{"id":373,"date":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-eng-101-college-writing-i\/chapter\/outcome-mla-documentation-3-4\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","slug":"outcome-mla-documentation-3-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-eng-101-college-writing-i-lynch\/chapter\/outcome-mla-documentation-3-4\/","title":{"raw":"Outcome: MLA Documentation","rendered":"Outcome: MLA Documentation"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>Analyze MLA document formatting and citation practices<\/h2>\n[caption id=\"attachment_1704\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1704\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/07\/30185545\/Doing-research-graphic-document-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Document sources by following formatting guidelines, using in-text citations, and creating a works cited page.\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\"> Checklist for documenting sources.[\/caption]\n\n\"MLA\" stands for Modern Language Association. This is a professional organization for scholars of language and literature.\n\nBut why does this group of people have so much influence on the appearance of papers you write in college?\n\nThe MLA, like many other academic organizations, publishes a scholarly journal and has done so for decades. In years before computers were common, the editors of this journal required typed submissions for publication to follow a common formatting template.\n\nThe professors who were following this format to write their own work recognized the value of having some standard of uniform appearance. They started asking their students to follow the same format when they typed essays for class projects.\n\nFast forward to now, and we have a thick set of guidelines for how the first page of an essay should look, what margins and font are appropriate, and what a Works Cited entry for a blog post should look like.\n\nThe ultimate goal for MLA formatting and citation standards is so that everyone has a common template to draw from. While they may feel like unbreakable rules, try to remember that they were created to serve a common need, with your interests in mind.<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1562\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/07\/19233904\/Fancy-MLA.jpg\" alt=\"MLA Handbook 8th edition propped on a sofa, wrapped in a white feather boa\" width=\"499\" height=\"415\">\n<h2>What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>analyze reasons for the use of MLA formatting and documentation<\/li>\n \t<li>analyze&nbsp;MLA document formatting, including page layout<\/li>\n \t<li>analyze&nbsp;the components of MLA Works Cited citations<\/li>\n \t<li>analyze&nbsp;the components of MLA in-text citations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Learning Activities for this Outcome Include<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Video: Introduction to MLA Documentation<\/li>\n \t<li>Text: MLA Document Formatting<\/li>\n \t<li>Text: MLA Works Cited<\/li>\n \t<li>Text: Creating MLA Citations<\/li>\n \t<li>Video: MLA In-Text Citations<\/li>\n \t<li>Self Check: MLA Documentation<\/li>\n \t<li>Try It: MLA Documentation<\/li>\n \t<li>Putting It Together: Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","rendered":"<h2>Analyze MLA document formatting and citation practices<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1704\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1704\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/07\/30185545\/Doing-research-graphic-document-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Document sources by following formatting guidelines, using in-text citations, and creating a works cited page.\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checklist for documenting sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;MLA&#8221; stands for Modern Language Association. This is a professional organization for scholars of language and literature.<\/p>\n<p>But why does this group of people have so much influence on the appearance of papers you write in college?<\/p>\n<p>The MLA, like many other academic organizations, publishes a scholarly journal and has done so for decades. In years before computers were common, the editors of this journal required typed submissions for publication to follow a common formatting template.<\/p>\n<p>The professors who were following this format to write their own work recognized the value of having some standard of uniform appearance. They started asking their students to follow the same format when they typed essays for class projects.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to now, and we have a thick set of guidelines for how the first page of an essay should look, what margins and font are appropriate, and what a Works Cited entry for a blog post should look like.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate goal for MLA formatting and citation standards is so that everyone has a common template to draw from. While they may feel like unbreakable rules, try to remember that they were created to serve a common need, with your interests in mind.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1562\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/07\/19233904\/Fancy-MLA.jpg\" alt=\"MLA Handbook 8th edition propped on a sofa, wrapped in a white feather boa\" width=\"499\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>analyze reasons for the use of MLA formatting and documentation<\/li>\n<li>analyze&nbsp;MLA document formatting, including page layout<\/li>\n<li>analyze&nbsp;the components of MLA Works Cited citations<\/li>\n<li>analyze&nbsp;the components of MLA in-text citations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Learning Activities for this Outcome Include<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Video: Introduction to MLA Documentation<\/li>\n<li>Text: MLA Document Formatting<\/li>\n<li>Text: MLA Works Cited<\/li>\n<li>Text: 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