MLA Overview
Page Formatting
Parenthetical Citations
Works Cited
First Page
100
Modern Language Association.
What is MLA?
100
Double spaced.
What is the spacing requirement?
100
The source reference that appears in the text.
What is a parenthetical citation?
100
Alphabetical.
What is the order of sources?
100
Your first and last name.
What is on the first line of your paper?
200
Established standards for written work in certain disciplines.
What is MLA style?
200
Times New Roman, 12 pt.
What is the preferred font and size?
200
Author's name and page number.
What is included in an in-text citation?
200
Works Cited
What is the title of the reference page?
200
Your professor's name.
What is on the second line of the first page?
300
English, Literature, Humanities, and Foreign Languages.
What are the humanities disciplines?
300
One inch on all sides.
What is the margin requirement?
300
Signal phrase.
What is an introduction to resource material?
300
Hanging format.
What is the indentation format?
300
Your course and section number.
What is on the third line of the first page?
400
7th edition.
What is the current edition of the MLA handbook?
400
The Tab key.
What is the best way to indent each paragraph.
400
Shortened title in quotation marks.
What is used when there is no known author?
400
Medium of Publication.
What is Web, Print, or DVD?
400
The date.
What is on the fourth line of your paper?
500
Consistency of style within the humanities.
What is the reasons for using MLA.
500
Page number header.
What is on each page in the upper right-hand corner?
500
et al.
What is multiple authors?
500
Repeated author.
What is three hyphens followed by a period?
500
Your title.
What is centered on the fifth line of your paper?
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