Resources
Below are links to a number of online guides to MLA formatting. If you or your students find one of these pages confusing or unhelpful, try one of the others. They all contain the same information, but often slight changes in presentation can make a world of difference.
Diana Hacker has published a number of great guides related to writing essays and documenting sources etc. It appears that her entire book is not online. Check out this section of her website for information on using MLA style:
There are many other sources online for similar information. Here are a few others that might be of help:
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
- http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html
- http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm
This site deals with how to cite online sources of information.
I focus here on MLA formatting and publishing conventions because that is the style used most commonly in English Studies. English 001, however, is an odd duck in that it’s taught by English instructors to non-English majors. This means, in part, that the formatting and publishing conventions that English 001 students will use most often in their academic and post-college life is almost certainly not going to be the MLA’s.
Here are links to online style guides in other formats:
- Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide
- The American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide
- Council of Science Editors (CSE) Style Guide
Rhetoric Resources
Here are some excellent online resources on classical rhetorical terms and history.