MLA Guidelines English Formatting Style MLA Standard white

MLA Guidelines English

Formatting Style: MLA ●Standard white paper ● 12 pt font ●Double Spaced ●Times New Roman ● 5 paragraph essay (Introduction, 3 paragraphs with details, Conclusion

Format. . . ● 1 inch margin on all sides ●indent the first line of each paragraph ½ inch from the left margin (tab) ●Leave one space after punctuation

Header Create a header that numbers all the pages consecutively in the upper right hand corner, flush with the right margin.

Title Page ●Centred title ●Name, Class, Teacher’s name in bottom right corner

Footnotes ●Use examples from the stories to support your claims. ●Cite them with a footnote.

When do you cite? ●direct quotes ●paraphrasing ●summarizing material

Examples in the text Jones stated that, “ the case is closed” (1). Footnotes at bottom of page 1)“Title of Story”. Author. Publication location, Year, page number. ●Only do this for the FIRST footnote for EACH source. After, just the Author and page #

Example Jones also states the case was the first of it’s kind. (2) 2) Author. Page #

Works Cited Page Separate page. Alphabetical Order by Last Name Includes: Author’s name. Title of book. Place of publication: name of publisher, date of publication. Medium of publication.

The following slide is an example Smith, Jane. “Leadership and Women”. Boston: Free Press, 1996. Print.

Demonstration ●open a word document ●Insert ●Reference ●Footnote ●Type the appropriate information at the bottom of the page!