MLA Documentation Style Analysis

In-text citations should note the author(s) and the publication date for a paraphrase. For a direct quotation, citations should include author(s), date, and page number. See the following examples:

• The page number or page range is omitted if the entire work is cited. The author 's surname is omitted if it appears in the text. Thus we may say: "Jones (2001) revolutionized the field of trauma surgery."

Kate Turabian's citation style (see her book, A Manual for Writers) is made up of in- text numbers which correspond to a number at the bottom of the page (footnotes). The required bibliographic information about the work you are quoting and/or taking ideas from is written next to the footnote number at the bottom of the page. Then, at the very end of the paper, the bibliography page summarizes all of the bibliographic information used throughout the entire paper. Turabian is the standard citation style for religion and history courses at most American colleges, including LUO.

in the manner specified by the author, namely by citing his name, the book title, and the relevant page numbers

The APA style calls for three kinds of information to be included in in-text citations. The author's last name and the work's date of publication must always appear. The page number is only in a citation to a direct quotation.

Thank you for your response, pardon me as I was sick with the flu for the past two days. I'm sure we all have different views, but, I think it all comes down to your choice of words and how you express yourself. I personally, respond to the tone of speech, meaning the words you choose can set a mood. In regards to your question, " How do you work through the process of taking what is in your brain and putting it all down on paper? I'm accustomed to free-writing journals, simply to "free my mind" and I read the Bible to help me find the answer for all of life's questions. I'm discovering that "The Bedford Book" concentrates more on "MLA Formatting", in which the "works cited" may not be in the same order or in a place like the APA style.

Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page. You are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Deductions will be taken when direct quotes are used and found to be unnecessary;

When you include a direct quotation or paraphrase referring to a specific passage in your paper, always include the author and year, as well as the page number, as part of the citation. APA requires the author, year, and page number for direct quotations and recommends providing the same information for paraphrases.

MLA in-text citation needs the author and a page number or a shortened title if there is not one.

NOTE: THE QUOTE SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED. IF NOT, THEN IT’S SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE AND IT’S THE FIRST QUOTE. ALSO, I CITED SOME OTHER QUOTES FROM DIFFERENT ARTICLES, BUT IT’S AFTER THE FIRST ONE.

The writing in Bold refers to the Works Cited page where the info came from

After reading the feedback from my instructor, I realized that my in-text citations need more than just a tweak here or there. When I introduced my topic about Harambe’s death and described the incident, I did not know what the writing handbook instructed to do with online sources, therefore, resulting in an incorrect citation. The writing book claimed that when an online source has an author, MLA prefers that you introduce the author into the sentence. I had cited the source by putting the author’s name in parenthesis at the end of the material derived from that website. As I was proofreading for my final draft, I made a conscious effort to introduce the author’s name preceding to the information from that source. Instead of citing the author’s name at the end of the sentence I introduced the author’s name accordingly as the writing book demonstrated (“My World’s Fire”

The dark, army green color means that there is either a, “Quotation (missing lead-in, block quote etc.) or in-text citation error.” The words “I” and “But” are highlighted in the dark green color because these are the first words of two quotes and both quotes are missing lead-ins; the quotes simply start

You may use direct quotes – but you need to reference these correctly including with page numbers, which i have done...

The Modern Language Association (MLA) provides guidelines for documentation style. This template is based on commonly used guidelines from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th edition) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd edition). For more information about MLA style and publications, go to the MLA website at: www.mla.org.