MLA Citation Format, Part 2: Put Your Papers & Essays in Perfect MLA Style

[gymnastmiley95]

this was SO helpful. thank you for teaching me all the stuff my teacher decided to skip over...

[kaykanysha]

I was wondering about the internal citations. I seem to can't get it right. I'm doing a rhetorical analysis on "A Modest Proposal", by the author Jonathon Swift, and I retreived the article from a web site. Since there aren't technically page numbers, but I do cite the paragraphs but my instructor said I didn't do them correctly. I'm not sure what to do..

[peakdavid]

@kaykanysha -->> when you say that you "retrieved the article," could you supply some information about the article you retrieved--author, title, date, web url. Thanks.

[charapu]

Awesome Awesome so Awesome.

[quiskin]

BOOM! Lol

[stargirlsusan]

what if you are using endnotes? does that take care of the bibliography or do you have to do it twice? plz answer

[peakdavid]

@stargirlsusan -- Star, endnotes in MLA do NOT replace in-text citations or the Works Cited page. Endnotes are ONLY supplemental explanations. Please see section 4.5 in MLA 7th edition, p. 230. Good luck and thanks for the good words!

[loyantekittay]

When citing a definition from a textbook, do we start a signal phrase with the authors name or the textbook name?

[peakdavid]

@loyantekittay -- a signal phrase is always a good idea in order to provide flow. Since it is a definition from a text, I doubt that the author's name is necessary.

[UnstableUranium]

Ok, another question. For your citation that says (Honawar 17); what if I have Two or More authors? (For example: John Stratton Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer)

[peakdavid]

@UnstableUranium - Unstable: are Hawley & Juergensmeyer coauthors of the same source, or are they authors of two different sources?

[UnstableUranium]

@peakdavid they both wrote the same book. I got the bilbiography itself done. Hawley, John Stratton, and Mark Juergensmeyer. Songs of the Saints of India. New Delhi: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.

But I'm not sure how to pin that up in the actual essay with the last name + pg #

[peakdavid]

@UnstableUranium ah, ok. that's an easy one: "and"

(Hawley, Stratton, and Juergensmeyer 17)

Four or more use et al.

[ChrisMB2010]

Great video, but what the hell is that clicking noise in the back ground!!! annoyed the crap out of me!!!

[peakdavid]

@ChrisMB2010 LOL. Sorry. It was an old Logitech headset with a loose something or other. Have since upgraded. Need to do same for this vid. Thanks for watching.

[UnstableUranium]

If I quote from an internet site, how would I cite that directly after the quote? Do I need to cite that after the quote AND in the works cited page as well?

[peakdavid]

@UnstableUranium -- all parenthetical (in-text) citations for MLA are (author page). If no author, use title of article. If no title of article, use name of web site. If no name of web site, don't use it. All sources must be cited twice: once as in-text and again on Works Cited page.

[UnstableUranium]

@peakdavid so for example if i quote you, do i do something like.

"all parenthetical (in-text) ..." (youtube)

[peakdavid]

@UnstableUranium -- It would be like this:

"And, therefore, let there be video unto you" (Taylor 62). or

Taylor wrote, "And, therefore, let there be video unto you" (62).

[UnstableUranium]

@peakdavid oh i see. thanks peakdavid

[flamingfartz]

A title page thank you :).

[peakdavid]

@flamingfartz -- If you are certain that the teacher wants the title page version of an MLA paper, then you are all set.

[flamingfartz]

I don't get it. you put all this header stuff at the beggining then say we dont need to do it if we have a title page. This didn't help me at all.

[peakdavid]

@flamingfartz -- MLA allows either set up: block info on top left, or a full title page. Check with your instructor to see which one is required in your case.

[thefru]

I'm just wondering about in-text citation for web pages that don't have an author. I am using a city's website, and there are certain page titles, i'm just wondering exactly what I need to put in the brackets to have full credit in there.

[peakdavid]

thefru--thanks for your question. When a source doesn't list an author, substitute the source title for the author's name in the in-text citation. Be sure to punctuate the title correctly with any required caps, quote marks, or italics.

[thefru]

ok thanks a lot. your videos are a great help; perfect for students

[peakdavid]

thefru: "ok thanks a lot. your videos are a great help; perfect for students:

That's great to hear. Let me know anything else you need. PD

[penelopepi]

Does this video include the changes made for the 2009 version MLA?

Thank you!

[peakdavid]

pene--yes, the video conforms with changes in the 2009 version of MLA.

[asol88]

"Use spacebar or backspace to nudge to right edge of dotted box"

This is not how formatting should look like! You'd better learn yourself how to format a doc rather than teach people such bad habits..

[peakdavid]

Thanks, aso. I think I know what the initials stand for now.

[asol88]

u should own up to your stupidity instead of trying to insult me. the methods of formatting you show are at the level of a primary school stud.

USE STYLES to FORMAT TEXT! eod

[peakdavid]

The video is for students writing academic papers in MLA style not being submitted for editing and publication. It shows students how to create a template (a "style") that is saved for their future papers.

I appreciate your feedback on my channel, but with your words and tone you put yourself into a certain category of angry, anonymous posters not to be taken seriously.

[peakdavid]

aso--It's great that you have a way of doing MLA style that works for you. Thanks for your comment on my channel.

[lowmonte1978]

thank you p^) i was over whelmed by some dumb booklet , but you showed me just fine =) i just have 2 do 5 page blah

[hunley22]

thank you, thank you, thank you! i have been out of school for years and forgot how to use mla. you made this so much easier on my first paper due friday! once again thank you!

[xmemko90]

Thank you so much for posting this

This is very very helpful

[michelinman100]

peakdavid, how do I cite an internet source within my essay. Thanks

[linkinparkisgr8tness]

this vid is a life saver helped me with my stupid russian revolution paper. thanks!

[peakdavid]

realgriff--2007 in the works! I'll do it today.

[TheRealgriff121]

Dude you are the man. Thanks for the great vid! keep them coming. One suggestion would be to do the same thing only with the 2007 version.

thanks again!

[JDBW]

You sound like Jeff Bridges, thank YOU

[DCaple0013]

does not FUCKing help

[snipersfuryND]

good job! This really helped, although I already knew all of it.

[chileno4real]

DAMN you almost save my life..

but I did't understand the

Works Cited page... you know like

where to put the link, the date, the title

and stuff in the work cited page..

but thanks , and thanks... 9/10

[JLE102191]

...9/10????

the man almost saved your life and you give him a 9??????

real nice...

[hardonnel]

Isn't "perfect" sorta misleading since so many teacehrs tell you diff ways of doing this?

[SpikerBatSuperHulk]

Don't teachers have better things to do? Did Shakespear have to measure his margins? Oh well. Thanks for the vid.

[TeacherDog99]

thanks for talking so much--i learn more that way. good annotations. when will you do a 2007 versioin?