1、MLA 2009Formatting and Style Guide,What does MLA regulate?,MLA regulates:Document FormatIn-text citationsWorks Cited (a list of all sources used in the paper),Your Instructor Knows Best,#1 Rule for any formatting style:,AlwaysFollow your instructorsguidelines,Format: General Guidelines,Type on white
2、 8.5” x 11” paper Double-space everything Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font (or similar font) Leave only one space after punctuation Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch,Format: General Guidelines (continued),Header with page numbers in the upper rig
3、ht corner Use italics for titles Endnotes go on a separate page before your Works Cited page,Formatting the 1st Page,Double space everythingIn the upper left corner of the 1st page, list your name, your student number, and your class Center the paper title (use standard caps but no underlining, ital
4、ics, quote, or bold)Create a header in the upper right corner at half inch from the top and one inch from the right of the page (include your name and page number),In-Text Citations: the Basics,MLA uses parenthetical citations Parenthetical citations depend on the medium (e.g. Print, Web, DVD) Paren
5、thetical citations also depend on the sources entry on the Works Cited page Signal word in the text is the first thing in the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page,Author-Page Style,In-text Example:Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
6、 (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 U.P., 1967. Print.,Print S
7、ource with Author,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).,Print Source with Author,Corresponding Works Cited Entry:Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Li
8、terature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966. Print.,With Unknown Author,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
9、 . . .” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).,With Unknown Author,Corresponding Works Cited Entry:“The Impact of Global Warming in North America.” Global Warming: Early Signs 1999. ,Other In-Text Citations 2,Work by Multiple AuthorsIn-text Examples:Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is
10、not needed in the United States (76).The authors state Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76).Jones et al. counter Smith, Yang, and Moores argument by noting the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun law
11、s (4).,Other In-Text Citations 4,Citing Multivolume WorksIn-text Example:. . . as Quintilian wrote in Institutio Oratoria (1: 14-17).Citing the BibleIn-text Example:Ezekiel saw what seemed to be four living creatures, each with faces of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle (New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek.
12、1.5-10).,Other In-Text Citations 5,Citing Indirect SourcesIn-text Example:Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as social service centers, and they dont do that well (qtd. in Weisman 259).Multiple CitationsIn-text Example:. . . as has been discussed elsewhere (Burke 3; Dewey 21).,Oth
13、er In-Text Citations 6,Miscellaneous Non-Print SourcesIn-text Example:Werner Herzogs Fitzcarraldo stars Herzogs long-time film partner, Klaus Kinski. During the shooting of Fitzcarraldo, Herzog and Kinski were often at odds, but their explosive relationship fostered a memorable and influential film.
14、Corresponding Works Cited Entry:Herzog, Werner, dir. Fitzcarraldo. Perf. Klaus Kinski. Filmverlag der Autoren, 1982. Film.,Other In-Text Citations 7,Sources from the InternetIn-text Example:One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is .a beautiful and terrifying critique of obsession and colon
15、ialism (Garcia, “Herzog: a Life”).Corresponding Works Cited Entry:Garcia, Elizabeth. Herzog: a Life. Online Film Critics Corner. The Film School of New Hampshire, 2 May 2002.,Formatting Short Quotations,In-text Examples:According to some, dreams express profound aspects of personality (Foulkes 184),
16、 though others disagree.According to Foulkess study, dreams may express profound aspects of personality (184).Is it possible that dreams may express profound aspects of personality (Foulkes 184)?Cullen concludes, Of all the things that happened there / Thats all I remember (11-12).,Formatting Long Q
17、uotations,In-text Example:Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow. By chance,
18、or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaws door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. (Bronte 78),Works Cited Page: Book
19、s,Basic Format:Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.Examples:Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Al
20、lyn, 2000. Print.Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martins, 1997. Print.-. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print.,Works Cited Page: Periodicals,Article in a Magazine Format:Author(s). Title of Article. Title of Periodic
21、al Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.Example:Buchman, Dana. A Special Education. Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-8. Print.Article in Scholarly Journal Format:Author(s). Title of Article. Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication.Example:Duvall, John N. The (Super
22、)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillos White Noise. Arizona Quarterly 50.3 (1994): 127- 53. Print.,Works Cited Page: Web,Web Source Format:Authors name (if available). “Article Name.” url. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher
23、). Date of last update. Original medium of publication.,Works Cited Page: Web,Examples:Bernstein, Mark. 10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.” AListApart.org A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.Felluga, Dino. “Guide to Literary and Critical Theory”. Purdueowl.ed. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. How to Make Vegetarian Chili. eH. eHow, n.d.,Works Cited Page: Other,Film Example:The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.,
