2.  MLA (Modern Language Association) style formatting is often used in various humanities disciplines.  MLA regulates: › Document Format › In-text citations › Works Cited (a list of all sources used in the paper)

4. Paper must be typed on standard white paper. Text of paper must be double-spaced, including the heading. Margins are set at 1 inch for left, right, top, and bottom (older versions of Microsoft Word will set the margins at 1.25 inches for left and right – go in and reset manually). *Not required for the assignment There must be a header on the right side that has the writer’s last name and the page number. *Not required

6.  MLA uses parenthetical citation (information about the source inside parentheses).  Work the citation into a sentence that contains some of your own words. Quotations should be integrated, not just dropped into the paper.  Example: Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). Note that the period is inserted after the last parenthesis, not after the quotation mark.

7. For the purposes of this research paper, make sure that there is an author for all sources. If no author is listed and you want to use the source, see your instructor for assistance. The lack of an author most often occurs when using an Internet source. Avoid using any Internet source with an address ending in “.com” unless approved by your instructor.

8.  You do not need to give paragraph numbers or page numbers based on your print preview.  Do not list the URL address within the text of the paper. Instead, list the author of the source.

9. The following are examples from Purdue OWL: MLA Format: 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)?

10. In-text Example: Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263). Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263). Corresponding Works Cited Entry: Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford UP, 1967. Print.

11. In-text Example: Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3). Human beings have been described as “symbol- using animals” (Burke 3).

12. In-text Example: We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change...” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6). When a source has no known author, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name. Place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work (e.g. articles) or italicize it if it's a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire websites) and provide a page number.

13.  Begins on a separate page and is labeled Words Cited (no italics or quotation marks).  Double space, but do not skip spaces between entries.  Indent the second and subsequent lines five spaces.  List page numbers only when needed.  Determine the Medium of Publication. Most will be print or web sources. Example Formats:  Basic Format: Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.  Work from an Anthology: Last name, First name. “Title of Story.” Title of Anthology. Ed. Editor’s Name. Place of Publication, Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium.  Work from a web source: Last name, First name. Title of Source. Name of Institution publishing the source. Date source was published. Web. Date you viewed source on the web.

14.  Aristotle. Poetics. Ed. S. H. Butcher. The Internet Classics Archive. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sept. 2007. Web. 23 Nov. 2011.  Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.  Wysocki, Anne Frances. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

15.  Write out these sources correctly:  An anthology named Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. The author is Robert DiYanni. It is published by McGraw Hill in 2008 in Boston. The pages the story appear on are from page 100 to 110.

16.  Diyanni, Robert. Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2008. Page 100-110. Print.