Essay One: I feel as far as MLA citations go, I have a pretty strong sense on how to do this. In high school we pretty much only worked with MLA, so I’m very familiar with it. My quotes and paraphrases went well in my first essay, and my work cited was on point. There weren’t any MLA revisions I made from rough draft to final draft other than the part that I got so caught up in my paper, I forgot my headings!

In my essay I did make one slight error when I paraphrased. See below.

Hallward states, shame is considered a lethal public threat, simply meaning, shame can be deadly. “…suicide is now one of the causes of death, top ten for this country” (4:00), states Hallward.

Instead, I should’ve used the MLA signal phrase. Hallward states, “…suicide is now one of the causes of death, top ten for this country” (4:00).

 

Essay Two: Its hard for me to really judge my progression on MLA citations. This essay was based around a personal story so I really didn’t include many outside sources. However I did make a connection with Anne Hallward and included a quote from her Ted Talk in my essay, which was properly cited in the MLA format. My work cited again was on point with no errors!