MLA Formatting English III AP

MLA Format—Font and Spacing EVERY MLA formatted paper will use Times New Roman 12-point font (or an extremely similar font). The ENTIRE paper will be double spaced with NO extra spacing anywhere.

MLA Format—Running Header EVERY page of an MLA formatted paper will have the student’s last name and the correct page number in the upper right- hand corner. (Space after the name before the number.) The first page has the full heading so you may eliminate the header on page 1 if you know how to do it. Do not use any extra lines, letters, designs, shading, etc.

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MLA Format—4-Line Heading This heading will appear ONLY on page 1. Your name in regular order Your instructor’s name as he/she prefers it to appear The complete course information The date written in military order DO NOT TYPE THIS INTO THE HEADER OF YOUR COMPUTER – type it manually on the first page.

Doe 1 Josephine Doe Ms. Voss English 1314.7 1 December 2016

MLA Format—Title Center the title of the paper on the very next line after the heading NO extra space DO NOT change font size, type or style DO NOT punctuate an original title If your title includes the name of a published work, punctuate that title according to proper title punctuation rules within your full title

Doe 1 Josephine Doe Ms. Voss English 1314.7 1 December 2016 Title of the Paper

MLA Format—Indentation Indent EVERY paragraph (to include the first) 5 spaces

Doe 1 Josephine Doe Ms. Voss English 1314.7 1 December 2016 Title of the Paper Begin the paper on this line after indenting. Every other line is up against the left margin.

Parenthetical Documentation The critic said, “I have heard Martina Arroyo sing at the opera.” The critic said, “I have heard Martina Arroyo sing at the opera” (Redding 57). The information inside parenthesis is called parenthetical documentation. It contains author’s last name, a space, then the page number on which the quote was found within a text. If the next quote is from the same author, only put the page number.

Doe 3 Works Cited Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999. Jacobs, Alan. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. Oxford UP, 2011.

Titles Italicize titles of novels, magazines, plays, newspapers, albums, works of art, names of ships Place in “quotation marks” titles of short stories or chapters, articles, songs, poems

Extra Help For tutorials, visit the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). Beware of online citation machines! They can be wrong.

If you are unsure, Look it up!