What is MLA?
MLA stands for the Modern Language Association. When we write this year, we
will use these rules for setting up our papers and citing evidence.
When you are writing a paper and use another author's words, you must give
that author credit for his work. Plagerism is when you use another author's
words without giving them credit. This is AGAINST THE LAW, and we will not
allow that here at RMSA.
MLA says that we have to put the title and author of the book in the title of
the RRJ; then we must tell what page number we found the citation or quote in
parentheses.
Here are the rules:
Citation ends with a period- (27).
Example: "The boy sat on the bench" (27).
Citation ends with a question mark- ? (27)
Example: "Did the boy sit on the bench?" (27)
Citation ends with an exclamation mark- ! (27)
Example: "Wow, that's a cute boy on the bench!" (27)
Quote within a quote: Replace the double quotation marks with single
quotation marks. Then put double quotation marks around the whole passage.
Example: If this is what the book says: "Annabelle, come home now," Mrs.
Taylor called.
Then you would cite it as: " 'Annabelle,come home now,' Mrs. Taylor called"
(27).