,000 members in 100 countries worldwide
Annual 4-day convention
Academic study of language
Language mapping
Job placement

3. Why would you want to? - Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries
- Support claims or add credibility
- Give examples of POV
- Call attention to position
- Highlight something powerful
- distance yourself from the original
- expand the breadth or depth of your writing

4. Summarizing
Summarizing = put main idea(s) into your own words, including only main point(s)
- significantly shorter than original
- take a broad overview
- must be attributed

5. Paraphrasing Paraphrasing = put it in your own words
Attribute paraphrases to their original sources
- usually shorter than the original
- Condense a broader source
- must be attributed

6. Quoting Quotations = exact words! - narrow segment
- must match source document word for word
- must be attributed to the original author
Use quotes when:
- Author makes a solid point
- Precisely & accurately stated
- You can’t say it better yourself

7. Signal Phrases and In-Text Citation
introduce someone else’s work
In-text citations (also known as parenthetical citations)
Usually appear at end of quote
Give credit where credit is due
A simple rule:
Author or Title and Page: what isn’t signaled up
front must be cited at the end.

8. Signal Phrases and In-Text Citation (continued)
Limited signal, everything in citation
. . . end of paraphrased sentence, in which you convey the author's ideas in your own words (Williams 103).
" end of quoted sentence" (Williams 103).
Author in signal, page in citation
In 1985, Williams reported that (103).
Williams tells us that (103).
According to Williams, ". . ." (103).

9. What to put on a Works Cited page?
Whatever you’ve got!
Should look like this:
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." The New York Times, 22 May 2007,
Accessed 12 May 2016.
Start with author
If no author, go to title of article
Name of book/magazine/website
Publisher
Publication date
Web address (if you have it)
Date accessed (if a web source)