What 4 things are doublespaced and go in the heading in the upperleft of the first page of the. Mla writing style is crucially important for scholarly papers or academic papers. Mla style citation worksheet clackamas middle college. Here are rules to capitalize on the mla style title case. Modern language association mla format and documentation. On the print popup, under destination, click the change button. In the lower right corner of the activity, click the printer icon. Only capitalize the first word of main heading and subheadings. This is not the print button at the bottom of the page. These rules apply to titles in the text, in parenthetical citations, and in works cited page entries. Mla modern language association style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. For books, the title of the source may be the book itself or a chapterarticle title.
A title appears the same way no matter where in a document it appears. The beacon book of essays by contemporary american. A works cited page is a supreme tally of all the works you have specifically referenced in your paper. To cite a print book with one author citing the entire book. Alphabetize by the authors last name, book title, or website name. This resource, updated to reflect the mla handbook 8 th ed.
Mla style, following chicago, capitalizes the first letter of the first and last words of a title and the first letter of any other words in the title unless they are articles or prepositions, so in your example, we would capitalize not only flood but also all the other words in the title. Mla titles how to format and capitalize source titles. Basic formatting one of the most important skills needed to be successful in this course is knowing how to properly use mla. They follow various formats, depending on your audience. Mla citation methods quiz answer key university of illinois. Dispite the first line, indent the following lines. Create a works cited list for the following sources using mla style. In most cases the default is to use the mla style of citations.
Practice formatting works cited page summer reading assignment due tuesday, august 11, 2015 part one. Mla citation style is primarily used in the liberal arts and humanities fields. Select either print all slides or print current slide. Note that galeforce is not in websters so if we were crafting this title we would style it galeforce.
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