Mla format

1. MLA Format Review

2. “Use MLA format”
means…
Three different things…
1. Format:
a. 1 inch margins: top, bottom & sides (NOT the 1.25”
that Microsoft Word defaults to…CHANGE IT!)
b. 12 pt. Times Roman – Double Spaced
c. Stacked MLA Heading:
Your Name
Global Studies 9 or 10
Mr. Kohrt
7 November 2014
d. Title – centered on page (NO BOLD & NO Underline
e. Your last name & page # - upper right of page
½”from top

3. “Use MLA format”
means…
2. Use Parenthetical Notation (aka “citation”)
when citing in the text…
a. Author’s Last Name & Page # of the info
being cited
ex. (Kohrt 52))
* If no author, then use the first 2-3 distinct
words of the title & the page # being cited
ex. (The Sorcerer’s… 67) * Book titles in
Italics
ex. (“Rwandan Genocide” 83) *Article
titles in Quotes

4. You MUST cite
immediately AFTER …
1. Direct Quotations: be sure to include quotation“xxxx” marks
ex. “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” (Shakespeare 83). *if quoting the
original, if not, then… (As Qtd. in Jones 83)
AFTER…
2. Statistical Information:
ex. 4 out of 5 dentists surveyed chose CREST (Johnson 15).
ex. In 1979, 52% of all high school students surveyed said they smoked pot at least
20 times per day (Up In Smoke 73).
AFTER…
3. Specific non-common dates or other non-common factual info:
ex. Mr. Chaput was born on July 15th, 1769 at 5:52 a.m. (Konar 19).
ex. The average human brain weighs 6 pounds 5 ounces (McGuire 3).

5. You MUST cite after…
4. Paraphrased Information: cite after you are
finished with a paraphrase of a topic within a
paragraph, BEFORE you move on to another sub-
topic or discussion idea.
5. After a passage, sentence or paragraph that
contains ideas or analysis not your own.
ex. According to many graduating Sutherland
Seniors, Mr. Kohrt was their favorite teacher
because he was tough but fair (Knightline A3).

6. DO NOT Cite…
-- After EVERY SENTENCE!
-- After COMMON KNOWLEDGE or common
dates!
-- in the MIDDLE of a sentence!
-- ONLY at the END of every Paragraph!
* You cite to show where info not your own
came from & to give credit or info
you are “borrowing”.

7. “Use MLA format”
means…
3. Include a Works Cited Page:
(an alphabetical list of the sources that you used & cited in the
text of your paper)
The Works Cited Page…
-- last page of your paper – on a separate page
-- Title = Works Cited (centered on the page, 1” from top NO
BOLD, NO UNDERLINE, etc.
Entries are in Alphabetical Order
12 pt. type, double spaced, 2nd, 3rd lines of entries are indented 4
spaces
Be sure that EVERY source listed on your WC has a matching
Parenthetical citation in your text!

8. Source Citations
Use MLA 8 – Source Citation Sheet – found in
the SHS Library or on the WHAP Website

9. NOTE!
Failure to properly cite your work or include a
proper Works Cited page = PLAGIARISM
Plagiarized papers may receive a ZERO – as per
school policy regarding Academic Honesty
If you are unsure… then CITE! and ask for a
writing conference BEFORE your paper is due!

10. Writing A Paper /
Essay
Claim – Evidence - Interpretation

11. paragraphs
should include:
Claims,
Evidence &
Interpretation /
Discussion
If they don’t, then you are not writing
properly.
Properly crafting your body paragraphs
will also keep you from having to cite
every sentence

12. CLAIMS
Are BIG ideas which you will be supporting with
SPECIFIC evidence late in the paragraph

13. EVIDENCE =
Documented information, facts, statistics, eye witness
accounts, “expert testimony” (quotes)
Which is given in support of your claims
EVIDENCE should always be CITED

14. INTERPRETATION
(discussion) =
An explanation or analysis of the evidence and its
relationship to your larger claim –
-- it gives clearer insight
-- can include an analysis of bias or point of view

15. Essentially, the format for
all body paragraphs should
resemble the following
Topic Sentence (you) Set-up (you)  Claim (you)
 EVIDENCE (cite)  Interpretation / Discussion
(you)  EVIDENCE (cite)  Interpretation /
Discussion (you)  Claim (you)  Evidence (cite)…
…etc.
Closing Sentence (you)