1. MLA Formatting
English III AP

2. 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.

3. 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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5. 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.

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Josephine Doe
Ms. Voss
English
1 December 2016

7. 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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. 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

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

15. If you are unsure,
Look it up!