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MLA. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College. This tutorial covers:. - What MLA is and why we use it - General document formatting - Avoiding plagiarism. Presenter: When you see this click your mouse for motion graphics. !. What is MLA?.

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  1. MLA

    Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  2. This tutorial covers: - What MLA is and why we use it - General document formatting - Avoiding plagiarism Presenter: When you see this click your mouse for motion graphics. ! Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  3. What is MLA? MLA is commonly used in the Humanities disciplines. MLA is a set of standards for academic papers. MLA provides standards for: - General document formatting Avoiding plagiarism Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  4. General Document Formatting Smith 1 Pete Smith Dr. Boilermaker English 106 12 October 2008 Expanding Ross Stadium During the 2000 football season, the Purdue Boilermakers won the Big Ten Conference Title, earned their first trip to the Rose Bowl in thirty-four years, and played every game in front of a sold-out crowd. Looking ahead, we can expect growth in our top-line numbers of season-ticket holders, all of whom have expressed an interest in box-seating and better concessions. Formatting standards make papers look similar; not all crazy-different (no funky fonts orgoofy margins - stuff like that). It’s like the suit you wear to the office, like professional attire: in this business, we wear this suit. Type on white 8.5” x 11” paper Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides Double-space everything Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch (or one tab) ! Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  5. Avoiding Plagiarism MLA’s standards for citing and documenting sources help you to avoid plagiarism. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  6. Avoiding Plagiarism in MLA What is Plagiarism? Citing Sources Documenting Sources Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  7. What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism can happen whenever you use words, information, or ideas from a source. Sources can include books, articles, web pages, interviews, films, advertisements, etc. Oh yeah! This is good stuff for my paper. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  8. What is Plagiarism? Source: a book by Wyatt Earp Your paper: ! Wyatt Earp Frontier Justice Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights. 25 Me 5 Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights. Plagiarism happens when you use words, information, or ideas from a source without identifying the source. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  9. Avoiding Plagiarism in MLA Avoid plagiarism by identifying your sources. Identify your sources by citing and documenting them. Do this in two places: - Cite your sources in the text of your paper - Document your sources on a Works Cited page Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  10. Citing Sources Identify sources in the text of your paper by: - using quotes and paraphrases - adding author name(s) and page number Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  11. Using quotes & paraphrases: a quick review Quotes use the exact words found in a source. Me 4 “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” ! Quotations marks show where the exact words begin and end. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  12. Using quotes & paraphrases: a quick review Paraphrases tell your readers what the source said, but in your own words. Me 4 stricter gun control laws would affect our constitutional rights ! Quotations marks are not needed. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  13. Are quotes and paraphrases alone enough to avoid plagiarism? No.Quotes and paraphrases alone are not enough. “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights.” Gun control laws weaken our constitutional rights guaranteed in the Second Amendment. The quote is plagiarism because the source is not identified. The paraphrase is also plagiarism because the source is not identified. (The words were changed, but the idea came from a source) ! ! Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  14. Citing Sources Identify sources in the text of your paper by: Using quotes and paraphrases - Adding author name(s) and page number Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  15. Adding author name(s) & page number Here’s our quote again. The author is Wyatt Earp. The words are on page 25 of his book. Add the author name and page number to the quote. Me 4 “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” Earp says, (25). ! Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  16. Adding author name(s) & page number Treat paraphrases the same as you would treat quotes. Add the author name and page number to the paraphrase. Me 4 stricter gun control laws would affect our constitutional rights Earp believes that (25). ! Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  17. You have two options for adding author name and page number: Option 1 Option 2 Author name in front of the quote; page number in back. Author name and page number in back. ! ! “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” , “gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” Earp says, Opponents agree that (Earp 25). (25). Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  18. The same two options apply to paraphrases: Option 1 Option 2 ! stricter gun control laws would weaken our constitutional rights stricter gun control laws would weaken our constitutional rights Earp argues that Opponents argue that (25). (Earp 25). Have you noticed that page numbers always go at the end of the sentence? It’s true. So, the only real decision you need to make is where to put the author’s name: in front, or in back. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  19. REVIEW: Citing Sources So, to every quote and paraphrase, add the following: 1. The last name of the author of the source. 2. The page number in the source where you found the words, information, or idea. Use Option 1 (author name in front, page number in back) or Option 2 (author name and page number in back). Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  20. Questions about options: Why two options? So you can mix it up. Which option is the best? Option 1. Why is Option 1 the best? Because you integrate sources more smoothly into the text of your paper. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  21. Option 1: Using signal phrases to integrate sources more smoothly into your paper Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  22. Activity: Citing Sources You’ve seen how to avoid plagiarism in the text of your paper by identifying your sources: using quotes and paraphrases adding author name(s) and page number Now, you try it. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  23. Activity: Citing Sources Select one of the sources on the next slide and cite the source: 1. Quote or paraphrase the words. 2. Identify the source by adding author name(s) and page number. Use Option 1 (name in front, page in back). 3. Write down your result. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  24. Activity: Citing Sources See next slide for another look at the signal phrases table. My window is a grave, and all that lies within it’s dead. William Gass Page 213 Tattoos and piercings can be seen as bodily aids in the inner struggle toward identity. Andres Martin Page 79 The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain Page 141 We have an oversimplified perspective of why children develop as they do. Elissa Allen Page 8 I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter. James Michener Page 25 The lack of success of recent initiatives suggests that medication might not be the answer for the escalating problem. Luisa Mirano Page 3 Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  25. Option 1: Using signal phrases to integrate sources more smoothly into your paper Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  26. Avoiding Plagiarism in MLA Avoid plagiarism by identifying your sources. Identify your sources by citing and documenting them. Do this in two places: A) Cite your sources in the text of your paper B) Document your sources on a Works Cited page You’ve seen how to do A), so now, let’s do B). Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  27. Documenting sources on a Works Cited page Me 7 Works Cited Earp, Wyatt. “Frontier Justice: Your Rights, Your Gun.” Tombstone Law Journal. Aug. 2005: 10 – 52. Print. Smith, Bubba, and Bo Wesson. Take Our Jobs, But Not Our Guns. Sioux Falls, SD: Rifleman Press, 2006. Print. “Wild West in Our Nation’s Capital.” Editorial. The Washington Post. 12 Feb 2007: A4. Print. What is a Works Cited page? It’s a bibliography of all the sources you used in your paper. It includes author names, titles, book titles, names of journals or magazines, names of publishers, dates, page numbers, etc. It’s the last page of your paper, and it stands alone as its own page. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  28. Documenting sources on a Works Cited page Format: Each entry on a Works Cited page has to be formatted in very specific ways, depending on the type of source. But there are some general similarities. Author “title of article” title of publicationPublisher Dates Pages Medium Earp, Wyatt. “Frontier Justice: Your Rights, Your Gun.” Tombstone Law Journal. Aug. 2005: 10 – 52. Smith, Bubba, and Bo Wesson. Take Our Jobs, But Not Our Guns. Sioux Falls, SD: Rifleman Press, 2006. “Wild West in Our Nation’s Capital.” Editorial. The Washington Post. 12 Feb 2007: A4. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  29. The differences depend on the type of source: place of publication author title of publication publisher Tan, Amy. Saving Fish From Drowning. New York: Putnam, 2005. Print. date of publication medium (print or web) Basic format for a book with one author. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  30. The differences depend on the type of source: title of publication “title of article” author sponsor of website Jenkins, Henry. “Bearings.” MIT Communications Forum. MIT, 19 Feb. 2002. Web. 16 Jan. 2005. date you accessed the site date the site was last updated medium (print or web) Short work from a website (with one author). Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  31. How do I know which format to use for a particular source? Consult a style guide. Style guides have comprehensive lists with explanations and examples. The Writing Center has style guides for use in the Center. Style guides on the web: Try the Purdue Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  32. Avoiding Plagiarism in MLA Now you’ve seen it all, right? You’ve seen how to avoid plagiarism by identifying your sources in two places: A) Cite your sources in the text of your paper B) Document your sources on a Works Cited page You’ve tried A). Now, try B). Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  33. Activity: Documenting sources with a style guide Source type: Book William Gass In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories New York Pocket Books 1977 Print Let’s say you’re using this book in your paper. Here’s all the info you need to create a Works Cited page entry. Your task is to make this info match the model below. Write down your result. ! Model #6: Basic format for a book with one author. Tan, Amy. Saving Fish From Drowning. New York: Putnam, 2005. Print. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  34. Activity: Documenting sources with a style guide Source type: short work from a website Andres Martin Teenager and Tattoos Online Journal of the AACAP AACAP 19 Feb 2004 Web 15 Sep 2011 Let’s say you’re also using this short work from a website in your paper. Here’s all the info you need to create a Works Cited page entry. Your task, again, is to make this info match the model below. Write down your result. ! Model #48: Short work from a website (with one author). Jenkins, Henry. “Bearings.” MIT Communications Forum. MIT, 19 Feb. 2002. Web. 16 Jan. 2005. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  35. REVIEW: MLA -- how it all works ! Use a source 2. Cite the source 3. Document the source Earp’s book My paper My Works Cited page Wyatt Earp Frontier Justice Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights. 25 Me 4 Earp says, “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” (25). Me 7 Works Cited Earp, Wyatt. Frontier Justice. Tombstone Law Journal. Aug. 2005: 10 – 52. Print. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  36. REVIEW: MLA -- how it all works In-text citations refer readers to your Works Cited page via the author’s last name. My paper ! My Works Cited page Me 4 Earp says, “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” (25). Me 7 Works Cited Earp, Wyatt. Frontier Justice. Tombstone Law Journal. Aug. 2005: 10 – 52. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  37. ! FAQ: What do I put here? Me 3 Characters like Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man are the most familiar, the most popular, and the biggest money-makers ( 22). Some similarity in mainstream titles was for many years unavoidable due to the creation in 1954 of the Comics Code Authority (CCA), an organization formed by leading comic publishers to regulate the content of comics ( ). In 1968, Robert Crumb’s Zap initiated the “underground comix revolution” ( 101). Zap satirized mainstream, conservative beliefs and did not shy away from sexual or political content, yet beneath the crude humor of Zaplay Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  38. FAQ: What do I put here? Answer: The first thing listed for that source on your Works Cited page, along with the page number (if the source has page numbers). Me 3 Characters like Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man are the most familiar, the most popular (Heller 22). Similarities in mainstream titles was for many years unavoidable due to the creation in 1954 of the Comics Code Authority (CCA), an organization formed to regulate the content of comics (“Good Shall Triumph”). Me 3 Works Cited Heller, David. Comic Book Nation: Transformation of Youth Culturein America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2001. Print. “Good Shall Triumph Over Evil: The Comic Book Code of 1954.” History Matters: The U.S. History Survey Course. George Mason University, 2006. Web. 22 Mar. 2009. ! ! Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  39. REVIEW: Avoiding Plagiarism Identify your sources by citing and documenting them: A) Cite your sources in the text of your paper B) Document your sources on a Works Cited page Whenever you use words, information, or ideas from a source…. …you must identify the source. Oh yeah! This is good stuff for my paper. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  40. REVIEW: Avoiding Plagiarism Cite your sources in the text of your paper by: Using quotes and paraphrases Adding author names and page numbers Document your sources on a Works Cited page by: Consulting a style guide for the right format for each type of source. Mr. Mackey says: “Plagiarism’s bad. Mmmkay? Don’t do it. That would be bad. That would be like…mmreally, really bad. Mmmkay?” Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  41. For more info… Use, or buy a style guide. Buy it once; you’ll use it through your entire college career, if not beyond. We use them; we can’t remember all this stuff! Come to the Writing Center at YVCC. We have style guides, handouts, and helpful staff. Located in G-125 (Glenn-Anthon). Make an appointment for an individual, 30-minute consultation. Purdue Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
  42. Disclaimer Individual results may vary.* You may discover discrepancies between style guides, on-line MLA resources, suggestions from Writing Center consultants, and instructions about using MLA from your instructor. When in doubt, always check with your instructor. * This is not, in fact, fine print. It’s just supposed to look like fine print, you know, as a joke– mocking fine print. I mean, yeah, sure, the font is very tiny, so in one sense I suppose it is fine print, but you certainly can’t say that it is “fine print” in the pejorative sense of that term. Writing Center - Yakima Valley Community College
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