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MLA 7 th Edition Formatting and Style Guide

Format: General Guidelines 1. Type on white 8.5“ x 11“ paper 2. Double-space everything 3. Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font (or similar font) 4. Leave only one space after punctuation 5. Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides 6. Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch

Format: General Guidelines (continued) 7. Header with page numbers in the upper right corner 8. Use italics for titles

Sample 1st Page

Formatting the 1st Page 1.No title page 2.Double space everything 3.In the upper left corner of the 1st page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and date John Smith Mrs. Sprinkle English III 5 August 2012 More…

Formatting the 1st Page 4. Center the paper title (use standard caps but no underlining, italics, quote, or bold) 5. Create a header in the upper right corner at half inch from the top and one inch from the right of the page (include your last name and page number) Example coming up…

Works Cited Page: The Basics Sample Works Cited Page:

Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page number header as the rest of your paper. Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page. Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries. Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent. List page numbers of sources efficiently, when needed. If you refer to a journal article that appeared on pages 225 through 250, list the page numbers on your Works Cited page as Note that MLA style uses a hyphen in a span of pages. Works Cited Page Basics

Works Cited Page: Books Basic Format: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Examples: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, Print. Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, Print. Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, Print The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, Print.