Learning how to Cite MLA Style

Aim: To introduce you the world of MLA (Modern Language Association)

citations for English papers
We will navigate through the Purdue Owl site together
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
We will practice citations with different samples
You will work on samples at home in preparation for your upcoming
research paper

Ms. Ostranders English Class

Endless
Resources
listed on the
left hand
side
(also
available
APA)

How to cite books

(click on the link below)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/

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How to cite newspapers, magazines,

journals
(Click on the link below)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/

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How to cite electronic sources (from

the internet)
(click on the link below)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

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Now you are

going to practice
writing a citation
for The Great
Gatsby using
the information
on the right.

Did you get...

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Scribner, 2004.

Okay now you

are going to try
and cite the
highlighted
article from the
front page of
the New York
Times (section
of the paper
A1)

Lets see how you did!

Corkery, Michael and Stacy Cowley. Banks leader exits abruptly amid scandal.
New York Times, 13 October 2016, p. A1.

Final Example
With your seatmate, pick a book or magazine
from the classroom library.
Work on creating a citation together.
Come and post your example on the
blackboard.

Homework
Come in with two of your research paper
literary criticisms cited in MLA style.
Bring in copies of all of your criticisms.
You will work in pairs to peer edit your
citations, work on fixing them, and starting
the citations on the remaining sources.