1. MLA FORMAT for Shakespearean Plays
Authors: full name at first reference, JUST
last name thereafter.
William Shakespeare>>>Shakespeare
2. Citation:
Use line breaks ( / ) with a space before and after the line break for lines of verse.
Do not use line-breaks for prose.
Cite with act, scene, and line numbers.
VERSE: When speaking to Curio about Olivia, Orsino exclaims, “…I turned into a hart, / And my desires … e’er since pursue me” ( ).
PROSE: Maria divulges her plan to Toby and Andrew: “I will drop in his way some obscure epistles of love…” ( ).

2. Block Format 4+ lines This is for citations of …
4 lines of verse or more (refer to line numbers in play)
4 type-written lines of prose
Any conversation between 2 or more characters.
Double space
Indent (10 spaces)
No quotation marks; no period after citation
Character’s name in all caps, followed by a period (e.g. VIOLA.)
As it appears in text (do not use line breaks)
Indent all subsequent lines
Viola reflects on the Malvolio’s delivery of the ring:
VIOLA. Fortune forbid my outside hath not charmed her
She made good view of me, indeed so much
That methought her eyes had lost her tongue,
For she did speak in starts distractedly. ( )
Feste points out Olivia’s shortcomings when they discuss her brother's death:
FOOL. I think his soul is in hell, madonna.
OLIVIA. I know his soul is in heaven, Fool. ( )
4+ lines
2+ speakers

3. Lead-ins: Include speaker, spoken to, and context
Somebody said lead-in:
When speaking to Curio about Olivia, Orsino exclaims, “…I turned into a hart,/ And my desires … e’er since pursue me” ( ).
Full sentence lead-in:
Maria divulges her plan to Toby and Andrew: “I will drop in his way some obscure epistles of love…” ( ).
Blended lead-in:
Shakespeare reveals Orsino’s anger when he refers to Cesario as a “ dissembling cub [who] …henceforth [he] may never meet” ( , 178).

4. ** Write your name on your partner’s paper**
3rd Draft Conferences
Identify geographic & content concerns
Identify grammar/conventions concerns
Essay Conference Questions
** Write your name on your partner’s paper**
Identify 3 operative nouns of thesis (character(s), how, message)
Double check topic & concluding sentences:
TS- character, how, message, & paragraph content
CS- character, how, message, & new insight
Use rubric to score either Supporting Detail & Commentary OR Structural Plan & Paragraphing
Identify any repetition in the conclusion. Does it transition from the argument to new content without repeating information?