1. 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

2. 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

3. 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).

4. MLA Format Works Cited citations Author and character names
Novels: Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. London: Penguin, 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