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This document provides guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style. MLA style is commonly used in the liberal arts and humanities for formatting papers and citing sources. The guidelines cover general formatting of papers such as font, margins, indentation, and headers. Specific instructions are given for formatting the first page of a paper, including placement of name, instructor, course, date, and title. The document concludes with guidelines for formatting the Works Cited page, including alphabetical listing and indentation of sources.

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Basic MLA Format PDF

This document provides guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style. MLA style is commonly used in the liberal arts and humanities for formatting papers and citing sources. The guidelines cover general formatting of papers such as font, margins, indentation, and headers. Specific instructions are given for formatting the first page of a paper, including placement of name, instructor, course, date, and title. The document concludes with guidelines for formatting the Works Cited page, including alphabetical listing and indentation of sources.

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BASIC

 MLA  FORMAT  GUIDELINES  


WHAT  IS  MLA  AND  WHY  IS  IT  IMPORTANT?  

MLA  (Modern  Language  Association)  style  is  most  commonly  used  to  format  papers  and  cite  
sources  within  the  liberal  arts  and  humanities  disciplines,  and  specifies  guidelines  for  
formatting  manuscripts  and  using  the  English  language  in  writing.  MLA  style  also  provides  
writers  with  a  system  for  referencing  their  sources  through  parenthetical  citation  in  their  essays  
and  Works  Cited  pages.  

GENERAL  FORMATTING  GUIDELINES  

• Type  your  paper  on  a  computer  and  print  it  out  on  standard,  white  8.5  x  11-­‐inch  paper.  
• Double-­‐space  the  text  of  your  paper,  and  use  a  legible  font  such  as  Times  New  Roman  or  
Arial.    The  font  size  should  be  11  or  12.  
• Leave  only  one  space  after  periods  or  other  punctuation  marks.  
• Set  the  margins  of  your  document  to  1  inch  on  all  sides.    
• Use  the  TAB  key  to  Indent  the  first  line  of  paragraphs  one  half-­‐inch  from  the  left  margin.    
• Create  a  header  that  numbers  all  pages  consecutively  in  the  upper  right-­‐hand  corner,  
one-­‐half  inch  from  the  top  and  flush  with  the  right  margin,  and  include  your  last  name  
before  the  page  number.  

FORMATTING  THE  FIRST  PAGE  OF  YOUR  PAPER  

• Do  not  make  a  title  page  for  your  paper  unless  requested  by  your  instructor.  
• Beginning  on  the  first  line  of  text,  type  your  name,  your  instructor's  name,  the  course,  
and  the  date.  
• Double  space  again  and  center  the  title.  Do  not  underline,  italicize,  or  place  your  title  in  
quotation  marks;  write  the  title  in  Title  Case,  not  in  all  capital  letters.  
• Use  quotation  marks  and/or  italics  when  referring  to  other  works  in  your  title  
• Double  space  between  the  title  and  the  first  line  of  the  text.  

Created  by  Natasha  Molet  Worthington,  June  2014  


GENERAL  FORMATTING  OF  SOURCES  USED  
• The  list  of  sources  that  you  used  is  the  Works  Cited  page  and  begins  on  a  new  page  after  
the  end  of  the  paper.  Put  “Works  Cited”  (without  quotation  marks)  centered  at  the  top  
of  the  page  in  regular  text  (do  not  underline,  italicize,  or  bold).  
• Arrange  the  items  on  your  Work  Cited  page  in  alphabetical  order  by  author’s  last  name.    
If  there  is  no  author,  use  the  first  word  of  the  text.  
• Double  space  all  lines.  
• Indent  the  second  and  following  lines  one  half  inch,  called  a  hanging  indent.    
• Abbreviate  the  names  of  all  months  except  May,  June,  and  July.  

Created  by  Natasha  Molet  Worthington,  June  2014  

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