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What is MLA Style?
Modern Language Association (MLA) Style establishes standards of written communication concerning:
· formatting and page layout
· stylistic technicalities (e.g. abbreviations, footnotes, quotations)
· citing sources
The basics of MLA Citation include in-text parenthetical citation, and a work cited section. MLA does not use footnoting for citation.
What to Cite
Through the progression of ATL skills related to research, students at Global Jaya will develop an understanding that they must not only acknowledge “words”, they must also acknowledge:
· ideas,
· images,
· data,
· digital property
· Interviews
· Lectures
· “work products” such as choreography.
How to Cite
This section will show how to create citations that will appear in the work cited section of research, and in-text parenthetical citations that appear in the body.
MLA uses in-text citation and work cited sections. It does not use footnote citations or bibliography for citation.
For more information on Citation and In Text Citation see the OWL. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/ . To generate citations use Easybib http://www.easybib.com/
Tools to Use
Easy bib; teachers teach students to use Easy bib or other digital tools to generate citation and work cited. http://www.easybib.com/ Easy bib can be set to MLA8 to generate citations, and a correct MLA work cited section. Easy bib also generates the parenthetical in text citation that students will place in the body of the work.
Turnitin.com: Teachers teach students to use Turnitin.com to check their own work, self-assess and peer assess work. Turnitin is linked to Managebac on the task tab. It can be clicked on when a teacher creates a task.
Purdue OWL: Samples of MLA papers and explanations of MLA can be found at Purdue University On Line Writing Lab OWL at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/
The Library resource center is a source teachers can use to help them teach students these skills.
How to Cite a Web Source
This is what an MLA citation from the work cited section looks like for a web source. The title appears first in “parentheses”. It includes the URL.
"Approaches to Teaching and Learning in the Diploma Programme." OCC. International
Baccalaureate Organization, 2016. Web.
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The In-Text, Parenthetical citation for this web page will look like this:
(“Approaches”)
The IB wants all web sources cited to include the URL, and the new MLA Standard, MLA 8 2016 requires it. When generating citation with easybib, students must be reminded to click the “MLA8”. Enter the information for the source. If it is a web source, cut and paste the URL into easybib, and follow the prompts. A citation will be generated.
WARNING: Including ONLY the URL in work is not a citation. The following is not a citation.
How to make and In Text Citation for a web source
Include the first word from the citation generated on easybib. In this citation the word is in “parentheses” because it is the title of the web page. A page number does not need to be included. In this case, it looks like:
(“Architects”).
Some web pages like CIA World FactBook have many “Articles” within the web page. Here is how you cite a web page like this.
If you are looking up Indonesia on CIA world fact book, CIA World Fact Book is the “web page”.
Indonesia is the “Article” of the web page World Fact Book.
The in text citation is ("The World Factbook: INDONESIA")
If more than one Article is used from the same web page such as Indonesia and Canada, the in text citation would be (The World fact book: Indonesia) and (The World Fact Book: Canada)
The Work Cited Section is alphabetical, based on the title of the articles within the web page, Canada and Indonesia. It will look like this:
Works Cited
“The World Factbook: CANADA.” Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, 19 Oct. 2016,
“The World Factbook: INDONESIA.” Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, 19 Oct. 2016,
How to Create In Text Citation to identify a book
For books, the author's last name and the page number is put in brackets. For example:
(Wordsworth 263).
This can be done two ways. The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses (OWL).
Below are some examples taken from OWL (Purdue).
The authors name appears in the sentence itself
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
OR the authors name appears following the quotation or paraphrase
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
OR the authors name appears following the quotation or paraphrase
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
Note that the period goes after the parenthetical citation, the page number is included in either style for books.
How to Cite an Interview
Often students need to carry out an interview, especially for personal project or extended essay. This is an example of an in person interview Patrick Sweeney carried out with Andy Dougharty about the Academic Honesty Policy on May 27, 2016. The option for interview is available on Easybib.com under “All 59 options”.
"Academic Honesty Policy." Personal interview. 27 May 2016.
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How To Create and In Text Citation for an Interview
Use the first word of the citation. (“Academic”).
How to cite Images and Data
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The rules for citing images and data are:
1. Don't forget to write down Fig. 1. , Fig 2., etc...
2. After the Fig... then write down the reference (Use EasyBib and just copy paste the results)
3. You don't need to write down (AGAIN) the works cited for your picture. Because you already put it as a caption.
4. If you want to write down In-text-Citation to refer to your picture, you should write it down like this: -----> ................your sentence...................... ( see fig. 1).
Direct Quotes and Paraphrasing
Information from a source can be presented as either a direct quote or a paraphrase. Either way it should be cited at the end.
A direct quote is in quotes, word for work. A Paraphrase is written in the students own words.
See below for examples of each.
Here is a source of information a student may want to reference. This is a web source Titled Academic honesty in the IB. IB Position Paper. By J Carol, From July 2012
Some attempts to gain unfair advantages involve deliberate breaches of the rules. Learners who take devices into examinations, gain unauthorized access to assessment questions, or who hire an impersonator are clearly being dishonest. Because of developments in communication technology, smaller devices can be smuggled in to examination rooms, impersonators are easier to recruit, and hacked questions are more easily available. However, deliberate breaches form a relatively small proportion of dishonesty cases whereas up to 80% in most years involve misuse of others’ work through plagiarism or collusion. In these cases, determining whether a learner has acted dishonestly is much more problematic and the role of technology and networked communications in encouraging misuse is also more complex.
Below is an example of referencing it with a direct quote, then paraphrased.
(Paraphrase means it was re-written in the students own words, but the source of the idea still needs to be referenced)
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Direct Quote
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“Deliberate breaches form a relatively small proportion of dishonesty cases whereas up to 80% in most years involve misuse of others’ work through plagiarism or collusion” (Carroll 2).
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Paraphrased
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While some students still try to bring unauthorized materials into examination rooms with a clear intention to cheat, the vast majority of breaches (80%) relate to plagiarism and collusion; establishing responsibility and intent in such cases is not always easy (Carroll 2).
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Work Cited Section
MLA Requires that all work have a “Work Cited Section”. A work cited section includes all work that was cited in the body. No additional work is cited.
The work cited section is different from a bibliography. A bibliography includes all work that was looked at during research. MLA allows Bibliographies in addition to work cited, but work cited is required.
To generate a work cited section, enter all the sources into easybib. Then select “Share”. A correct work cited section will be generated. It is alphabetical, on its own page, double spaced. See the work cited section at the end of this document for an example.
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