1. CONTEXT
Subject
Writer
Reader
Text

2. MLA format is simply part of the context for this assignment.
Look up the “rules” (which are actually “conventions”) in Chapter 24 of the textbook, then follow them. Use the sample paper on pages as a guide.

3. General Format and Frequently used sources:
Journal Article with one author
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): page numbers. Medium.
Brown, Charles. “Kite-flying in Big Cities and Small Towns.” Journal of Popular Culture 13.2 (1968): Print.

4. General Format and Frequently used sources:
Journal Article with multiple authors
Author’s last name, Author’s first name, next author’s first and last names, and next author’s first and last names. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): page numbers. Medium.
Brown, Charles, Linus Van Pelt, and Lucy Van Pelt. “Kite-flying in Big Cities and Small Towns.” Journal of Popular Culture 13.2 (1968): Print.
Note: If you have a pdf copy of the article, you can treat it as a hard copy, even if you downloaded from a website.

5. General Format and Frequently used sources:
Article in an online newspaper
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper. Publisher, Day Month Year. Medium. Day Month Year of access.
Wayne, Bruce. “Commissioner Gordon Names New Police Chief.” Gotham Times. Gotham Times, 24 February Web. 30 March 2013.

6. General Format and Frequently used sources:
Online Editorial
“Title of Article.” Editorial. Title of Site. Publisher, Day Month Year. Medium. Day Month Year of access.
“Who is the Joker?” Editorial. Gotham Times. Gotham Times, 24 February Web. 30 March 2013.

7. General Format and Frequently used sources:
Article accessed from an online database*
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Date or Volume.Issue (Year): Pages. Database Name. Medium. Day Month Year of access.
Wayne, Bruce. “Criminal Patterns in Urban Areas.” Journal of Crime and Punishment 12.4 (1980): Web. Academic Search Complete. 30 March 2013.
*If you don’t have a pdf copy of the article -- as would be the case if you have only an html version.

8. In-text Citations
If you quote a source, your sentence must include TWO key elements:
1 – Whatever word appears first in the citation on the “Works Cited” page (i.e., either the last name of the author of the first words of the title of the article)
2 – The page number (if one exists) from which you got the quoted material
Brown claims that “almost nobody” uses Myspace (27).
Besides, “almost nobody” uses Myspace any more (Brown 27).

9. In-text Citations
If you simply refer to a source – for example, by summarizing the findings of a study, your sentence needs to include whatever word appears first in the citation on the “Works Cited” page (i.e., either the last name of the author of the first words of the title of the article).
Arthur Applebee’s 1982 study of college writing practices suggests that most college freshmen write few if any papers five or more pages in length.
One study found that most college freshmen rarely write papers longer than four pages (Applebee).

10. Use the rest of today’s class to work on any passages that cite sources. (Remember, you must mention the source by name to “cite” it. If you don’t mention it by name, then it doesn’t belong on the “Works Cited” page.)
If you have no such passages to work on, then use the remaining time to put your Works Cited page in order.
Bring a complete “Works Cited” page to class Wednesday. You will turn in your “Works Cited” page (as a Word document, properly formatted) on Friday.