MLA General Formatting. Works Cited Entries

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1 Name: Date: Period: Ms. Lopez MLA General Formatting Margins: Line Spacing: Font Size & Style: 1" all around double throughout. no extra lines skipped in between heading and title and text or between works cited entries 12 pt Times New Roman Heading: each part on a separate line - your name, my name (Ms. L. Lopez), the course name (English 9 Honors), and the due date () Title: Running Head: centered, not underlined or bolded, no quotes, major words capitalized your last name and the page number in the upper right hand corner of the page placed ½" from the top of the page and flush with the right margin Works Cited Page: last page, continue the running head, title the page Works Cited - centered, no bold, underline or quotes alphabetize list, indent each subsequent line in an entry ½" (all lines after the first) Book: Works Cited Entries Last, First. Title. Place of Publication: Simplified Publisher s Name, most recent copyright date. Medium. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York: Mentor, Print. Film: An entry for a film usually begins with the title, italicized, and includes the director, the distributor, the year of release, and the medium consulted. You may include other data that seem pertinent such as the names of the screenwriter, performers, and producer between the title and the distributor. For films dubbed or subtitled in English, you may give the English title and follow it with the original title, italicized, in square brackets. Title. Dir. Name(s). Perf. Names. Distributor, year of release. Medium.

2 Film. Cite a DVD (digital videodisc), videocassette, laser disc, slide program, or filmstrip as you would a film. Include the release date of the medium you used and the original release date when it is relevant. It s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart and Donna Reed Republic, DVD. For television broadcasts of films, after the original film information, include the name of the network (if any), call letters and city of the local station (if any), broadcast date, medium of reception (e.g., Radio, Television) TBS Network. 2 Feb Television. For films or film clips on the web, after the original film information, include title of the database or website used, the medium of publication consulted (Web), and the date of access. Netflix. Web. 11 Mar Website: (Since your paper requires you to find a copy of the Pygmalion myth, you will first have to provide the author s name of the original work [Ovid] and the title of the original work [Metamorphoses], and the names or names of the translators [preceded by the word Trans.].) Include the title of the page (if any), the sponsoring organization, the last modified date (if any), the publication medium (Web), and the date you accessed the page (written in day month year format). You only need to include the URL inside angle brackets only if the instructor requires it. For this paper, I require the URL. NOTE: In Word, when you type the URL, it will turn into a blue hyperlink. Right after this occurs, press "Ctrl" and "Z" at the same time to undo it. (You can also find the undo function under the Edit menu. Clicking backward arrow icon on the standard toolbar can also access it.) Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Arnold Baskin. The Internet Classics Collection. Ed. Steven C. Martin. Tufts U, 7 July Web. 2 Apr < metam.html>.

3 Parenthetical Citations When you use a quotation or paraphrase, you must cite (say) from where it comes. MLA formatting briefly cites the source right after the quotation, or as close as possible without sacrificing readability, in parenthesis. This is also known as parenthetical documentation as well as an in-text citation. After a direct quote or paraphrase, include whatever is the first word of the works cited entry and the page number in parenthesis. Try to place the parenthetical citation immediately after the quote unless it affects readability. The period for the sentence goes after the parenthesis. Sometimes, the quotation uses a question mark or an exclamation point. If so, include it inside the quotation marks and place a period after the parenthesis. If your source does not have page numbers (website, film), then there are simply none to include in the parenthetical citation. If you include the required parenthetical information in your writing, there is no need to include a parenthetical citation. You can cite multiple pages within one set of parenthesis by separating each one with a semicolon. Also, when two parenthetical citations in a row come from the same source, you do not need to name the source a second time, only the relevant page number. Samples: Author and page number in parenthesis: Higgins shows his love for Eliza when he admits, I ve grown accustomed to her face (Lerner 190). Author in the text with page number in parenthesis: Shaw uses Doolittle to underscore the theme of the hypocrisy of the Victorian concept of "the undeserving poor" (23). Source with no page numbers documented in parenthesis: The character's name, Hart, creates a pun that reflects her enthusiasm for and dedication to her job (Miss). Source with no page numbers documented in text: Similarly, in the film Pretty Woman, Barney Thompson, the hotel concierge, displays polite manners and calls Vivian a lady and addresses her as Miss Vivian. Where the citation is delayed to maintain readability of the quote: Higgins assures Pickering that Eliza has no "feelings that we need bother about" while teaching her to be a lady (Shaw 35). Multiple citations in a single parenthetical citation: Higgins incessantly makes disparaging remarks about Eliza, calling her "an incarnate insult to the English language," and "a squashed cabbage leaf" in both works (Shaw 12; Lerner 135).

4 Two subsequent citations from the same source: Higgins incessantly makes disparaging remarks about Eliza, calling her "an incarnate insult to the English language," and "a squashed cabbage leaf" (Shaw 12). Mrs. Higgins recognizes his objectification of Eliza and compares Higgins search for Eliza to a search for a "lost umbrella" (98). A quotation using an exclamation point or question mark: Higgins asks, Where the devil are my slippers? (Lerner 191). Quotations, Manipulation, and Notation Use quotations to support your ideas and add strength to your arguments. Your quotations should be short sentences or simply key phrases from the text. Do not use any long quotes in this assignment. You must copy the quotation exactly as it appears in its original form, following all capitalization and punctuation. Sometimes, the quote needs to be altered from its original wording. In this class, you can alter a quote in many ways as long as you follow the MLA rules of notation. Quoting Poetry When quoting more than one line of poetry, separate the lines with a slash that has a space on each side, and remember to copy the punctuation and capitalization exactly as it appears in the original. Inside Quotes ' ' If part of your quote includes quotation marks, change the original set to single quotation marks. Original: Quotation: Freddy calls out, "Wait, Eliza!" "Freddy calls out, 'Wait, Eliza!'" MLA Practice Be a peer editor, and correct the parenthetical citation, quotation, and punctuation mistakes in the following examples. A Shaw illustrates the gender conflict through Higgins treatment of Eliza as if she were a lost umbrella. (Shaw 88).

5 Doolittle complains: If there s anything going, and I put in for a bit of it, it s always the same story: Youre undeserving; so you cant have it. (35). In My Fair Lady, when Higgins discovers Eliza has gone, he exclaims, Damn!! Damn!! Damn (Lerner, Alan Jay 191)!! The irony of Eliza s situation is absent from the film; Gracie s boss tells her she can return to her job (Miss Congeniality) while Eliza laments, wishing to go back to my flower basket (Pygmalion) in Coventry Garden. Ovid s Metamorphoses characterizes Pygmalion as a lovelorn man caring for statue who was afraid / His hands had made a dint { } on her marble skin. Although Lerner changes the character s name to Zolton Karpathy, his characterization is the same: That blackguard who uses the science of speech / More to blackmail than teach[ ] (My)! B C D E F G In the musical My Fair Lady, middle class morality forces Doolittle to get to the church on time. (Lady). H Pygmalion Abhorr'd all womankind, but most a wife: so single chose to live while Higgins admits: I ve grown accustomed to her face (My Fair Lady)