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HW: Rough draft due tomorrow

*In text citations required by Works Cited page not required for rough draft (due for final)

Due: Rough Draft

Works Cited

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. 1818. Penguin Classics, 2016.

Powerpoint:

Basic Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Presentation." Course Name, Institution, Day Month Year of presentation. Type of presentation (e.g., Class lecture, PowerPoint presentation).

Example:

Martinez, Sarah. "The Harlem Renaissance: Art and Identity." American Literature 1900-1950, Daarul Uloom, 15 Oct. 2025. Class lecture.

Key points to note:

1. If no formal title exists, create a brief descriptive title (not italicized, in quotation marks) based on the topic.

2. If the instructor didn't create the presentation (e.g., it came from the textbook publisher), list the actual creator as author if known.

3. The presentation type at the end is flexible—use "Class lecture," "PowerPoint presentation," or "Lecture notes" as appropriate.

4. If the slides were accessed online (like through a course management system), you can add the URL at the end.

For student access to instructor slides online:

Martinez, Sarah. "The Harlem Renaissance: Art and Identity." American Literature 1900-1950, Daarul Uloom, 15 Oct. 2025. PowerPoint presentation. Canvas, canvas.schoolname.edu/courses/12345.

In Text Citation:

Standard approach:

Use the author's last name. If the presentation has slide numbers, include them (though many classroom presentations don't have numbered slides, so this is often omitted).

Examples:

With author only:

According to Martinez, the Harlem Renaissance represented a fundamental shift in African American artistic expression.

With author in parenthetical citation:

The Harlem Renaissance represented a fundamental shift in African American artistic expression (Martinez).

With slide number (if available):

The movement's impact extended well beyond literature into visual arts and music (Martinez, slide 12).

Reading Packet

For a reading packet with no identified author, here's how to handle it in MLA:

Works Cited entry:

"Title of the Reading or Article." Title of Packet or Course Name, compiled by Instructor First Name Last Name, Institution, Year, pp. page range.

Example:

"The Gothic Tradition in British Literature." English 11 Course Reader, compiled by Alexis [Last Name], Daarul Uloom, 2025, pp. 14-22.

If the packet itself has no title, use a descriptive title:

English 11 Reading Packet. Compiled by Alexis [Last Name], Daarul Uloom, 2025.

If the reading is an excerpt from a known source (even if the packet doesn't cite it fully), the student should ideally cite the original source. If you know where a reading came from, that's the better citation.

In-text citation:

With no author, use a shortened title:

The Gothic tradition emerged as a reaction against Enlightenment rationalism ("Gothic Tradition" 15).

For the whole packet with no specific article title:

(English 11 Reading Packet 15)

YouTube Video

Here's the MLA format for citing a YouTube video:

Basic Format:

Author/Creator Last Name, First Name (or Username). "Title of Video." YouTube, uploaded by Username, Day Month Year, URL.

Examples:

When the creator's real name is known:

Crash Course. "Frankenstein: Crash Course Literature 205." YouTube, uploaded by Crash Course, 6 Nov. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKGwRn5jSuQ.

When only a username is available:

The Nut Job. "How to Identify Gothic Elements in Literature." YouTube, 12 Mar. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=example123.

When the uploader differs from the creator (such as a reposted clip):

"Mary Shelley: The Story Behind Frankenstein." YouTube, uploaded by Biography, 15 Oct. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=example456.

In-text citations:

The video explains that Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was just eighteen (Crash Course).

Or with a timestamp for a specific point:

The video notes that the novel was initially published anonymously (Crash Course, 2:34).

A few notes:

1. Omit "https://" from the URL.

2. If there's no clear author or channel name functioning as author, start with the video title.

3. Timestamps aren't required by MLA but are helpful when referencing a specific moment.