Outline & Works Cited Helpful Hints
For this assignment, you need to include a FORMAL
OUTLINE with CITATIONS. You also need to include a Works Cited page. Below are
some examples, hints and tricks to help make this process go smoother.
An outline is a way of organizing your information
in a way that flows. You will group similar ideas and information together in
your outline, just like you would in a paragraph or in a speech.
You also need to make sure that you are CITING YOUR
INFORMATION. Basically, you need to give credit where credit is due!
Here is an example of what a Formal outline would
look like:
I.
History of Dogs
a. Wild
Animals
i.
Dogs are descendent from wolves and used
to originally travel in packs (“History”).
ii.
I’m making up another fact fright here
because I want you to see the format. You can even have multiple sentences in
this bullet point if all the information fits together (Dinges 4).
b. Domestication
i.
People began training dogs to be pets in
the 1500’s because they were super cute and cuddly, and people were lonely
(Johnson).
II.
Different Breeds
III.
Intelligence
IV.
Etc.
**Note: The outline should probably take the MOST
work. If you put effort into a quality outline, your presentation will be much
easier. Your completed outline should be AT LEAST 2 full pages. **
In-text Citations:
·
If you know the author – put the
author’s last name in the parentheses.
·
If you do not know the author – Use the
title of the article in quotation marks.
·
Include a page # if one exists.
To create this outline format in Word:
I.
At the top of the page in the paragraph
session, there is a button that has 1, 2, 3 with lines behind it. (Looks like a
list) Click the arrow next to that.
II.
Choose the tile that looks like Roman
Numerals.
III.
It will automatically indent and label
each point that you make for the rest of your paper.
MLA
Citations
- For facts
on MLA style citations check: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
or
http://thewritesource.com/mla.htm
- Alphabetize
entries in the list.
- Use hanging
indent [format, paragraph, special, hanging].
- Double
space entire list both between and within entries.
Here is an example of a Works Cited list in MLA
format:
Works
Cited
"Blueprint
Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental
Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
Dean, Cornelia.
"Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York
Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Ebert, Roger.
"An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An
Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times
News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.
GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?:
The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print.
Since I imagine most of your sources will be online
sources, here is what is needed in order for most electronic sources:
Editor, author,
or compiler name (if available). “Name of page or Article.” Name of Site. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date
of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of Access.
**Pay
special attention to PUNCTUATION!**
So an example would be:
“How to Make Vegetarian
Chili.” eHow, Demand Media, n.d. Web.
24 Feb. 2009.
Matthews, Peter. “Hunger Games 3: How Brutal Will
Mockingjay Get?” MoviePilot. 2 Sept
2014. Web. 3 Sept 2014.
You can also use this to cite a whole website:
The Purdue OWL
Family of Sites. The Writing Lab
and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.
"History / Normal West History." History
/ Normal West History. Schoolwires, Inc., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 3 Sept. 2014.
**When in doubt, citationmachine.net is a
very helpful tool. However, check over anything you create from this website to
make sure it looks accurate and fits the rules that were covered above.**
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