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MLA Stylesheet

Writing for English class. MLA Stylesheet. MLA – Modern Language Association www.mla.org Provides a template for presenting papers and research involving the humanities. What is it?.

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MLA Stylesheet

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  1. Writing for English class MLA Stylesheet

  2. MLA – Modern Language Association www.mla.org Provides a template for presenting papers and research involving the humanities. What is it?

  3. APA – American Psychological AssociationUsed by most social and behavioral scientists such as educators, psychologists, etc. Chicago Manual of Style/TurabianOften used for publishing, journalism, history, and the arts It all depends on what your professor wants Other types of Stylesheets

  4. Has a formal heading EVERY paragraph is double-spaced. Font is size 12 Margins 1” all the way around Do not use crazy fonts! ONLY Times New Roman or Calibri Page numbers and your last name are the only information in the actual header What does it look like?

  5. Is a list of all the places where you found information that is included in your paper. Alphabetical by author (or if no author is found, title of work) Comes at the end of the paper Is on a page by itself Still double-spaced Hanging Indent which looks like this paragraph because the second and third lines are indented further than the first. Works Cited

  6. www.easybib.com Where do I go to Create a Works Cited?

  7. Be Aware of the following gotchas in Word. The default paragraph setting is single space with 8 pts after each paragraph. You will HAVE to change this manually. Options to center and left align are on the HOME tab. You can create a new page for the Works Cited by selecting the INSERT tab and clicking Page Break. Using Microsoft Word

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