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MLA Format Presentations

(Yes, you still cite on presentations!)

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Suppose You Were Presenting on Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

You will have some information on your slides that should be your own words, but you may also have facts taken from sources.

Paraphrased, summarized, or directly quoted (even sources only mentioned orally and not present on slides!) - all of these should have citations. Much like papers, presentations should have both in-text citations and a Works Cited slide.

In-text citations include: Author Last Name and the page number the information is found on. See next slide for examples.

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Say You Had a Slide for Meaningful Quotes from Fullmetal Alchemist:

  • "Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning…because humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return" (Arakawa, 5).

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  • Even a paraphrase about the topic should have a citation, as seen here:
    • In Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric asserts that equivalent exchange is the foundation upon which all alchemy rests (Arakawa, 26).

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Artwork Must Also Have a Citation

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- All photos used in presentations must include a Figure number (in this case Fig. 1) and a description of the photo (seen here: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Poster). This should be followed by a parenthetical citation of the website where the photo was found.

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Fig 1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Poster (IMDB).

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Works Cited

  • All Presentations should include a Works Cited slide. The rules of formatting citations for a Presentation are the same as those used for an MLA paper.

Book Citations Include: Journal Citations Include: Website Citations Include:

  • Author’s first and last name. - Author first and last name. - Author first and last name.
  • Title of chapter or section used (in quotes). - Title of Article (in quotes). - Title of Article (in quotes).
  • Title of book (in italics). - Title of Journal (in italics). - Title of Website (in italics).
  • Editors/ Translators (if applicable). - Volume Number. - Date Published.
  • Publisher. - Issue Number. - DOI or URL.
  • Year of Publication. - Year of Publication. - Date Accessed.
  • Page range of chapter used. - Page Range.

See Next Slide for Examples.

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Works Cited

Arakawa, Hiromu. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volumes 1–3, translated by Akira Watanabe, San

Francisco, CA: VIZ Media, 2002, 5-26.

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“Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.” IMDB. 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355642/

mediaviewer/rm4007074048. (Since the name of the artist was not available, the citation here

skipped to the name of the poster - this is acceptable if an author is not found or given).

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Linn, Rachel. “Bodies in Horrifying Hurt/Comfort Fan Fiction: Paying the Toll.” Transformative Works and

Cultures, vol. 25, 2017, 1-12.

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