MLA Format Review ELA 10 Titles Short text

MLA Format Review ELA 10

Titles ¢ Short text (short stories, poems, essays, articles, chapters in a book, episodes) l ¢ Quotation marks • “Civil Disobedience” • “Self-Reliance” Long text (books, newspapers, magazines, movies, TV shows) l Underline or Italics • Into the Wild • Walden

Names ¢ When discussing an author, use last names or full names Henry David Thoreau OR Thoreau l NEVER just Henry l ¢ When discussing a character, you can use first OR last OR both l ¢ Chris OR Mc. Candless OR Chris Mc. Candless Consistency in a paper is helpful (i. e. if you use a last name for one, use it for the other)

Parenthetical Citations (Author #) (Krakauer 23) (Thoreau 370) “just plain couldn’t stand to wear socks” (Krakauer 40). “’No, thanks anyway, ’ Alex replied” (Krakauer 6).

Citing from a Book Last, First. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. New York: Anchor Books, 1997.

Citing from an Anthology Last, First. “Title of Work. ” or Title of Work. Title of Anthology. Editor’s Name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages. Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience. ” The Language of Literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee et al. Evanston, IL: Mc. Dougal Littell, 2000. 370 -376. Thoreau, Henry David. Walden. The Language of Literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee et al. Evanston, IL: Mc. Dougal Littell, 2000. 382 -391.

MLA Document Format Page 1 Page 2 and beyond Jones 2 Thomas Jones MLA doesn’t require page ELA 10, 2 nd hour Mrs. Miska numbers on the first page, only on page two of your essay and beyond. Nov. 21, 2008 Title of Paper This is where the test would go. Make sure you indent your paragraphs, double space, use one-inch margins, and twelve-point font. Feel free to double-check your Essay Formatting Protocol if you have any questions regarding your document.

How to do Page Numbers ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Click “View” Click “Header and Footer” Press the button Check “Different First Page” Click “OK” On Page 2 in Header box, type your last name Press the button Right-align the text Close the header

Works Cited Page Format To Do a Hanging Indent Works Cited ¢ ¢ ¢ Highlight the text you’d like to create a hanging indent for. In the ruler bar, click the arrow that points up Drag the arrow to the halfinch mark Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. New York: Anchor Books, 1997. Thoreau, Henry David. Walden. The Language of Literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee et al. Evanston, IL: Mc. Dougal Littell, 2000.