ModelMLAPaper:AVisualForma4ngGuide

Thisisaheader.InMLA,youdon’tneeda@tlepage,butitisrecommendedtohavea4-lineheaderwithyourname,teacher,

class,anddate.

Createanoriginal&tleforyourprojectandplaceitinthecenter

ofthepage.

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These@tlesareinitalicsbecausetheyarebooks.Longworkslike

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

in-textcita@on.SincemorethanoneTolkeinworkwasmen@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,iss@llusedbymanyteachers.MLA7hasslightlydifferentrules,so

makesuretoaskyourteacherwhichedi@ontouse.

ThisisaWorksCitedentry.Itissettohaveahangingindentincasethecita@ongoeslongerthanoneline.

0.5”Hangingindent