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MLA Format

The Modern Language Association (MLA) format is a critical style used predominantly in liberal arts and humanities writing. This guide provides essential information about MLA's structure, including paper formatting, quoting techniques, and proper citation practices. Notably, MLA differs from other styles like APA and Chicago. Explore the fundamentals of creating documents in MLA format, from heading requirements to works cited pages, ensuring a polished and academically acceptable presentation of your work.

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MLA Format

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  1. MLA Format English II Honors

  2. Who uses MLA? • “MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.” • English literature • History Other formats: • APA – social sciences, psychology, education, etc. • Chicago Style – book authors, commercial writers

  3. Page format • 8 ½” x 11” paper • Margins – 1” on each side • No cover page • Font – Times New Roman 12pt • Double-spaced • ½” indentation for new paragraphs

  4. Heading • Page numbering • Name, teacher/professor, class name, due date • Title

  5. SHORT QUOTATIONS • “Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.” J.K. Rowling, Der Spiegel, 2012. • Try to sound natural while including all information • Which of the following sentences are incorrect? • J.K. Rowling says in her interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, “Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be,” (2012). • J.K. Rowling: “Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.” • “Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be,” said author J.K. Rowling in her 2012 interview with German magazine Der Spiegel.

  6. LONG QUOTATIONS • When using a quote that surpasses four lines, you must use block quotes. • “Blah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah. Blah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah. Author J.K. Rowling said: Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me, (Harvard commencement speech, 2008).

  7. WORKS CITED • Separate page • “Works Cited” center justified, regular font • List sources alphabetically by author last name • Refer to Purdue Owl to see what kind of citation formatting is most appropriate.

  8. Useful sources • Purdue Owl https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ • Easy bib http://www.easybib.com/

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