MLA

1. MLA Formatting For Manly Men

2. Why MLA? Little Sally Story

3. Basic MLA Reminders • 12 Point Times New Roman Font • Black Ink • Double Spaced • 1 inch margins (this may not be default) • Header at top right of every page • MLA Heading • Papers have a creative title – not bold, not underlined, just centered on first page with no extra space.

5. In This Course: • A primary goal is effective paragraph construction • The high school expects me to show you how to incorporate primary source material in your writing • MLA must be emphasized

6. Quotations • When providing a quote, you must TAG it. I call untagged quotes “orphaned” quotes. Here is an untagged/orphaned quote: Patrick Henry vivaciously advocated for revolution. “Give me liberty or give me death.” He was willing to risk his life to end colonial enslavement. • Here is the same quote, tagged. Patrick Henry vivaciously advocated for revolution. In front of the Virginia Convention, he declared,“Give me liberty or give me death.” He was willing to risk his life to end colonial enslavement.

7. 3 Ways To Tag “Give me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry proclaimed to the Virginia Convention. OR Patrick Henry proclaimed to the Virginia Convention, “Give me liberty or give me death.” OR “Give me liberty,” proclaimed Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention, “or give me death.”

8. Parenthetical Citations • When providing a direct quote or when paraphrasing someone else’s ideas, you must provide a parenthetical citation either way. • A parenthetical citation lets the reader know where you got your information. • It helps them find the relevant information on the works cited page.

9. Now time to add the parenthetical citations

10. How to Tag with Citations “Give me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry proclaimed to the Virginia Convention (Henry 167). OR Patrick Henry proclaimed to the Virginia Convention, “Give me liberty or give me death” (Henry 167). OR “Give me liberty,” proclaimed Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention, “or give me death” (Henry 167).

11. Some Practice Look at the following tagged quotes. What is wrong with each one?

12. Here They Are, Incorrect After confessing what he knew in the courthouse, Mark Twain describes Tom’s newfound terror as he writes “Tom’s days were days of splendor and exultation to him, but his nights were seasons of horror” (Mark Twain 141). Aunt Sally finally comes to forgive Tom and remarks, “I could forgive the boy now, if he’d committed a million sins.” (Mark Twain 118) Despite ignoring and insulting Tom, his death saddens Becky Thatcher and she laments, “now I haven’t got anything now to remember him by” (Mark Twain 105).

13. Here They Are, Correct After confessing what he knew in the courthouse, Mark Twain describes Tom’s newfound terror as he writes, “Tom’s days were days of splendor and exultation to him, but his nights were seasons of horror” (Twain 141). Aunt Sally finally comes to forgive Tom and remarks, “I could forgive the boy now, if he’d committed a million sins” (Twain 118). Despite ignoring and insulting Tom, his death saddens Becky Thatcher and she laments, “Now I haven’t got anything now to remember him by” (Twain 105).

14. Here Are More, Incorrect “I could forgive the boy now if he’d committed a million sins,” (Twain 118) Aunt Polly concedes after discovering Tom’s honesty. “Now I haven’t got anything now to remember him by” Becky laments after learning of Tom’s demise. (Twain 118)

15. Here Are More, Correct “I could forgive the boy now if he’d committed a million sins,” Aunt Polly concedes after discovering Tom’s honesty (Twain 118). “Now I haven’t got anything now to remember him by,” Becky laments after learning of Tom’s demise (Twain 118).

16. Works Cited

17. Works Cited Page • Last page of paper • Continues pagination • Also has header in top right • Words “Works Cited” centered at top of page, no other heading. • Works listed below it alphabetically.

18. Formula For A Perfect Paragraph Topic Sentence + Relevant context + Primary Source Quote +Explanatory Inference + Conclusion Perfect Paragraph

19. Perfect Paragraph Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the literary device of dramatic irony in “The Tell Tale Heart” by presenting a protagonist who is unaware of his own insanity.

20. Perfect Paragraph Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the literary device of dramatic irony in “The Tell Tale Heart” by presenting a protagonist who is unaware of his own insanity. In the tale of terror, an unnamed narrator describes his gruesome murder of an old man and subsequent capture. Repeatedly in the tale, the narrator emphasizes his sanity and dismisses any possible accusations of madness.

21. Perfect Paragraph Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the literary device of dramatic irony in “The Tell Tale Heart” by presenting a protagonist who is unaware of his own insanity. In the tale of terror, an unnamed narrator describes his gruesome murder of an old man and subsequent capture. Repeatedly in the tale, the narrator emphasizes his sanity and dismisses any possible accusations of madness. He concedes in the tale’s first paragraph, “Why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell” (Poe 281).

22. Perfect Paragraph Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the literary device of dramatic irony in “The Tell Tale Heart” by presenting a protagonist who is unaware of his own insanity. In the tale of terror, an unnamed narrator describes his gruesome murder of an old man and subsequent capture. Repeatedly in the tale, the narrator emphasizes his sanity and dismisses any possible accusations of madness. He concedes in the tale’s first paragraph, “Why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell” (Poe 281). The protagonists’ apparent acuteness of hearing is merely a self-delusion. The protagonist becomes his own antagonist as voices in his head drive him towards grisly murder and inevitable capture, a fact of which he is apparently unaware.

23. Perfect Paragraph Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the literary device of dramatic irony in “The Tell Tale Heart” by presenting a protagonist who is unaware of his own insanity. In the tale of terror, an unnamed narrator describes his gruesome murder of an old man and subsequent capture. Repeatedly in the tale, the narrator emphasizes his sanity and dismisses any possible accusations of madness. He concedes in the tale’s first paragraph, “Why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell” (Poe 281). The protagonists’ apparent acuteness of hearing is merely a self-delusion. The protagonist becomes his own antagonist as voices in his head drive him towards grisly murder and inevitable capture, a fact of which he is apparently unaware. In the tale, Poe cautions the reader to be wary of the fact that sometimes that bump in the night may just be someone familiar battling demons unseen during the day.

24. Perfect Paragraph Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the literary device of dramatic irony in “The Tell Tale Heart” by presenting a protagonist who is unaware of his own insanity. In the tale of terror, an unnamed narrator describes his gruesome murder of an old man and subsequent capture. Repeatedly in the tale, the narrator emphasizes his sanity and dismisses any possible accusations of madness. He concedes in the tale’s first paragraph, “Why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell” (Poe 281). The protagonists’ apparent acuteness of hearing is merely a self-delusion. The protagonist becomes his own antagonist as voices in his head drive him towards grisly murder and inevitable capture, a fact of which he is apparently unaware. In the tale, Poe cautions the reader to be wary of the fact that sometimes that bump in the night may just be someone familiar battling demons unseen during the day