2. WORKSHOP
By: KRISTINA YEGORYAN

3. WHAT IS MLA ? MLA format offers:
MLA stands for Modern Language Association
MLA format offers:
guidelines for the overall look of a paper
makes the paper credible with a method of documenting sources

4. Basic Features of MLA Style
Use Times New Roman font, 12 point size
Double-Space the whole paper
All margins should be set to 1 inch
Single or double spacing after punctuation is acceptable
Each page should have “header” of last name and page number at the upper right-hand corner of each page
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5. Basic Features of MLA Style
Heading in the left corner of the 1st page:
Student’s Full Name
Instructor’s name
Class name
Date ( Day Month Year ) Ex. 20 November 2012
The title of the paper is centered
Do not underline, bold, or “quote” the title
When ending a quote with punctuation, punctuation is inside the quotation marks
Ex: “ O Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Romeo and Juliet ).

7. IN-TEXT CITATIONS How to document the resources in the essay
Quoting Resources:
Direct – “word by word”
Indirect – paraphrasing the overall idea
In both cases you should document the source
Use signal words:
According to …
As… claims/argues/states…

8. IN-TEXT CITATIONS In-text citations are short:
the author’s last name and page number (s)
In-text citation is in the ( ) followed by the period mark ( ). Ex: “It is truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austin 2).
If the authors name is mentioned in the sentence, it’s not necessary to put the last name in the citation. Ex: According to Jane Austen “It is truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (2).

9. WORKS CITED
Is a list of the references used in the paper and serves as an acknowledgement for the sources.
With the detailed information in the Works Cited list one can find the original source if needed for further research
Works Cited is usually a separate page attached in the end of the essay or document
The sources are listed in the alphabetical order without numbers or bullet- points

11. WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY
Twitter is a big part of education and technology. So, MLA released its official usage for citing tweets in academic papers.

12. PLAGIARISM
It is very important to properly cite
any source used in composing an essay!
Plagiarism is an act of using another person’s words or ideas and attempting to pass them off as your own
Plagiarism is a serious offense and academic dishonesty and could result in suspension or even expulsion.

13. ONLINE CITATION AID
There are many electronic information databases (Gale Info Trac, Lexis Nexis Academic, CQ Researcher) that offer the MLA citation with the article. There are also websites that help to properly cite the sources with MLA format