【正文】 the child at the oak desk whose penmanship, hard work, style will win her prizes bees the woman with a mission, not to win prizes but to change the laws of history. (23) Adding or Omitting Words In QuotationsIf you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put brackets around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text. For example:Jan Harold Brunvand, in an essay on urban legends, states: some individuals [who retell urban legends] make a point of learning every rumor or tale (78). If you omit a word or words from a quotation, you should indicate the deleted word or word by using ellipsis marks surrounded by brackets. For example:In an essay on urban legends, Jan Harold Brunvand notes that some individuals make a point of learning every recent rumor or tale [...] and in a short time a lively exchange of details occurs (78). If there are ellipsis marks in the quoted author39。s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings (263).Romantic poetry is characterized by the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings (Wordsworth 263).Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).If the work you are making reference to has no author, use an abbreviated version of the work39。Double space all entries and do not skip spaces between entries. Use either underlining or italics throughout your essay for highlighting the titles of longer works and providing emphasis.
Basic Forms For Sources In Print Basic Paper Format Doublespace your paper. Center your title on the line below the header with your name, and begin your paper immediately below the title. Formatting your works cited list
s name (or the title of the work) and the page (or paragraph) number of the work in a parenthetical citation s study, dreams may express profound aspects of personality (184). Is it possible that dreams may express profound aspects of personality (Foulkes 184)? Cullen concludes, Of all the things that happened there/ That39。ve established which edition of the Bible you will be using. For more about formatting quotations, check out the links to guides for formatting in our additional resources section. Your Works Cited List
The works cited list should appear at the end of your essay. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and be able to read any sources you cite in the essay. Each source you cite in the essay must appear in your workscited list。s last name).
Basic Rules for Citations
If no author is given for a particular work, alphabetize by the title of the piece and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical citations. s, 1997.. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Book with more than one authorGillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. If there are more than three authors, you may list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (the abbreviation for the Latin phrase and others) in place of the other authors39。Eplattenier, Barbara. Finding Ourselves in the Past: An Argument for Historical Work on WPAs. Rose and Weiser 13140. Peeples, Tim. 39。 MLA requires them for clarity.Author(s).Article Title. Name of web site. Date of posting/revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with site. Date of access electronic address. Article on a web sitePoland, Dave. The Hot Button. Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television. 28 Oct. 1998 . Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format. Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 6 Feb. 2003 . An article in an online journal or magazineAuthor(s). Title of Article. Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): Pages/Paragraphs. Date of Access electronic address. Some electronic journals and magazines provide paragraph or page numbers。t Leave Behind. Interscope, 2000. FilmThe Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. TV AdvertisementStaples. Advertisement. CBS. 3 Dec. 2000. A Note on Footnotes and Endnotes
Because long explanatory notes can be distracting to readers, most academic style guidelines (including MLA and APA) remend limited use of footnotes/endnotes. An exception is Chicagostyle documentation, which relies on notes for all citations as well as explanatory notes. But even in that case, extensive discursive notes are discouraged. Proper use of notes would include:1. evaluative bibliographic ments, for example:1 See Blackmur, especially chapters three and four, for an insightful analysis of this trend. 2 On the problems related to repressed memory recovery, see Wollens pp. 120 35。 as with a print version, you should provide a plete publication date rather than volume and issue number. Online journal articleWheelis, Mark. Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. Emerging Infectious Diseases (2000): 33 pars. 5 Dec. 2000 . An Online Image or Series of ImagesArtist if available. Description or tit