Transcript MLA Style 2010

MLA FORMAT GUIDELINES
Information from
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th edition.
New York: MLAA, 2009.
Designed by Chris Bui and Tina Blaas
Revised by Savanna Richter
2010
© 2002 UWF Writing Lab
What is MLA format?
MLA format is the set of guidelines
established by the Modern Language
Association of American to be used for
writing in the fields of language and
literature. The format is also used by
other disciplines and may be
manipulated to fit the specific needs of
these fields.
POINTS TO REMEMBER
WHEN YOU ARE
WRITING A PAPER
USING MLA FORMAT
Font size and style
The Font should be
Times New Roman
12 is standard for the font size
All margins are set to one inch.
The Body
All lines are double-spaced.
There are no extra spaces between
the heading and title or the title and
the main text.
There are no extra spaces between
paragraphs in the main text.
To Remove the Extra Space
Microsoft Word 2007 automatically adds
an extra space between paragraphs
unless you turn off this default setting.
To turn off this setting, go to the
“paragraph” tab and check the box for
“don’t add space between paragraphs
of the same style.”
The first line of each paragraph is
indented half an inch.
There is no title page.
The heading
The first page includes the heading
in the top left corner, followed by a
centered title, and then the text of the
paper.
Every page, including the first, has a
header half an inch from the top of
the page in the right corner.
The heading includes the
following on separate lines:
Author’s first and last name
Instructor’s name
Course name or number
Date in the form of day, month, and year
There are no extra spaces before and
after the title.
The title is not typed in all capital
letters.
The title is not bolded, quoted,
underlined, or italicized except in the
case of an included title of a poem,
book, story, etc.
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No Extra Spaces
Order in the Cart: Enforcing Order in Herrick’s “Hock-Cart”
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Robert Herrick’s “Hock-Cart” praises a harvest festival and invites all to attend the
celebration in which class distinctions and hierarchies are forgotten. The classical poem contains
a complex structure of lists within lists of animals, plants, food, and people. While the poem
Work Cited
If references are quoted or cited in
the paper, then the last page of the
paper is the Works Cited page,
a bibliographical page that includes
all secondary sources used in the
paper.
Remember that some professors may
modify these guidelines to fit their own
classes and assignments:
Some instructors request that a word
count be added in the heading.
Some instructors will allow students to
print on both sides of the paper or
include the works cited on the bottom
of the last page.
Always ask your professor to be sure!
For questions about MLA format,
consult the MLA Handbook for Writers
of Research Papers
or call or stop by the
UWF
Writing
Lab