1. MLA Essay Writing

2. Essay Format Name Date Period Title Page numbers Times New Roman
12 point font
Double Space
October 24, 2016

3. How to add pg #
Go to the tab “insert” then click “header”for drop down menu. Select “slice 1” to get the option of adding your name to the page number. (Delete word page and then type your last name).

4. On the “home”tab, look for “paragraph” , then click on the arrow in the corner.
A window will pop up like this
Click on “line spacing” for the drop down and then select “double”. Click “OK” to continue.
Double Spacing

5. In Text Citation for a novel
Two ways to achieve this:
In Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, the influences of the Russian revolution were clearly made firstly with the battle of cowshed (65). The author’s name is listed in the sentence. Only the page number needs to be referenced with parenthesis.
Napoleon and Snowball never can see eye to eye on any of the matters on the farm, for example the windmill (Orwell, 132). The author’s name isn’t mentioned in the sentence. Use the (last name, page number) to create a proper citation.

6. In Text Citation of Website
In case you decide to use a website for support in your essay ** not required
Example, WatchMoJo:
In the video created by WatchMoJo, we learn that Napoleon’s character is based off of Joseph Stalin.
For websites, you just need to mention the name of the site like, History.com. Don’t use .

7. Bibliography
This page will go at the end of your paper. This is how you should format it.
Bibliography:
1. Last name, First name. Title of novel. Publishing company, year published. Ex: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.
** this is for a novel. You will do this with Animal Farm.
Title of website. Institution/Organization who created the site, Year of website creation, website URL. Date you accessed the website. The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 23 Apr
Visit owl.English.purdue.edu/owl/ for more information on types of citations.