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Resources for Teaching Writing
Get help preparing for your fall courses by reviewing some of our resources for teaching writing. Featuring lessons on paraphrasing, commas, integrating quotations, and more, our guides address undergraduate and high school audiences and outline objectives, timing, and step-by-step activities.
Using Your and You’re
It’s common for students to mix up your and you’re. Make sure they always use the right word by following an MLA editor’s guidance.
Formatting Research Papers
Access a free chapter of MLA Handbook Plus for advice on formatting research papers, including guidelines on headings, tables, and more.
Legal Sources and MLA Style
There are several approaches you can take when using MLA style to cite legal documents. An MLA editor offers some advice.
Quoted Dialogue and Punctuation
How you punctuate quoted dialogue from a novel will depend on what you are quoting and how you are quoting it, the MLA editors explain.
How to Cite Playlists
Citations of playlists should follow the MLA template of core elements. The MLA editors provide some examples.
Alphabetizing Irish Surnames
When alphabetizing Irish surnames, include the prefix in the name. The MLA editors demonstrate their approach.
Once Upon a Works-Cited List
While most titles of fairy tales are styled as short-form works, fairy tales published as long-form works should be styled differently, the MLA editors explain.
Join the MLA and request your free copy of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook. The definitive guide to MLA style includes hundreds of sample works-cited-list entries arranged by publication format.
