Name: MLA Style Powerpoint
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

MLA in-text citation rules and Works Cited page formatting are explained across a lecture-style slideshow, moving from why and when to cite through how to build a parenthetical citation and a full Works Cited entry. The deck works through worked examples for books (single author, multiple authors, editors, corporate authors), periodical articles (journal, magazine, newspaper), and electronic and media sources such as websites, online journals, television, film, and sound recordings, each annotated to show which citation element goes where. It distinguishes summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation as three ways to incorporate a source, and closes with links to Purdue OWL and EasyBib for further reference. The presentation is intended for a teacher to project and narrate before students draft a research paper's citations rather than for independent student use.

Product description

From the author

This power point is useful before assigning any research papers or projects to your students. It goes through in-text citations, how to construct a works cited page, digital sources, print sources, and media source. Useful as an introduction to MLA formatting.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Students format an in-text parenthetical citation using author last name and page number for a print source.
Students construct a properly ordered Works Cited entry for a book, periodical, or electronic source.
Students distinguish between summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation when incorporating source material.

Teaching tips

Project the deck as a guided lecture before students begin drafting citations for a research paper, since it is built as sequential instruction rather than a student worksheet.
Pause on the worked book, journal, and website examples to have students identify each citation element (author, title, publisher, date, format descriptor) before moving to the next slide.
Direct students to the Purdue OWL and EasyBib links on the final slides for citation practice beyond the examples shown.

Skills covered

MLA in-text citation — students format parenthetical citations using author last name and page number for print sources.
Works Cited formatting — students learn the element order and punctuation for book, periodical, and electronic Works Cited entries.
Source integration — students distinguish direct quotation, paraphrase, and summary as methods of using another author's material.
Electronic and media citation — students learn to cite websites, online periodicals, television, film, and sound recordings under MLA conventions.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How does the presentation say students should cite two different sources in the same parenthetical reference?

Cite each source as normal and separate them with a semicolon, for example (Taylor 54; Thomas 327).

How does the deck say to format a second Works Cited entry by the same author?

Replace the author's name with three hyphens and a period for the second and later entries by that author.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

CCSS.W.9.8 — Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
CCSS.W.11.8 — Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.