MLA Formatting
Part One: Basic Formatting
Directions: Click on the following link to take you to a helpful website that will give you useful information on how to use MLA format for your papers. When you type in your answers, do so in a bold typeface.
http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/clip/citations/mla/index.php
1. Click on the link “PAPER FORMATTING”.
On the next page, click on the hyperlink of the "SAMPLE MLA RESEARCH PAPER."
Browse through the example paper to answer the following questions:
a. What 4 things are double-spaced and go in the heading in the upper-left of the first page of the paper?
b. How do you type in the title of your paper?
c. What goes in the upper right of each page of the paper?
d. How many inches should the margins be (except for page numbers)?
e. What size font should you use in your paper?
f. Should the text be double-spaced throughout the entire paper? (Yes or No)
g. What is a block quote and how do you identify it in a paper?
h. Does the works cited page get its own page in the paper? (Yes or No)
i. What is the heading of the works cited page?
j. How are the entries on a works cited page organized?
k. What do you do to the second line of a single entry on a works cited page?
Directions: Click on the following link to take you to a helpful website that will give you useful information on how to use MLA format for your papers. When you type in your answers, do so in a bold typeface.
http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/clip/citations/mla/index.php
1. Click on the link “PAPER FORMATTING”.
On the next page, click on the hyperlink of the "SAMPLE MLA RESEARCH PAPER."
Browse through the example paper to answer the following questions:
a. What 4 things are double-spaced and go in the heading in the upper-left of the first page of the paper?
b. How do you type in the title of your paper?
c. What goes in the upper right of each page of the paper?
d. How many inches should the margins be (except for page numbers)?
e. What size font should you use in your paper?
f. Should the text be double-spaced throughout the entire paper? (Yes or No)
g. What is a block quote and how do you identify it in a paper?
h. Does the works cited page get its own page in the paper? (Yes or No)
i. What is the heading of the works cited page?
j. How are the entries on a works cited page organized?
k. What do you do to the second line of a single entry on a works cited page?