Here's a little secret about getting MLA style correct: Try to"turn off" your brain and simply follow along. Be like a robot. This is not intellectual work. Using an automated citation generator can actually introduce new problems if you don't what information to enter in the fields. This is almost always the case.
Since you will be using mostly online sources, you can essentially repeat the step-by-step directions that this video gives. The video talks about the "Works Cited" page and also in-text citation. They work together, hand-in-hand.
Remember to alphabetize your sources by the last name of the author who wrote the piece. Start your "Works Cited" page on a fresh page. Double-space the entire list and don't forget the hanging indents. You got this, right?
Despite giving thorough directions over several weeks and six class sessions, many of you in this class will not get it right. Several of you will probably get it drastically wrong. Why is that? I'm basing this on my experience of teaching research papers to college students for more than 30 years.
I'm not being negative, just realistic. I genuinely want to know why so many students are so resistant to taking the extra steps to getting it right.
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