Fun with Format
The size of your font in an MLA paper.
12 pt font
Is page number, then author, or author then page number?
It's author, page number.
You must cite all sources, whether you quoted them or didn't. Where does the page with all your cited sources go?
At the very end/it's the very last page.
If you're missing information, what do you do?
1. Look for it.
2. If you can't find it, leave it off, but if you can't find more than 2-3 things, that may not be the most credible source.
The font you'd most likely find in an MLA paper.
Quotation Marks.
( " and " )
This is the layout for a full citation. True or false?
Author last name, author first name. "Article Title," Title Of The Website, name of publisher, date of publication. URL/Link. Date you accessed it.
Yes, it is correct.
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association.
The correct spacing for a paper written in MLA format is this.
Double spaced.
Then, Lord Voldemort said, "Avada Kedavra." (Rowling)
If yes: why? If no: why?
No. It's missing a page number.
Take a look at this citation. What's it missing? (For reference, this is a website, like your sources.)
Mehta, Jatan. “Explore Our Moon!” Jatan. space, 20 July 2023, Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
It's missing the URL/link to the website.
What kind of writing is MLA used in?
Humanities/English writing
Tab/Indentation
You're reading The Giver by Lois Lowry, and the quote you're planning to use is on page 45. What would that in-text citation look like?
(Lowry, 45)
What's wrong with this citation?
Dauk, Nick. Insight Vacations, 12 Mar. 2025, www.insightvacations.com/blog/30-fun-facts-about-brazil/.
It's missing the article title and access date.
Is this full citation correct?
“Socratic Seminars: Building a Culture of Student-Led Discussion.” Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2016, Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
No. (It's missing an author and a URL/link)
This belongs on the upper right-hand corner of your paper.
Turn the following into an in-text citation, USING the quote
Book Title: The Fault In Our Stats.
Author: John Green
Quote: Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always'.
Chapter 5, page 73.
"Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always'." (Green, 73).
Take a look at these citations. What's wrong with their order?
Mehta, Jatan. “Explore Our Moon!” Jatan.space, 20 July 2023, jatan.space/our-moon/. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
Davenport, Mary. “Socratic Seminars: Building a Culture of Student-Led Discussion.” Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2016, www.edutopia.org/blog/socratic-seminars-culture-student-led-discussion-mary-davenport. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
Dauk, Nick. “30 Fun Facts about Brazil You Need to Know About.” Insight Vacations, 12 Mar. 2025, www.insightvacations.com/blog/30-fun-facts-about-brazil/. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
They're not in alphabetical order.
Is this in-text citation correct?
Book: East Of Eden
Author: John Steinbeck
Page: 520
Quote: All great and precious things are lonely.
And then Lee spoke, “‘All great and precious things are lonely.'” (Steinbeck, 520)
Yes! It is.