Formatting
Double-spaced
What font should a MLA formatted paper be in?
Times New Romans 12
Which MLA core element is in bold?
Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. Viking Press, 1967.
Title of Source
Where is the works cited page located?
The last page of your essay (separate)
Where does the period belong when you are using a quote?
After the citation (Orwell 33).
How do you access the header area?
Double-click the top of the page
What margins should you have for MLA Format?
1 inch margins
Jacobs, Alan. “The Watchmen Revisited.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 5 Oct. 2017, www.theatlantic.com.
Publisher
Should you double-space on your works cited page?
Yes
How do you cite the quote if you are using a book?
(Hinton 23).
Right align -- Last name and page number
In MLA format, if you introduce a quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author’s last name, what information — if any — must still appear in the parenthetical in-text citation?
page number (91).
Lee, Harper. “A Letter to My Readers.” The New York Times, 12 July 1960, www.nytimes.com/letter-readers.
Title of Container
According to MLA Format, what should the title of the last page be?
Works Cited
If you do not have an author, what should you put in your in-text citation?
A shortened version of the title
("Seahawks beat Patriots").
How must you put the page numbers of your essay into your document, and why?
Insert the page numbers! If not, whatever number you type will appear on every page!
At the beginning of each paragraph
Smith, Jordan. “Why Volcanoes Matter.” National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2021, www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/volcanoes.
Location
How is the Works Cited page arranged? (Whate order)
Alphabetically by Author's last name or alphabetically by the title (if author is unknown)
What would the in-text citation look like if you used this source?
Authors: Daniel Harper and Elise Rowe
Book title: Attention in the Age of Screens
Page number: 212
(Harper and Rowe 212).
Name, Teacher's Name, Class, Date
Explain how you format the titles of big works and smaller works that you mention in an essay. Give an example of each.
Italicize titles of big works such as The Outsiders or Of Mice and Men
Put "Quotations" around smaller works such as "The Pedestrian" or "To Build a Fire"
Chen, Marissa. “Climate Patterns and Migration.” Environmental Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2022, pp. 44–58.
Publication Date
Hanging indent (every line after the first line of an entry is indented)
Correct this:
"There never was a good war or a bad peace." (Franklin, p. 24).
"There never was a good war or a bad peace" (Franklin 24).