1. MLA Essay
Formatting
EHS English Dept

2. First page with heading
Date format:
24 August 2015
Heading NOT in header – only belongs on p. 1
Use point font

3. Running header
Double click in header space Choose Page Number - Top of Page – far right Type your name before the number (Keep running header on pg. 1)

4. All pages will carry running header

5. Margins and other details
12 point Times New Roman- check the header!!
Everything double-spaced….including heading, title, text, and Works Cited
Set paragraph settings
Spacing, ZERO (0) before and after
Line spacing, DOUBLE
Click on “Set as Default”

6. Always do some self-editing!
No contractions
they’re wasn’t couldn’t
They are was not could not
No second person pronouns
You your you’re yours
Very few BE verbs
am be
is being
are been
was Re-write entire sentences
were containing BE verbs to avoid using passive voice.

7. WORKS CITED
A citation (needed for each quote, summary, or paraphrase of published material) has 2 parts:
The Works Cited at the end of the paper
and
The Internal Citation in the body of the paper -

8. Works Cited (or Consulted)
Easybib.com makes creating citations EASY!
Works Cited centered at top of last page--no bold, quotation marks, or italics
Running header
1” margins
ALL double spaced
Hanging indent = 1st line at margin, all others indented
Alphabetical order

9. INTERNAL CITATIONS
Add your own words to a quote. The quote must be part of one of your sentences!
Use the FIRST word of the full citation in parenthesis at the end of the sentence.
Period AFTER the parentheses!
Best: Sandwich the quote in between your own words. Begin and end the sentence with your words, inserting the quote smoothly and grammatically into the middle.
Ex: Civilians felt that they were “disregarded within the human race” during the occupation (Hill).

10. INTERNAL CITATIONS
Here is another example:
Carl Gauss was very likely a genius; this is obvious because he made “almost all of his fundamental mathematical discoveries between the ages of 14 and 17,” long before he was an adult (Constantine).

11. Summary / Paraphrase
All summarized or paraphrased text must also be given proper credit. At the end of the sentence or paragraph containing the borrowed ideas, give citation.

12. Cover page (if required)
ALL double spaced
Center all text
Same font size as the rest of the paper