MLA

 Directions: Answer the following questions and prompts. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE FROM THE SUGGESTED WEBSITES. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU DO NOT PUT THE INFORMATION INTO YOUR OWN WORDS. // Note : //  All of the following questions/notes should be recorded in Google Docs and shared with your teacher (acox@bedford.k12.oh.us). Copy and paste everything on this page into the Google Doc, then answer the questions/take the notes. 
 * Create Your Own MLA Style Guide **

**Part 1: MLA Overview**   
 * What is the MLA? ( @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Language_Association )
 * What is MLA style? ( @http://www.mla.org/style )
 * In what classes would you use MLA style? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * Part 2: MLA Basics**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What font does MLA recommend? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do you need only one space after end punctuation? Computer fonts have improved readability; therefore, two spaces after end punctuation are no longer necessary.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What does MLA recommend for indenting? How will you do this in Google Docs? ;Space five (5) times ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, Miss Cox)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What should go in the "header" on your documents? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">) How will you adjust this for Google Docs? //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Including page numbers in GDocs is weird... To do the header, click Insert > Header, and put your last name on the right, like always. Now, put 2-3 spaces after your name. Next, click File > Print settings, then Include page numbers > Top right. (The page numbers won't appear while you're looking at/working on your essay.) To make sure you did it right, click File > Print preview. //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Underline or Italicize? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recreate the heading of the first page of an MLA style essay ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * Part 3: In-Text Citations/Parenthetical Citations**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is an in-text parenthetical citation? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/within/mla.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summarize the OWL's general guidelines for in-text citations: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To what does the citation refer? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a citation for the following information:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Author: Alison Cox; Title: Avoiding Senioritis; Publisher: Bearcat Press; City: Cleveland; Year: 2010; Page: 23)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make up your own example of a citation. (just the citation)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When is a citation not needed? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When is a citation needed? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * Part 4: Works Cited Page**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Where does the Works Cited page go in your paper? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What happens if your Works Cited entry goes beyond one line? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What do you do to titles of longer works (books, magazines, DVDs, TV shows, titles of websites) ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How should author names be listed? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">) Choose one: John Smith. or Smith, John.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What information goes into a Works Cited entry for a book? (Make a list) ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What information goes into a Works Cited entry for an article within a book? (Make a list) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What information goes into a Works Cited entry for a magazine? (Make a list) ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/07/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What information goes into a Works Cited entry for a newspaper? (Make a list) ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/07/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What information has CHANGED in citing a website with the 2009 edition of the MLA style guide? ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What information goes into a Works Cited entry for a website? (Make a list) ( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/0**8/** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)