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Introduction
1. What Is a Citation?
Ulrike Kestler
2. Why Do We Cite?
3. What Is MLA Style?
4. MLA 1: Formatting Your Paper in MLA Style
5. MLA 2: In-Text Citations, Signal Phrases, and Direct Quotations
6. MLA 3: Paraphrasing Source Material
7. MLA 4: Citations and Works Cited Page
8. MLA 5: Sample MLA Formatted Paper
9. MLA 6: MLA Citation Style Video
10. MLA Formatting Guide 9th ed (interactive and brief)
11. How Do I Know the Source Is a Book?
12. How Do I Know the Source Is a Magazine?
13. How Do I Know the Source is a Journal Article?
14. How Do I Know the Source is a Webpage?
15. Activity: Which Source Type Is This?
16. Source Types Summary
17. Strategies for Internet and Database Searching
18. Paraphrasing Activity
Ulrike Kestler, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
19. Paraphrasing Activity 2
20. Two Types of Citation
21. What Is a Works Cited List?
22. Works Cited: Book in Print
23. Works Cited: Magazine Article Found Online
24. Works Cited: Journal Article Found in a College Database
25. Works Cited: Webpages
26. Activity: Creating Works Cited List Citations Part One
27. Activity: Creating Works Cited List Citations Part Two
28. What Is an In-Text Citation?
29. In-Text Citations Activity
30. How It All Works Together
31. Matching Works Cited and In-Text Citations Activity
32. Formatting and Sample Essay
MLA and Writing Support
Works Cited and Media Attributions
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MLA-Formatted Sample Essay
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