Outcome 5 (Document Work MLA) – Document their work using appropriate conventions (MLA). (Word Count: 240).
At the beginning of the semester, I would say I was fairly comfortable with the idea of MLA format and being able to use it correctly, as I had done so throughout my entire education thus far. I always felt rather confident and relaxed in my ability to produce a well formatted paper. The headings, parenthetical citations, title, and the mechanics (such as font size, font, and spacing), had been drilled in my head since I can remember.
However, I have never had to create a work cited page for an English class before. Seeing as though my major is Science based, I have had to make countless works cited pages in my academic career, although many of them were in CSE format for articles written by scientists. This being my first time including a works cited page on an English essay, I had to start from the very beginning. I referenced The Little Seagull as well as online resources to figure out how to properly complete a work cited page. And I can confidently say that I have been able to do so for each essay that I’ve had to complete for this English course. This is a skill that I will definitely be using a lot in the future, and I can confidently say that I have learned a lot more about it than I have in the past although it is still a new concept to me.
