MLA Overview / Tips

MLA Heading

1.       Your Name

2.       Teacher’s Name

3.       Class

4.       Date

Page Numbers

1.       Last Name & Page # in Top Right Corner

a.       Click on ‘Insert’

b.      Click on ‘Page Number’

                                                              i.      Top of Page

1.       Plain Number 3

                                                            ii.      Type your last name in
In-Text Citations
1.      With a Signal Phrase

a.       The signal phrase at the beginning of the sentence

                                                               i.      EXAMPLE: In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar,

b.      The quote being used in quotation marks

                                                               i.      EXAMPLE: “cowards die a thousand deaths, but the valiant taste death but once”

c.       The page number in parentheses at the end

                                                               i.      EXAMPLE: (24).
In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "cowards die a thousand
deaths, but the valiant taste death but once" (24).
 
2.      Without a Signal Phrase

a.       The quote being used in quotation marks

                                                               i.      EXAMPLE: “cowards die a thousand deaths, but the valiant taste death but once”

b.      The author’s last name and page number in parentheses at the end

                                                               i.      (Shakespeare 24).
We know that "cowards die a thousand deaths, but the valiant
taste death but once" ( Shakespeare 24).
 
Works Cited

1.       Works Cited

a.       Centered

b.      No underline / italics / bold

2.       Last name, First name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Date. Print.

3.       Alphabetical order by last name

4.       Reverse indent

a.       1st line = not indented

b.      2nd line and other = indented

5.       EXAMPLE:

Moses, Mister. The Joy of Teaching. Liberty: Dearborn Dreams, 2012. Print.
 
QUICK TIPS:
12 POINT TIMES NEW ROMAN
DOUBLE SPACED
SPACING - BEFORE: 0 pt.  AFTER: 0 pt.
(to fix these things: highlight text, right click, paragraph)
 
 

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