MLA style
Revision as of 05:27, 22 December 2004 by 70.19.166.99 (talk) (→Environment Code: Streamlined entry of the header (And automatic last name in header))
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 \starttext \startheader Jin-Ho King Professor Wotsisnam Engrish 250 30 February 2004 \stopheader \starttitle Foundation for Poor Diction \stoptitle 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.