{"id":1633,"date":"2020-11-10T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1633"},"modified":"2021-11-17T18:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:20:46","slug":"english-mla-style","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1633","title":{"rendered":"Literature &#8211; MLA Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-columns ab-layout-service-2 ab-layout-columns-1 one-column has-white-background-color ab-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-right:5%;padding-left:5%\"><div class=\"ab-layout-column-wrap ab-block-layout-column-gap-2 ab-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5%\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-container ab-block-container\"><div class=\"ab-container-inside\"><div class=\"ab-container-content\" style=\"max-width:700px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-columns ab-layout-columns-4 ab-4-col-equal\" style=\"margin-bottom:3%\"><div class=\"ab-layout-column-wrap ab-block-layout-column-gap-2 ab-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1623(opens in a new tab)\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1623(opens in a new tab)\">Overview<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1629\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1629\">SUPPORTING AN ARGUMENT<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1635(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\">SAMPLE PAPERS<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1625\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1625\">general guide<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1631\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1631\">LITERARY ANALYSIS<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1637\">PROFESSOR TIPS<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1639\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1639\">BASIC TERMS TO KNOW<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1856(opens in a new tab)\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1856(opens in a new tab)\">Revising<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1627\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/tutortips\/?page_id=1627\">CONSTRUCTING AN ARGUMENT<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLA STYLE<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color:#ddd\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-spacer ab-block-spacer ab-divider-solid ab-divider-size-1\"><hr style=\"height:30px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLA Paper Formatting and In-text Citation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This sheet summarizes Modern Language Association (MLA) style for paper formatting and in-text citation, as published in the seventh edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. MLA is only one of a number of popular styles for formatting, which are generally used according to discipline, but you should always use the methods and variations preferred by your professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more complete style information, refer to seventh edition of the MLA Handbook or visit the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">OWL at Purdue (new tab)<\/a> and refer to the MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paper Formatting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>An MLA-formatted paper should be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Typed and printed on 8.5\u201dx11\u201d white paper.<\/li><li>Double-spaced between lines (including the first page heading), with a single space between sentences<\/li><li>In a standard 12 pt. font (e.g. Times New Roman, Helvetica, Arial)<\/li><li>Set to 1\u201d margins<\/li><li>Indented \u00bd\u201d at the beginning of each paragraph<\/li><li>Labeled with a header that includes the page number<\/li><li>Include in-text parenthetical citation with a Works Cited page at the end of your paper.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting your paper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the first page, type your full name, instructor\u2019s name, course, and the date in the upper left corner (you should&nbsp;<strong>NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;create a separate title page) unless your professor specifies otherwise.<\/li><li>Double-space after your heading and type your title (centered) using Title Case (do not add any underlining, quotes, or italics except to denote the title of another work, as you would in your text).<\/li><li>Your paper should have a header on every page that includes your last name, followed by a space and the page number, set even with the right margin, \u00bd\u201d from the top of the paper.<\/li><li>Double space again before beginning your first paragraph.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-text Citation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>MLA requires the use of parenthetical citation to indicate the use of ideas or direct quotes from others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Insert a parenthetical citation that includes the author\u2019s last name and the page number at the end of the relevant sentence (or clause), inside the end punctuation. However, if the author\u2019s name appears in the sentence (e.g. Daniels argues that\u2026), you only need to cite the page number at the end of the sentence.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author(s)<\/strong>&nbsp;It may be true that \u201cin the appreciation of medieval art the attitude of the observer is of primary importance. . .\u201d (Robertson 136)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author(s) and source when using multiple sources by same author<\/strong><br>Shakespeare\u2019s King Lear has been called a \u201ccomedy of the grotesque\u201d (Frye, Anatomy 237).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source alphabetized by title in the Works Cited (e.g. the author is unknown)<\/strong><br>\u2026for \u201cevery moment we have lived through we have also died out of into another order\u201d (Double Vision 85).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLA Works Cited<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This sheet summarizes Modern Language Association (MLA) style for Works Cited citations, as published in the seventh edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. MLA is only one of a number of popular styles for formatting, which are generally used according to discipline, but you should always use the methods and variations preferred by your professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Works Cited Formatting<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In-text citations in MLA documents refer to full source citations in Works Cited, an alphabetical list of sources that appears on a separate page at the end of a paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All sources should be alphabetized by author last name. If the author is not known, alphabetize by title (not including the words \u201ca,\u201d \u201can,\u201d or \u201cthe\u201d\u2014e.g. alphabetize The Journal of Immunology under \u201cJ\u201d).<\/li><li>Center title one inch from top, followed by a double-space, and then begin your entries.