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Rento_VW
05-11-2007, 06:06 PM
Ok. I'm working on my rough draft of my MLA paper. And I was wondering if this is how to cite and stuff.. This is the first sentence and introduction to my essay.
"Take it with you and speak with people who understand more about it than I do. But don't forget it. I want to hear from you soon, about the technical details." ("Adolf Hitler and Volkswagen").
The site I used was this: http://www.hitler.org/artifacts/volkswagen/
Just a bit confused on this.. Looking at a packet that tells me how and loking at websites and they are confusing me.
Thanks.
Streamline
05-11-2007, 06:15 PM
Get rid of the quotes, and when you are in yoru citations page, mark the title of that website when you site it as Adolf and Volkswagen
for example do this for the quote:
"Take it with you and speak with people who understand more about it than I do. But don't forget it. I want to hear from you soon, about the technical details." (Adolf Hitler and Volkswagen)
and in your citations page:
Last name Author, First. "Adolf Hitler and VOlkswagen"Main Website Page
. Year Created. Accessed Date (dd/mm/yyyy) http://www.hitler.org/artifacts/volkswagen/
Rento_VW
05-11-2007, 06:23 PM
Awesome, thanks... Yeah.. on the sites and in my packet.. it has the quotes...
To cite web sites, list the Author's last name (if given) and a section/page marker (if included, which they usually are not). If no author is named, use the document title or a shortened version of it. Put in quotes or italics, as appropriate. For multiple works by the same author, include the author's last name and a shortened version of the title of the work.For example: While 20 percent of females are happy with their hair, a whopping 40 percent say they've dyed it at least once (Jenkins, "Women and Self-Image").
EDIT:
Ok.. I think I got my Introductory paragraph done.. this is pretty much all the help and need for now.. Probably just need help for my Concluding Paragraph later on.
Sitting at a restaurant table in Munich in the summer of 1932, Hitler drew the prototype for what would become the immensely successful Beetle design for Volkswagen on a napkin. Telling head of Diamler-Benz, Jakob Werlin, "Take it with you and speak with people who understand more about it than I do. But don't forget it. I want to hear from you soon, about the technical details." ("Adolf and Volkswagen"). Just this single demand sparked the fuel not just for Germany's, not Europe's, but the World's largest, most successful, and richest car company ever.
idrivea2002golf
05-11-2007, 09:15 PM
search in google for MLA citation pages. there is one that will compile a works cited page for you you just have to answer the questions. it's really nice
Rento_VW
05-11-2007, 09:52 PM
Oh, I know how to compile a works cited page.. was just wondering on how to actually cite it.
Btw. what do you think of my first paragraph?
Sitting at a restaurant table in Munich in the summer of 1932, Hitler drew the prototype for what would become the immensely successful Beetle design for Volkswagen on a napkin. Telling head of Daimler-Benz, Jakob Werlin, "Take it with you and speak with people who understand more about it than I do. But don't forget it. I want to hear from you soon, about the technical details." ("Adolf and Volkswagen"). Just this single demand by Adolf Hitler sparked the fuel not just for Germany's, not Europe's, but the World's largest, most successful, and richest car company ever, Volkswagen. The history of Volkswagen is a very windy road and It began with the KdF Wagen also known as the Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle.
I think it sounds really good.. But my problem is that if I were a reader reading this, I'd automatically suspect that Jakob Werlin was the creator of VW.. which is not so... My thesis statement is:
The history of Volkswagen is a very windy road and It began with the KdF Wagen also known as the Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle.
I can't figure out how I can mention Ferdinand Porsche in there.... It's too thick with enough info in there... a second paragraph about mr. porsche sounds like I'm going off topic...
Can anyone throw me some ideas...?
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