ModelMLAPaper:AVisualForma4ngGuide
Thisisaheading.InMLA,youdon’tneeda@tlepage,butitisrecommendedtohavea4-lineheaderwithyourname,teacher,
class,anddate.
Createanoriginal(tleforyourprojectandplaceitinthecenter
ofthepage.
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books,magazines,andnewspapersarealwaysinitalics.Shorterworkslikeshortstories,songs,andpoemsaredenotedbyquota@onmarks
(“Title”),withoutitalics.
In-textcita(onsusuallyincludetheauthor(lastname)andloca@onofthequoteorinforma@onthat’sbeingused.
Example:(Tolkien76-77).
Inthiscase,theauthor’sname,Tolkien,wasmen@onedearlierintheparagraph,soitisdoesnotneedtobeincludedinthefirst
[email protected]@oned,weincludedthe@tle(TheHobbit76-77).
Whenci@ngthesameworkagain(158-159),onlythepagenumbersareneeded.TheonlyreasontoincludeTheHobbit
againisifadifferentworkisreferencedbetweenthecita@ons.
Doublespacethewhole
paper.Thisisstandardforallstylemanuals,
unlessyouareinstructedotherwise.
Includeyourlastnamefollowedbythepagenumberintheupperrighthandcorner.It
shouldbea½inchfromthetop.
ProTip:Useyourso`ware’s“insertpagenumber”featureratherthantypingitintothe
bodyoftheessay.
Youshouldaimfor6-10
sentencesperparagraph.Thisparagraphisidealat7sentences.
ProTip:Ifyoutendtowriteshortsentences(andparagraphs)andstruggletomakethemlonger,trycombiningclauses.Thisparagraphislongisbecausetherearecomplexsentences,orsentenceswithmorethanoneclause.Forexample,thetopicsentenceherecontainsasemicolon,whichisagreatwaytocombinetwoclauseswithsimilarthoughtsintoonesentence.
Thiscommaappearsattheendofanintroductoryphrase.Thistypeofcommaiscommonlymissed.Tomakesureyouincludeit,lookforsentencesthatbeginwithpreposi@ons(like“in”here)or
gerunds(like“being”or“having).Thecommawillgorightbeforethemainsubjectofthesentence,
inthiscaseTolkien.
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Seta1inchmarginaroundtheen@repaper. 1”
1”
0.5”
0.5”Indenteach
newparagraphbya½inchfromthele`
margin.
1”
1”
1”
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TitleyourbibliographyinMLAas“WorksCited.”
MLAForma4ng:7thor8thedi@on?
Ifyouuseawebcita@ontoollikeEasyBib,youmayseeanop@ontochooseMLA7orMLA8.
MLA8isthelatestedi@on,andMLA7,thepreviousedi@on,[email protected],so
makesuretoaskyourteacherwhichedi@ontouse.
ThisisaWorksCitedentry.Itissettohaveahangingindentincasethecita@ongoeslongerthanoneline.
0.5”Hangingindent
