Survival Manual & MLA

MLA 8 and Survival Manual2

2019 SEM 2 APES

MLA GOOGLE DOC!

 Click HERE

or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uPSzilMceGJsg0uKYeqpcq8INIP05qFrXGw8m-luHNg/edit

and

LITERARY TERMS LINK:  Click HERE

SURVIVAL MANUAL purple copy 2 If you do not have  the PURPLE EPHS SURVIVAL MANUAL FOR WRITING PAPERS, we will be using it a lot. If you would like one, BRING check for $5.00 or CASH for it.  You may also use the online version, which can be accessed on the EPHS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. Click HERE.  Scroll down to this part and click on the resource you need.screen shot 2019-01-29 at 10.30.24 amWe have moved to MLA 8 since last year, so we will be giving you a new PINK section to replace the old works-cited section.  Click 2018 Works Cited 8th ed. Quick Guide with color for a preview.

   

Works Cited Fix-it Assignment 

Click 2018 AP Works Cited FIX-IT ASSIGNMENT long form for the assignment.  If you would like a WORD.doc copy so you can type in the entry material on the template, click 2018 AP Works Cited FIX-IT ASSIGNMENT long form.  If you would just like the MLA 8 generic template, click 2018 MLA 8 TEMPLATE.

Use the new pink MLA 8 Quick Guide hand-out (Click 2018 Works Cited 8th ed. Quick Guide with color) for a guide. (For a navigational Works Cited page, GO TO THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE).  You must follow all MLA rules for the format of the Works Cited (see pages WC 2-4 for the set-up of an actual Works Cited page).

 2013 09.10 AP Fire Drill 072 EPHS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SURVIVAL MANUAL

To use the navigational online version,  go to the EPHS English department home page and click on the buttons in the upper right part of the screen.  Here is the direct link to the English Department main page:

http://ephs.edenpr.org/english

Click http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq for frequently asked questions of the MLA!

  1. 2013 09.10 AP Fire Drill 072

BREAKING NEWS! 

4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence

News in Briefnews mediaNews ISSUE 49•01 • Jan 7, 2013

Check it out HERE or http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago,30806/

NEW YORK—Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that four more copy editors were killed this week amid ongoing violence between two rival gangs divided by their loyalties to the The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual Of Style. “At this time we have reason to believe the killings were gang-related and carried out by adherents of both the AP and Chicago styles, part of a vicious, bloody feud to establish control over the grammar and usage guidelines governing American English,” said FBI spokesman Paul Holstein, showing reporters graffiti tags in which the word “anti-social” had been corrected to read “antisocial.” “The deadly territory dispute between these two organizations, as well as the notorious MLA Handbook gang, has claimed the lives of more than 63 publishing professionals this year alone.” Officials also stated that an innocent 35-year-old passerby who found himself caught up in a long-winded dispute over use of the serial, or Oxford, comma had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

How do you cite an e-book?

Click http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_an_ebook  for how to cite an e-book.

HOW DO YOU CITE A TWEET IN AN ACADEMIC PAPER? 

THE MLA HAS DECIDED!

Click HERE or http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/12/03/how-do-you-cite-a-tweet-in-an-academic-paper/253932/

or http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_a_tweet

Begin the entry in the works-cited list with the author’s real name and, in parentheses, user name, if both are known and they differ. If only the user name is known, give it alone.

Next provide the entire text of the tweet in quotation marks, without changing the capitalization. Conclude the entry with the date and time of the message and the medium of publication (Tweet). For example:

Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet.

The date and time of a message on Twitter reflect the reader’s time zone. Readers in different time zones see different times and, possibly, dates on the same tweet. The date and time that were in effect for the writer of the tweet when it was transmitted are normally not known. Thus, the date and time displayed on Twitter are only approximate guides to the timing of a tweet.

 What about GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS?

FOR WORKS CITED:

There is a section in the MLA Handbook on government publications.  Click 2012 Citing GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS in MLA 7 for  5.5.20 (pages MLA 174-177) for works cited of a government document (print sources–but you can easily adopt this format to online sources)

Also check out the Survival Manual page WC 14 for “A Government Publication.

For parenthetical documentation: 

Click 2012 Citing CORPORATE AUTHOR in MLA 7 for section 6.4.5 (MLA page 224) for parenthetical documentation for a GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT–CORPORATE AUTHOR. 

The information for a corporate author for parenthetical documentation is also in our SM on PDQ 29.