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MLA Manuscript Format. From A Writer’s Reference by Diana Hacker http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/manuscript.html. Overview. Page Set-up Titles Spacing and Indentation Quotations Pagination Punctuation Other Common Problems. Purpose. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MLA Manuscript Format
From A Writer’s Reference by Diana Hacker
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/manuscript.html
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OverviewPage Set-up
TitlesSpacing and Indentation
QuotationsPagination
PunctuationOther Common Problems
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PurposeThese are the most common
errors students make when formatting their papers
Learning to follow one style guide makes it easier to adhere to others in various disciplines
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Materials Use only white paper Use only black ink Use a paper clip to fasten pages
(unless the instructor specifies a staple)
Do not use a binder or folder unless specified by instructor
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Headings No title page
necessary Set 1” to 1 ½”
margins at top and on sides
Use “File” pull-down menu and select “Page Setup”
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First PageAt left margin, list
on separate lines: Your name Instructor’s name Course name and
number Date
Double Space the entire paper!
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Titles Compose a title that is descriptive of
the main idea in your paper Capitalize first word, last word, and
all other words besides articles, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions (see S3-c)
Don’t underline, “quote”, italicize or bold your own title
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Double Spacing
Click “Format” then “Paragraph” to find dialog box
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Spacing Dialog Box will
appearSelect Double Space(Set indentation and tabs here also)
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Indentation Indent each
paragraph with one tab (five spaces)Do not add an extra “return” between paragraphs
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Long Quotations (more than four typed prose lines or three lines of
poetry) Indent two tabs (ten spaces) Do not use quotation marks Double space just like the rest of
the paper Place citation outside of
punctuation (see P6-b)
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Pagination Use the “header”
function to place your last name and page number on each page
Click “view” and “header and footer”
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Pagination
Type in your last name, space, then click on the # symbol
Do not use p., pg., #, or any other symbol with your page numbers
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Pagination
Link to Microsoft Word
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Punctuation: ellipses
Leave a space between periods for an ellipsis mark
The typing should look like this . . . and not this…so your reader can see the ellipsis clearly
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Punctuation: Dashes To type a dash, type two
hyphens without a space before or after:
Typing like this: . . . any work of literature--most specifically a novel--can be adapted into film . . .
Should turn out like this: . . . any work of literature—most specifically a novel—can be adapted into film . . .
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Caution:Using only one hyphen
connects, rather than separates the words:
. . . any work of literature-most specifically a novel-can be adapted into film . . .
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Typing an Internet Address
Remove the hyperlink if it is set automatically.
Right-click the hyperlink you want to remove, and then click “Remove Hyperlink.”
Add a space where you want to begin a new line, and the margins will remain consistent.
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Subject HeadingsCheck with your instructor
before using internal headings in your paper
Make sure the text of your paper includes smooth transitions in addition to the headings
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Visuals:(graphs, charts, maps, pictures)
Label each visual (Table 1, Figure 4) If you cannot drop the visual into the
text, create an appendix and refer to it in the text
Visuals should always be referred to in the text and should not be expected to stand alone.
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Sample Paper You can view a sample MLA formatted paper at the Diana Hacker website:
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/pdf/dalypaper.pdf
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Acknowledgements MLA Format Rules: Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. New
York: Bedford/St.Martins, 2003. http://www.dianahacker.com/ writersref/
For header function image: http://www.utexas.edu/ its/training/handouts/word/
Good hypertextual site for many writing issues—especially good for citing sources: http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/ StartHere.html
Good Microsoft Word Tutorial and place where I copied images for tool bars: http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson1.htm#title
Other images from a good interactive Word tutorial site: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/msword_toolbar.htm
Page Setup Image & header and footer image: http://graduate.gradsch.uga.edu/help/numbering.htm
Powerpoint Templates: http://www.brainybetty.com/ educators1.htm
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Acknowledgements First Page Image: http://home.earthlink.net/
~jlsterk/format.html Formatting Paragraphs Image (single space):
http://www.qcc. mass.edu/booth/wordprocess.html Formatting Paragraphs Image (double space):
http://ponce. inter.edu/acad/cdi/TutorialWord.html Header/footer images, paragraph pulldown:
http://www.word-medex.com.au/formatting/pagemsw60_mac.htm
Indenting image: http://www.oit.umass.edu/hds/docs/ thesis/word2000/about-template.html
Sample paper layout: http://www2.gasou.edu/facstaff/ jwalker/tutorials/mlaword.html