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English III East View High School MLA Format English III East View High School

What is MLA? MLA stands for Modern Language Association Most common style for writing papers within the libral arts & humanities (i.e., English) with respect to: Formatting & page layout Stylistic technicalities (quotations, abbreviations) Citing secondary sources Creating the Works Cited page

MLA—Why do we need it? MLA makes it easy for your reader to navigate your paper/essay because a universal format is used. MLA standards allows YOU to: Give readers structure so they can follow your ideas and topics Keep your reader’s attention by not distracting them with unfamiliar formatting Maintain “neatness in your paper” Organize secondary sources & prevent plagiarism Present sources for follow-up

Sections General Rules & Formatting Paper In-text Citations (will be coming) Works Cited Page (will be coming)

Basic Guidelines Font: Times New Roman (preferred), Arial, Calibri Font Size: 12 point (always) Margins: 1” on all four sides Title: center of paper Spacing: Double space throughout body of paper Page number: beginning on page 1, upper right hand corner followed by last name Title of books: italicized always Paragraph: press TAB button to indent first line of each paragraph by .5” Title pages are forbidden

Formatting/Setting up first page On the upper left hand corner of the page type: Student’s name Teacher’s name Course name (Eng 8) Date *One space between each line *Do not stray from this order. 5 points will be deducted off your grade!

Title of Document After setting up the first four lines on the upper left hand side of your paper, press enter twice and press the center align button Type the title of your paper No bold No underline No larger fonts Press enter twice and tab once to begin typing first paragraph

Your first page 1” Name, Teacher, Class & Date Page # & last name title Indent 1st line 1” 1” 1” Last sentence is thesis

Using Microsoft Word to format paper in MLA Originally I wanted to show you a youtube video of how to actually format your paper, but WPS does not permit youtube, and I couldn’t find anything anywhere else….. So I will show you instead!