<\/li><li>Entries should also be double-spaced, with all lines after the first indented by five spaces (1\/2\u201d).<\/li><li>Within the Works Cited, each source entry should be formatted according to the type and medium of the source. The 2008 MLA update requires that each entry include the medium (print, web, etc.). In the interest of space, the examples below are not double-spaced.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Print Sources<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book with one author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Franke, Damon.&nbsp;<em>Modernist Heresies: British Literary History<\/em>, 1883-1924. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2008. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book with more than one author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams.&nbsp;<em>The Craft of Research<\/em>. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Corporate Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Research Council. Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World\u2019s Population. Washington: Natl. Acad., 2000. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Two or more works by same author:<\/strong>&nbsp;For entries after the first one, replace the name with three hyphens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borroff, Marie. Language and the Poet: Verbal Artistry in Frost, Stevens, and Moore. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1979. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013. \u201cSound Symbolism as Drama in the Poetry of Robert Frost.\u201d PMLA 107.1 (1992): 131-44. JSTOR. Web. 13 May 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anthology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spafford, Peter, comp. and ed. Interference: The Story of Czechoslovakia in the Words of its Writers. Cheltenham: New Clarion, 1992. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book with more than one edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker, Nancy L., and Nancy Huling. A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2006. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homer.&nbsp;<em>The Odyssey<\/em>. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Viking, 1996. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If the translator is the more pertinent part of the citation (i.e. you are citing the translator\u2019s comments or process), put the translators name first:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seidensticker, Edward G., trans. The Tale of Genji. By Murasaki Shikibu. New Yrok: Knopf, 1976. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJapan.\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Encyclopedia Americana<\/em>. 2004 ed. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Journal Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piper, Andrew. \u201cRethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.\u201d PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124-38. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Magazine Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If the magazine is printed monthly or less frequently, include the month and year. If it is published more frequently, include the entire date.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McEvoy, Dermot. \u201cLittle Books, Big Success.\u201d Publishers Weekly 30 Oct. 2006: 26-28. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Newspaper Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeromack, Paul. \u201cThis Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.\u201d New York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editorial<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gergen, David. \u201cA Question of Values.\u201d Editorial. US News and World Report 11 Feb. 2002: 72. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online Resources<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For online resource citations, the latest version of MLA no longer requires a URL, but \u201cweb\u201d must be added to citations, followed by the access date. However, if the URL is necessary to locate the source, do include it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citations for resources accessed on the web should include the following items as completely as possible, in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Author, compiler, director, editor, narrator, performer, and\/or translator<\/li><li>Title (if you are citing part of a larger work or site, put the subsection in quotations and the larger work in italics, as with the citations types above). If there is no title, put the genre of page (e.g. home page).<\/li><li>Version or edition<\/li><li>Publisher or sponser, or N.p. if not applicable<\/li><li>Publication date (day, month, year), or n.d. if no date<\/li><li>Medium (\u201cWeb\u201d)<\/li><li>Date of access (day, month, year)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Web\u2013only Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quade, Alex. \u201cElite Team Rescues Troops Behind Enemy Lines.\u201d&nbsp;<em>CNN.com<\/em>. Cable News Network, 19 Mar. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liu, Alan, ed. Home page. Voice of the Shuttle. Dept. of English, U of California, Santa Barbara, n.d. Web. 15 May 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVerb Tenses.\u201d Chart.&nbsp;<em>The OWL at Purdue<\/em>. Purdue U Online Writing Lab, 2001. Web. 15 May 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong, Grace. Rev. of Fortune\u2019s Faces. The Roman de la Rose and the Poetics of Contingency, by Daniel Heller-Roazen. Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature 6.1 (2007): n. pag. Web. 5 June 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Print Sources Reproduced on the Web<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a source accessed on the web was originally published in print form (e.g. journal articles or texts scanned into a database), include the publishing information as in print entries, but also include \u201cweb\u201d and the access date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bown, Jennifer M. \u201cGoing Solo: The Experience of Learning Russian in a Non-traditional Environment.\u201d Diss. Ohio State U, 2004. OhioLINKI. Web. 15 May 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Child, L. Maria, ed.&nbsp;<em>The Freedmen\u2019s Book<\/em>. Boston, 1866.&nbsp;<em>Google Book Search<\/em>. Web. 15 May 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Arthur Golding. London, 1567. The Perseus Digital Library. Ed. Gregory Crane. Tufts U. Web. 12 Mar. 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citation examples in this page taken from:<\/strong><br>Modern Language Association of America.&nbsp;<em>MLA Handbook for Writer of Research Papers<\/em>. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLA Paper Formatting and In-text Citation This sheet summarizes Modern Language Association (MLA) style for paper formatting and in-text citation, as published in the seventh edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 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