Book Description

This book is a student-friendly guide to the major elements and variations in the 8th edition of The MLA Handbook, the Modern Language Association’s guide to documentation format. The “student-friendly” aspect is the most important part. Many students don’t like writing. Those who don’t like learning MLA format, we completely understand. Learning MLA format has always been challenging for many students but now they feel like they are being asked to decipher a new code. Never fear, Unlocking the MLA Code is here. Written by two composition professors, UMC is (1) a handbook of 8th edition MLA rules and examples, punctuations and grammar basics, and practice exercises with keys and (2) a workbook of assignments for instructors to give students. To make our book more valuable, we have added a new chapter on logic and argumentative papers, which includes a helpful sample annoted student paper.

Key Features

• Convenient guide to current MLA format
• Casual but informative style and tone for students
• Clear examples to get students through the MLA variations
• Thirty-five tear out worksheets on MLA format and punctuation and grammar
• Will remain a lasting resource even after students complete the worksheets

New to the Second Edition

• An entirely new chapter on writing effective argumentative papers
• New material on logical fallacies and argument patterns
• A sample annotated student paper
• Updated worksheets with more entries
• New design for pages and worksheets

ISBN-13: 978-0-9984690-9-6

About the Authors

Gloria Dumler is a professor of English at Bakersfield College

David Moton is a department chair of English at Bakersfield College