Essay Requirements
For each essay written in this class, I expect this format:
- MLA format
- Typed
- 12 pt. font
- Times New Roman
- 1 inch margins on all sides
- Double-spaced throughout
- Creative title
To Site Sources in MLA format
For a website:
1. List the author's last name followed by the first name. If you cannot find an author, start the citation with the source's title.
2. Place the title of the article or source in quotation marks. Do not list the title of the overall website, but only the actual title of the page within the
larger website.
3. Follow the article's title with the title of the parent website.
4. List the publication date or date of the most recent update if available. If a publishing date fails to appear, use "n.d.," meaning "no date."
5. List the source's URL, followed by the date you accessed the Web source at the end of the citation.
For the format to cite all other types of sources, use these reference books:
NOTE: You may also use EasyBib to help in formatting your Works Cited list, but you MUST double check the citations it creates with a documentation reference book. If there are any mistakes made that can clearly be fixed with the use of the two books listed above, points will be deducted.
1. List the author's last name followed by the first name. If you cannot find an author, start the citation with the source's title.
2. Place the title of the article or source in quotation marks. Do not list the title of the overall website, but only the actual title of the page within the
larger website.
3. Follow the article's title with the title of the parent website.
4. List the publication date or date of the most recent update if available. If a publishing date fails to appear, use "n.d.," meaning "no date."
5. List the source's URL, followed by the date you accessed the Web source at the end of the citation.
For the format to cite all other types of sources, use these reference books:
- On Documentation of Sources - A Supplement for Composing Ourselves by Ben Bogart and Jackson Sutliff
- Easy Writer by Andrea Lunsford
NOTE: You may also use EasyBib to help in formatting your Works Cited list, but you MUST double check the citations it creates with a documentation reference book. If there are any mistakes made that can clearly be fixed with the use of the two books listed above, points will be deducted.