1. MLA Specifications

2. Title and Identification MLA does NOT require a title page. On the first page, place your name, instructor, course/section #, and date on separate lines against the upper left margin. On the following line, Center your title The title should not be bold faced, underlined, in quotes, or italicized. Format titles of works as required Begin paper on next line.

3. John Smith Dr. Panda English 110-01 20 March 2009 The Madness of Hamlet

4. 1 Inch margins ALL AROUND Adjust Defaults if Necessary Left align text DO NOT justify the paragraphs INDENT the 1 st line of each new paragraph one-half inch from the left margin (about 1 tab space)

5. ALL MLA PAPERS ARE UNIFORMLY DOUBLE SPACED FROM BEGINNING TO END WITHOUT EXCEPTION This includes works cited page, block quotes, and endnotes There is NEVER an extra space between paragraphs** If you WP program does so as a default, you need to select the proper layout Leave ONE space after a mark of terminal punctuation.

6. Always include page numbers and a header Put the page number preceded by your last name (header) in the upper right corner of each page except the first

7. The default MLA font is: 12 Point Font** TIMES NEW ROMAN DO NOT ADJUST FONTS!!!

8. Titles of long works (novels, plays, long poems) should be italicized The Odyssey The Old Man and the Sea Othello Titles of short works should be in quotation marks but NOT italicized “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” “Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”