The Mechanics of Writing Research Paper

The Mechanics of Writing Research Paper

                                         Written by Ari Julianto

 

Here is the outline of the mechanics of writing as MLA suggested in MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by The Modern Language Association of America, New York, 2009.




1. Spelling
1.1. Consistency
1.2. Word Division
1.3. Plurals
1.4. Foreign Words

2. Punctuation
2.1. The Purpose of Punctuation
2.2. Commas
2.3. Semicolons
2.4. Colons
2.5. Dashes and Parentheses
2.6. Hyphens
2.7. Apostrophes
2.8. Quotation Marks
2.9. Square Brackets
2.10. Slashes
2.11. Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation
Points
2.12. Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks

3. Italics
3.1. Words and Letters Referred to as Words and
Letters
3.2. Foreign Words in an English Text
3.3. Emphasis

4. Names ofPersons
4.1. First and Subsequent Uses of Names
4.2. Titles of Persons
4.3. Names of Authors and Fictional Characters

5. Numbers
5.1. Arabic Numerals
5.2. Use of Words or Numerals
5.3. Commas in Numbers
5.4. Percentages and Amounts of Money
5.5. Dates and Times of the Day
5.6. Inclusive Numbers
5.7. Roman Numerals

6. Titles of Works in the Research Paper
6.1. Capitalization and Punctuation
6.2. Italicized Titles
6.3. Titles in Quotation Marks
6.4. Titles and Quotations within Titles
6.5. Exceptions
6.6. Shortened Titles

7. Quotations
7.1. Use and Accuracy of Quotations
7.2. Prose
7.3. Poetry
7.4. Drama
7.5. Ellipsis
7.6. Other Alterations of Sources
7.7. Punctuation with Quotations
7.8. Translations of Quotations

8. Capitalization and Personal Names in Languages Other
Than English
8.1. French
8.2. German
8.3. Italian
8.4. Spanish
8.5. Latin