The commonly used writing formats include APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago or Turabian. ... Secondly, the other widely used fort is MLA which stands for 'Modern Language Association'. MLA mostly focuses on the Humanities discipline such as the arts, English, and music. ... Also, MLA is efficient simply because it focuses on ideas other than using unfamiliar citations. ... Chicago format knows how to handle punctuation, and the information can be found quickly as compared to MLA and APA. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sometimes students are required to use different writing formats like MLA or APA and they are hard to do correctly, especially if they have never use it before. The grey pages hold all the pointers and formats for MLA style format and the light pastel pink pages are for the APA style format. ... For instance, in the MLA style chapter there is a "books" section, and under that there is an "Important Details for Citing Books" section and then that section is broken up by the number of authors the book has (471-2). ...

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Related Objectives • understand that different disciplines use different style manuals • understand the difference between in-text quotations, block quotations, and proper formatting for each • use MLA to format papers and cite information • summarize, paraphrase, and quote sources accurately to support claims Outcome 7: Writing Aids and Technologies Students will effectively use writing aids, such as handbooks, dictionaries, online aids and resources, and tutors to research ideas and improve their writing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School