Revised In class assignment on MLA and APA Styles

Lindsey Burns
Dr. Y. Liu
April 9, 2008


In -Class Assignment on MLA & APA Style
Part I:

1. What is MLA style? A main aspect of the MLA Style is that the bibliography section is called works cited. MLA stands for the modern Language Association and is the most commonly used method of writing and citing resources used in ones document. This style also gives a system to writers to cite their reverences in parenthesis as a form of citation in their documents and Works Cited Page. Through the usage of proper MLA writing, writers build their credentials by showing that they know how to write in the MLA style. This style also gives protection to writers from plagiarism which is a serious offense and also to keep their credibility of the essay


2. Write a 150-200 word paragraph on a topic chosen from the following topics:

Topic: Document design in technical communication

The document design of writing in MLA format is an organized to display ones information in a document. According to McMoris, there is a typical structure that one follows when writing a document or an essay (McMoris). There is a thesis sentence that starts out the introduction paragraph, main body paragraphs about the topic introduced in the introduction paragraph, and then a conclusion over the subject at hand. The intro should be the topic you are writing about the body paragraphs should be descriptions or different point of views of the topic. You need to keep in mind your audience and content when writing your document or essay. If you are using a quote, direct sentence or paragraph, you need to be sure to always cite where you got the information from (Markel 581).


Works Cited

Markel, Mike. Technical Communication. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007.

The Purdue OWL. 26 Aug. 2008. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. 23 April 2008 McMorris, Allison. Repetition and Contrast. Nov. 13, 2006 . .





Part II:

1. What is APA style? According to Markel, “APA style consists of two elements: the citation in the text and the list of references at the end of the document. (p. 582)
According to McMoris (2006), APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.

2. In the same paragraph you have just finished in Part I , now please change all your in-text citation from MLA style to APA style.

The document design of writing in MLA format is an organized to display ones information in a document. According to Mc McMoris (2006), there is a typical structure that one follows when writing a document or an essay (McMoris 2006). There is a thesis sentence that starts out the introduction paragraph, main body paragraphs about the topic introduced in the introduction paragraph, and then a conclusion over the subject at hand. The intro should be the topic you are writing about the body paragraphs should be descriptions or different point of views of the topic. You need to keep in mind your audience and content when writing your document or essay. If you are using a quote, direct sentence or paragraph, you need to be sure to always cite where you got the information from. (Markel p.582 )


References

Markel, M. (2007) Technical communication. (8th ed.). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

McMorris, A. Repetition and contrast. Retrieved April 9, 2008, from http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/Designprin2/start.htm