1. MLA

2. What is MLA
Guidelines for correct grammar, style, formatting and citation.
Creates consistency and understanding

3. MLA Format (how your paper is set-up)
Top left of first page: name, teacher, class, date
Title centered (no bold, underline, etc.)
12 point Times New Roman font
Double spaced
Paragraphs indented
Top right Last name and Page number

5. Citing (how to tell where your information came from)
Parenthetical citation
This is putting the source or authors name and page number (if applicable) after the phrase where you found the information.
“Quote,” (xx).

6. Example
The goal of the Defiance Campaign was to create small pockets of civil disobedience that would “snowball from a core of selected volunteers to involve more and more ordinary people, culminating in mass defiance,” (African National Congress).

7. What needs to be cited? Specific words and phrases
Information and ideas that aren’t your own

8. Cite it!
When in doubt…

9. A great resource
The Purdue MLA Owl