Why Use MLA?

Why Use MLA?

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  Why MLA? A Lookat Research Styles Mr. Proffitt Hunters Lane High School
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  What Is MLA? Inevery career, there is a special way that research is written into a paper. It can look like a jumbled code. This format allows the writer to show where he/she got help with their ideas. In most colleges, the most often used format is that belonging to the Modern Language Association, or simply “MLA” style.
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  MLA Vocabulary  Citation:Using an outside source in your paper  Bibliography: A list of sources read for a paper  Works Cited: A list of sources used in a paper  Annotation: A note made about a source for later use  Library of Congress Page: A place in a book to find most MLA information, usually near the front  Plagiarism: Using another person’s information but not saying where it came from; it can ruin your career
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  Why Use MLA? MLAoffers several benefits: 1.The author can show the difference between his/her ideas and another’s ideas easily. 2.The author can show that he/she has researched a topic well. 3.The research sources can be found easily by a reader. 4.You don’t need to use complete sentences to cite sources.
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  Why Use MLA? MLAdoes have some downsides: 1.To people who don’t know it, it looks like a foreign language. 2.You have to plan to use it in advance.
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  Why Learn ItIn High School? Colleges spend very little time teaching MLA. Most just give you a book and expect you to learn it.
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  What is InMLA? MLA shows where research is used in two places in a paper: 1.In the paragraph where the source is used, this is called an in-paragraph citation. 2.At the end of the paper, this is called a Works Cited Page.