Transcript MLA Format - Germantown School District

MLA Format
Every paper should be…
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Typed
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Double-spaced (CTRL+2)
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In Times New Roman font
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In size 12 font
Every paper should have…
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Your last name and the page number
on every page EXCEPT the first one
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A full heading on the left side of the
page:
Your name
teacher name
class
due date
Works Cited Page
Format
Purpose
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To indicate where you got any and all
quotes/details from
Process for this Assignment
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Use title page and copyright page to find the
following information in order:
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Story author’s name.
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Short story title in quotes.
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Book title, underlined.
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City where book was published with a colon after it:
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Company that published the book with a comma after it,
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Year the book was published.
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Print.  indicates that this is a printed book. Just do it.
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Page range of story, from title to last word.
Work Cited Page
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Typed in same file with your essay
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Last page of essay—separate from essay text
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Format:
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Type the words Work Cited at the top of the page and
center them.
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Press Enter and left-align the text.
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Press CTRL+T to make a hanging indent.
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Type your source using the format you came up with.