1. AP Language and Composition/EWU Composition and Argument 101
Citing Sources
And MLA Formatting
Mrs. Wyborney
AP Language and Composition/EWU Composition and Argument 101

2. Page Layout
Your last name 1
Header with page #
Your Name Mrs. Wyborney AP English Language and Composition 9 February 2012
First and Last Name
Teacher’s Name
Class Name
Date: Day Month Year

3. MLA Formatting Your Last Name 1 ENTIRE document-1” margins,
Header w/pg. #, right-justified, ½” from top, continue through Works Cited
left-justified,
double-spaced
Your Name Mrs. Wyborney AP English Language and Composition 9 February 2012
ENTIRE document-1” margins,
-double spaced,
-12 pt. TNR (including title)
Title
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

4. Wow. Did you really just say that?
I never use quotes. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I hate quotations. tell me what you know.”
Wow. Did you really just say that?
Introducing Quotes
The first time you introduce your source, give his or her full name and page number: According to Sally Johnson, “_________” (23). Every time after you use the same source only give the author’s last name and page number: The author argues, “Human cloning will lead to the destruction of humanity” (Johnson 3).

5. Signal Phrases and Quotes
According to Sally Johnson, “The use of videogames may be educational” (23).
The page number where the quote came from is inside parentheses. ( )
The signal phrase “according to Sally Johnson” lets the reader know where your ideas stop and your source’s “ideas” begin.
The period goes outside the parentheses.
This Closing citation allows the reader to know where the source information stops.

6. Do I still cite my sources if I summarize or paraphrase information from them?
“YES!”
Lisa Nakamura argues that conducting research on animals for human diseases is ineffective (3). Nakamura maintains, conducting research on animals for human diseases is ineffective (3). One source indicates that conducting research on animals for human diseases is ineffective (Nakamura 3).

7. Block Quotes Use block quotes whenever your quote
I am double spaced and two tab spaces indented. My signal phrase is set off by a colon.
Block Quotes
Use block quotes
whenever your quote
exceeds four lines of text
Edward J. Bloustein puts it succinctly:
The man who is compelled to live every minute of his life among others …has been deprived of his individuality and human dignity (qtd. in Baase 37).

8. Once you use a source, you must list that source alphabetically (by the first word) in a separate works cited page.
Works Cited
Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Trans. Alan Sheridan. New York: Vintage Books, Print.
*See Easy Writer, 232 for formatting details.
Title is centered
The indention is called a hanging-indent. Everything after the first line is 1 tab space indented.

9. Citing a book
Author’s Last name , First name.
Title of Book
Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. New York: Vintage Books, Print.
City it was published:
Year it was published.
Medium of book.
Publisher Name,

10. Citing a book with 2 or 3 authors
Foucault, Michel, Phillip H. Ault, and Warren K. Agee. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. New York: Vintage Books, Print.
Last, First, First Last, and First Last.

11. Citing a journal article
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Volume number. Issue number (year published): page range of article. Print. Date accessed.
Date in the following format: 23 Apr

12. Citing an online journal article
Kostelnick, Charles. "Supra-textual design: The visual rhetoric of whole documents." Technical Communication Quarterly 5.1 (1996): Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Oct

13. Citing a website
Author’s Last name , First name. “Title of article or piece.” Site title. Name of Publisher, Date of publication/most recent update. Web. Date you accessed the page.
Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
“Current Issues in Youth Sports.” American Sports Data INC. American Sports Data Inc, n.d. Web. 12 May2009.

14. Citing an individual page on a website
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of page.” Site title. Name of Publisher. Date of publication/most recent update. Web. Date you accessed the page.
Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb

15. Citing an entire website
Author’s Last name, First name. Site title. Name of Publisher. Date of publication/most recent update. Web. Date you accessed the page.
Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Weather.com. Weather Channel Interactive, Web 13 Mar

16. Citing an online database
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of work.” Any print publication information. Name of database. Web. Date you accessed the page.
Goldman, William. “The Princess Bride Shooting Draft.” Internet Movie Script Database. Web. 12 June 2008.

17. Citing an article in a web magazine
Author Last Name, First Name. “Article name.” Title of the Web magazine. Publisher name, publication date. Web. Date of access.
Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug Web. 4 May 2009.