Using MLA Format


	Rationale: Welcome to “Cross-referencing: Using MLA Format.” This presentation is designed to introduce your students to the purposes of documentation, as well as methods for effectively using parenthetical citations and a Works Cited page. The twenty-two slides presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an interactive presentation of strategies for using MLA style. This presentation is ideal for the beginning of a research unit in a humanities course or any assignment that requires MLA documentation.
	This presentation may be supplemented with OWL handouts, including “Using MLA Format.” (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html), “Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words” (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html), “Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing” (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html), and “Avoiding Plagiarism” (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html).

	Directions: Each slide is activated by a single mouse click, unless otherwise noted in bold at the bottom of each notes page.

	Writer and Designer: Jennifer Liethen Kunka
	Contributors: Muriel Harris, Karen Bishop, Bryan Kopp, Matthew Mooney, David Neyhart, and Andrew Kunka
	Developed with resources courtesy of the Purdue University Writing Lab
	Grant funding courtesy of the Multimedia Instructional Development Center at Purdue University
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