MLA Paper Guidelines - Citations MLA

Writing an MLA Paper

Guidelines for the Paper

Paper Use standard 8-1/2" x 11" white paper Preferable to print single-sided pages Margins Top: 1 inch Bottom: 1 inch Sides: 1 inch Margin indent: 1/2 inch (5 spaces) Indented blocks of text: 1 inch in from left margin (10 spaces) Running head (your last name and page number) 1/2 down from top margin, flush with right margin Heading Begin at top left of paper. [The entire heading is double spaced.]
	Directions: Line 1: Your name Line 2: Your teacher's name Line 3: The name and number of your class Line 4: The date	Example: Susie Jones Mr. Smith American Lit 24 Oct. 2007
Title Begins one line down from the heading Each important word is capitalized Entire title is centered Use the same font and text style as the body of the paper Font Use size 12 font Choose a standard, easily readable font Fonts to use: Times; Georgia; Arial; Verdana Fonts to avoid: Party LET; Brush Script; Comic Sans Spacing Double space the entire paper Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs Page Numbers Page numbers are added in the header An outline can be included before the text of the paper and is numbered using itaiicized lower-case Roman numerals The Works Cited is given the page number immediately following the body of the paper
Example of a Title Page

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