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[http://www.mla.org/ Modern Language Association] style. | [http://www.mla.org/ Modern Language Association] style. | ||
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== Environment Code == | == Environment Code == | ||
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+ | Downloadable version [[media:env_mla.tex|here]]. | ||
<texcode> | <texcode> | ||
% Filename: env_mla.tex | % Filename: env_mla.tex | ||
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+ | %Provided Methods: | ||
+ | % \MLA[First][Last][Prof][Class][Date][Title] | ||
+ | % \startlongquote ... \stoplongquote | ||
+ | % \startworkscited ... \stopworkscited | ||
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\startenvironment env_mla | \startenvironment env_mla | ||
% paper, layout, etc. | % paper, layout, etc. | ||
\setuppapersize[letter] | \setuppapersize[letter] | ||
− | \setuplayout[width=6.5in,height= | + | \setuplayout[width=6.5in,height=10.5in,topspace=0.5in,backspace=1in, |
header=0.5in,footer=0.5in] | header=0.5in,footer=0.5in] | ||
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% double space | % double space | ||
\setupinterlinespace[line=5.6ex] | \setupinterlinespace[line=5.6ex] | ||
− | % 1/2 inch indents\setupindenting[0.5in] | + | % 1/2 inch indents |
+ | \setupindenting[0.5in] | ||
% jagged-right (aligned to the left) | % jagged-right (aligned to the left) | ||
\setupalign[right] | \setupalign[right] | ||
% font | % font | ||
− | \setupbodyfont[ | + | \setupbodyfont[rm,12pt] |
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− | % | + | % for long quotes |
\definestartstop[longquote][ | \definestartstop[longquote][ | ||
before={\indenting[never] | before={\indenting[never] | ||
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after={\stopnarrower | after={\stopnarrower | ||
\indenting[yes]}] | \indenting[yes]}] | ||
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− | + | % for heading and header | |
− | + | \def\MLA#1[#2][#3][#4][#5][#6][#7]% | |
− | + | {\setuppagenumbering[left=#3 ,location={header,right}] | |
− | + | \indenting[never] | |
− | + | #2 #3\par#4\par#5\par#6\par\startalignment[middle]#7\stopalignment | |
− | + | \indenting[yes]} | |
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% following hanging indent code (also in workscited) taken from | % following hanging indent code (also in workscited) taken from | ||
% http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2004/005280.html | % http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2004/005280.html | ||
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\bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar | \bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar | ||
}, | }, | ||
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\egroup | \egroup | ||
\indenting[yes]}] | \indenting[yes]}] | ||
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\stopenvironment | \stopenvironment | ||
</texcode> | </texcode> | ||
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<texcode> | <texcode> | ||
\environment env_mla | \environment env_mla | ||
+ | \MLA[Jin-Ho][King][Professor Wotsisnam][Engrish 250]% | ||
+ | [30 February 2004][Foundation for Poor Diction] | ||
\starttext | \starttext | ||
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There once was a young man who wanted to write. He wrote and | There once was a young man who wanted to write. He wrote and | ||
wrote. He wrote nothing of value. All his life, he struggled | wrote. He wrote nothing of value. All his life, he struggled | ||
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\startworkscited | \startworkscited | ||
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Crane, Irod. ``The Complications of Existential | Crane, Irod. ``The Complications of Existential | ||
Transcendence." {\em Life and Library}. Boston: Trash, 2004. | Transcendence." {\em Life and Library}. Boston: Trash, 2004. | ||
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* To make the hanging indent work, make sure there is a blank line between the last line of the bibliographic list and <tt>\stopworkscited</tt>. | * To make the hanging indent work, make sure there is a blank line between the last line of the bibliographic list and <tt>\stopworkscited</tt>. | ||
+ | * Make sure the arguments to the MLA macro are all on one line. (An alternative is to end a line with "%" to ignore the whitespace until the next argument—see the example.) | ||
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+ | [[Category:Sample documents]] |
Latest revision as of 19:02, 11 August 2005
Modern Language Association style.
(Unofficial, of course, but workable.)
Environment Code
Downloadable version here.
% Filename: env_mla.tex %Provided Methods: % \MLA[First][Last][Prof][Class][Date][Title] % \startlongquote ... \stoplongquote % \startworkscited ... \stopworkscited \startenvironment env_mla % paper, layout, etc. \setuppapersize[letter] \setuplayout[width=6.5in,height=10.5in,topspace=0.5in,backspace=1in, header=0.5in,footer=0.5in] % double space \setupinterlinespace[line=5.6ex] % 1/2 inch indents \setupindenting[0.5in] % jagged-right (aligned to the left) \setupalign[right] % font \setupbodyfont[rm,12pt] % for long quotes \definestartstop[longquote][ before={\indenting[never] \setupnarrower[left=0.5in,right=0.5in] \startnarrower[2*left,right]}, after={\stopnarrower \indenting[yes]}] % for heading and header \def\MLA#1[#2][#3][#4][#5][#6][#7]% {\setuppagenumbering[left=#3 ,location={header,right}] \indenting[never] #2 #3\par#4\par#5\par#6\par\startalignment[middle]#7\stopalignment \indenting[yes]} % following hanging indent code (also in workscited) taken from % http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2004/005280.html % [NTG-context] Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs? % ~ Patrick Gundlach \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=0.5in} \definestartstop[workscited][ before={ \page[yes] \indenting[never] \startalignment[middle] Works Cited \stopalignment \bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar }, after={ \egroup \indenting[yes]}] \stopenvironment
Usage
\environment env_mla \MLA[Jin-Ho][King][Professor Wotsisnam][Engrish 250]% [30 February 2004][Foundation for Poor Diction] \starttext There once was a young man who wanted to write. He wrote and wrote. He wrote nothing of value. All his life, he struggled to create something worth reading; all his life, he struggled to become someone worth knowing. All his life, he failed miserably. \startlongquote Now the question is not whether he can write. His abilities in picking up pencils and pens and putting them to paper cannot be denied. Actually, I've rarely seen anyone so willing to put ideas on paper. The real question is: ``Should a man like that be given pencils and pens and paper?" (Crane 243) \stoplongquote There is little more to be said about this man; this man has little more to be said. \startworkscited Crane, Irod. ``The Complications of Existential Transcendence." {\em Life and Library}. Boston: Trash, 2004. \stopworkscited \stoptext
Caveats
- To make the hanging indent work, make sure there is a blank line between the last line of the bibliographic list and \stopworkscited.
- Make sure the arguments to the MLA macro are all on one line. (An alternative is to end a line with "%" to ignore the whitespace until the next argument—see the example.)