MLA Format Font Spacing Headers Times New Roman Size 12 No bolds or underlines Spacing Double-spaced (truly – remove extra space when “Enter” key is pressed) 1” margins Press “Enter” once between each line of heading, between heading and title, between title and intro, between each paragraph Press “Enter” twice between conclusion and Word Count Indent once at beginning of each new paragraph Headers Name, Teacher Name, Subject, Assignment Due Date as normal text on top left of page Name and Page number as “Header and Footer” in top right corner Title centered, no bold or underline

MLA Format Word Count Works Cited page Titles of works Press “Enter” twice between conclusion and Word Count No indentation; to left of page Works Cited page On its own page at end of document “Works Cited” centered, no bold or underlines Sources listed below in Times New Roman, size 12, double-spaced, aligned to left (no indentation, bullets, etc.) Indent second, third lines if citation is longer than one line Titles of works Books (novels, non-fiction, plays, biographies, etc.), movies, album titles in italics Poems, short stories, songs, articles, essays in “quotation marks” Everywhere in essay – in your title, in your intro, in your body paragraphs, in your conclusion, on your Works Cited page

MLA Format In-text citations Blended Introduced Adjusted for verb tense (changes indicated with brackets [] ) Ellipsis pieces skipped in the middle Double quotation marks, single if there is a quote within a quote Author last name and page number Punctuation after citation (even if it’s a comma!) Paraphrasing cited Though internally Holden is reticent to accept responsibility for his actions, it’s clear that Holden is submissive and self-deprecating when it comes to actually discussing the matter with others. When Mr. Spencer reads Holden his paper, though Holden calls it a “dirty trick,” he assures Mr. Spencer that he “‘certainly [doesn’t]’… ‘blame [Mr. Spencer] for flunking [him]’” and suggests that Mr. Spencer “felt pretty lousy about flunking [Holden]” (Salinger 20).

MLA Format Works Cited citations Author and character names Novels: Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. London: Penguin, 1994. Print. Easybib.com Author and character names Author First time: full name (should be in your intro!) After that: last name only Characters First time: full name After that: name as used in text (if it’s first name, use that, if last, use last) Other notes: No first or second person State it like it’s a fact! “Based on” not “based off of” SEE THE EXAMPLE PAPER ON MY SITE AND THE MLA FORMATTING GUIDE FOR SPECIFICS