MLA Format
• If you have questions about MLA check out
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/
747/13/
In-text Citations
In Text Citations
• Some sentences will contain information from
the stories (less than half of sentences)
• For this sentences you need in-text citations
In text Citations
• In text citations are always at the end of the
sentences
• They are always before the period
• They are always in parenthesis
MLA Citations
Failing to put citations = plagiarism
MLA Citations
• Typical in text citation
(AuthorLast pg#)
MLA Citations
• Typical in text citation
(AuthorLast pg#).
(Iroquois 41).
MLA Citations
• Typical in text citation
(AuthorLast pg#).
(Iroquois 41).
If there is no author-use an abbreviated form of
the title
(Turtle’s Back 41).
• Bible
(Translation, book. Ch. V-v).
(New Living Translation, Ezek. 1.5-15).
MLA Citations
• Works Cited page
• Should contain every work that you have
references
• If your paper talks about two stories, your
works cited page should contain two stories.
Last #
Works Cited
Last, First. “Title.” Book. Ed. Name(s). City: Publisher, year. Pgpg. Medium.
Last #
Works Cited
Last, First. “Title.” Book. Ed. Name(s). City: Publisher, year. Pgpg. Medium.
Iroquois. “The World on the Turtle’s Back.” American Literature.
Ed. Allen et al. Evanston, Il: Holt McDougal, 2010. 38-44.
Print.
Last #
Works Cited
Last, First. “Title.” Book. Ed. Name(s). City: Publisher, year. Pgpg. Medium.
Iroquois. “The World on the Turtle’s Back.” American Literature.
Ed. Allen et al. Evanston, Il: Holt McDougal, 2010. 38-44.
Print.
New Living Translation. Ed. Name(s). City: Publisher, year. Print.
Last #
Works Cited
Last, First. “Title.” Name of Site. Version#. Organization, date
created. Medium. Date of access.
Last #
Works Cited
Last, First. “Title.” Name of Site. Version#. Organization, date
created. Medium. Date of access.
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d.
Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
Works Cited
Works Cited
• Last page of the paper
• Contains citation information
• You should have already done the citations
(bottom of source forms)