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MLA Style. Miguel Bojorquez. Cover Sheet (inc. Heading)::. In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your teacher's name, the class, and the date. Be sure to use double-spaced text.
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MLA Style Miguel Bojorquez
Cover Sheet (inc. Heading)::. • In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your teacher's name, the class, and the date. Be sure to use double-spaced text. • Place the title in the center of the page, withoutunderlining,italicizing, or adding “quotation marks”. • Double space between the title and the first line of the text. • Running Header: Write your last name followed by the page number in the upper-right hand corner. This will be on EVERY page.
Page set-up::. • Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides. • MLA recommends that you use the Tab key to indent, do not indent by pushing the space bar five times. • Sections of a paper can have headings. The actual numbering is entirely up to you, but it must stay consistent throughout.
Citation • What to cite? Cite all direct quotations as well as significant ideas, concepts, or findings borrowed or adapted from others. • What not to cite. (1) dictionary definitions of words unless the specific dictionary is relevant to the context; (2) well documented historical facts; (3) conventional knowledge or knowledge broadly shared in a discipline. • Citation must be done in the work, and in a Works Cited Page.
Works Cited Page • Arrange references alphabetically by author. • Give authors' full names as indicated in the publication (do not abbreviate names to initials). • Multiple works by the same author list alphabetically by title, not by date. • All titles are set in heading caps. • Example as follows…
Works Cited Page (2) Example
Stylistic Requirements::. • Font must be 12pt. • You may use any type of font, so long as it’s legible. (Though some sources believe the font to use is Times New Roman) • Type your paper on a computer and • print it out on standard, white • 8.5 x 11-inch paper.