MLA style
Modern Language Association style.
(Unofficial, of course, but workable.)
Environment Code
Downloadable version here.
% Filename: env_mla.tex \startenvironment env_mla % paper, layout, etc. \setuppapersize[letter] \setuplayout[width=6.5in,height=10in,topspace=0.5in,backspace=1in, header=0.5in,footer=0.5in] % last name, page number \setuppagenumbering[left=MyLastName ,location={header,right}] % double space \setupinterlinespace[line=5.6ex] % 1/2 inch indents \setupindenting[0.5in] % jagged-right (aligned to the left) \setupalign[right] % font \setupbodyfont[roman,12pt] % startstop regions to use: % longquote, header, title, workscited \definestartstop[longquote][ before={\indenting[never] \setupnarrower[left=0.5in,right=0.5in] \startnarrower[2*left,right]}, after={\stopnarrower \indenting[yes]}] \definestartstop[header][ before={\indenting[never]}, after={\indenting[yes]}] \definestartstop[title][ before={\indenting[never] \startalignment[middle]}, after={\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.