Writing Resources

MLA Formatting

You are expected to use MLA formatting for each of the typed assignments that you produce in English I. Basic formatting for MLA looks like this document embedded below.


MLA How-To (Make your papers look like this!)

MLA Works Cited

Your Works Cited page is made up of citations of all of the sources that you used. The Works Cited is important in order to avoid plagiarism!

Your sources should be listed in alphabetical order.

When you are looking for information from a source in order to create an MLA citation, you need to look for the following information. (Note: You probably won't find ALL of these things! It depends on the type of source.)

  1. Author
  2. Title of Source
  3. Title of Container -- The container is the larger work within which the source is contained. For example, the title of the book, the newspaper, magazine, Website, etc.
  4. Other Contributors - Did someone edit or translate?
  5. Version
  6. Number
  7. Publisher
  8. Publication Date
  9. Location - URL, Pages within book, etc.

Grammar and Style Resources

Hate typing? Check out Talktyper This resource allows you to talk into your computer, and it will type what you say. Use in a quiet spot, and proofread afterwards. But, give it a try!

Capitalization

More Capitalization

Transitions

Parts of Speech

Sentence Fragments

Parallel Structure

More Parallel Structure

Sentence Clarity

Eleven Essay Phrases to Outlaw (from Write to Learn)

Semicolons

Tone Words

Author's Purpose Sentence Stems