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MLA Exercise

Directions:  In the appropriate conference on our class WebBoard (YourGroup; MLA Format), practice MLA Format

Post:
Using either a reading from our book or a source you have uncovered in your research, choose a quotation and do one of each of the following:

  • A direct quotation that has the author's/authors' name(s) in the sentence (According to Jacobs and Jones, Green Lantern/Green Arrow "was a comic that broke with all tradition" (157).)

  • A direct quotation that does not have the author's/authors' name(s) in the sentence (The Green Lantern/Green Arrow series "broke with all tradition" by including themes of social relevance (Jacobs and Jones 157).)

  • A paraphrase in which you put the quotation in your own words (author's name can be in sentence or not).

Then, construct a Works Cited entry for that source.

Response:
Respond to two of your group members' posts (if others have posted already, try to respond to someone who hasn't gotten a response yet). 

  • Correct any errors.  

  • If there are no errors (and it's very rare that there are none - this is a skill learned by trial and error), write a sentence that integrates the quotation/paraphrase in a new way.

 

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