ݺߣ

ݺߣShare a Scribd company logo

Using Visuals In An Mla Paper

•Download as PPT, PDF•
•
Laurie Lykken
Laurie Lykken

This document provides guidelines for using visual elements like figures, tables, graphs and photos in an essay. It recommends getting permission for copyrighted materials, numbering and titling visuals clearly, including captions and in-text citations, and introducing each visual in the body text by mentioning its number, location, information, and purpose. An example is provided of citing a figure showing an ancient Greek funeral urn from the Louvre museum.

1 of 7
Download to read offline
Tables Graphs Charts Diagrams Photographs Maps Screen Shots Warning: If your essay is going to be posted on the Web on a site that is not password-protected and a visual you want to use is from a source that is copyrighted, you should request written permission from the copyright holder.
Select the type that best suits your purposes Number your visuals in sequential order and give each a title Clearly label all of its parts Provide a caption that gives a fuller description of the visual than the title alone does Cite the source of your visual in-text AND document the source on your list of works cited.
Facilitate , not disrupt, the reading of the body of text with your visual. Introduce each visual by referring to it in your text immediately before the visual appears. Use reference to the visual in your text that answers the following questions: What is the number of the visual? Where is it located? What kind of information does it contain? What important point does it make or support?
Figure 1.1 The laying out of the body and the preparation for the funeral in Ancient Greece as depicted on a funeral urn that is part of the pottery collection Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Source: “ Death and Funeral in Ancient Greece.” Hellenica. Web.
“ Death and Funeral in Ancient Greece.” Hellenica. 2006. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.
Most of what is known about the way in which the Ancient Greeks dealt with death and the remains of the deceased comes from surviving speeches, the surviving literature like plays and poetry, and from pottery shards (see Figure 1.1). Figure 1.1 The laying out of the body and the preparation for the funeral in Ancient Greece as depicted on a funeral urn that is part of the pottery collection Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Source: “ Death and Funeral in Ancient Greece.” Hellenica. Web.

More Related Content

Using Visuals In An Mla Paper

  • 1.
  • 2. Tables Graphs Charts Diagrams Photographs Maps Screen Shots Warning: If your essay is going to be posted on the Web on a site that is not password-protected and a visual you want to use is from a source that is copyrighted, you should request written permission from the copyright holder.
  • 3. Select the type that best suits your purposes Number your visuals in sequential order and give each a title Clearly label all of its parts Provide a caption that gives a fuller description of the visual than the title alone does Cite the source of your visual in-text AND document the source on your list of works cited.
  • 4. Facilitate , not disrupt, the reading of the body of text with your visual. Introduce each visual by referring to it in your text immediately before the visual appears. Use reference to the visual in your text that answers the following questions: What is the number of the visual? Where is it located? What kind of information does it contain? What important point does it make or support?
  • 5. Figure 1.1 The laying out of the body and the preparation for the funeral in Ancient Greece as depicted on a funeral urn that is part of the pottery collection Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Source: “ Death and Funeral in Ancient Greece.” Hellenica. Web.
  • 6. “ Death and Funeral in Ancient Greece.” Hellenica. 2006. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.
  • 7. Most of what is known about the way in which the Ancient Greeks dealt with death and the remains of the deceased comes from surviving speeches, the surviving literature like plays and poetry, and from pottery shards (see Figure 1.1). Figure 1.1 The laying out of the body and the preparation for the funeral in Ancient Greece as depicted on a funeral urn that is part of the pottery collection Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Source: “ Death and Funeral in Ancient Greece.” Hellenica. Web.