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MLA Format Works Cited and In-text Citations
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How to set up your first page: (You will not have a title page) In the top left corner of your page, write your name, teacher’s name, course, and date Center Paper Title 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 last name and page number)
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Example of First Page: Lawrence 1 Lara Lawrence Mr. Morris 2 nd Period English 10 April 2014 Air Pollution Is Killing Us All Trouble breathing affects 78% of all Americans at some point in their lives. There are many causes…
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Works Cited Page This is the LAST page of your paper. Is a page all by itself Where you give publication information about your sources Is in alphabetical order by first word in each entry (usually author’s last name) Has “hanging indents”
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Example of 2 Works Cited Entries Lawrence 4 Works Cited Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Penguin: London, 2013. Print. Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford UP, 1967. Online.
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What about Giving Credit to Other Authors after you quote or paraphrase? MLA uses parenthetical citations to allow you to prevent plagiarism Citations depend on your Works Cited page Ex: Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). Corresponding Works Cited Entry: Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford UP, 1967. Print.
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