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MLA. Center for Writing and Languages. 1 in. margin. ½ in. margin. Last name. Page number. Title. 1 in. margin. 1 in. margin. Name Professor Class Date. Everything Double Spaced. 1 in. margin. Summary. Citation. Author’s name. Direct Quote. Block Quote.

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  1. MLA Center for Writing and Languages

  2. 1 in. • margin • ½ in. margin • Last • name • Page • number • Title • 1 in. • margin • 1 in. • margin • Name • Professor • Class • Date Everything Double Spaced • 1 in. • margin

  3. Summary • Citation • Author’s name • Direct • Quote • Block Quote • Citation without author

  4. Block quotations Quotations that are more than four lines in your paper (not in the original text) • Indent entire quote 1in. (one tab more than the normal text) • Do not use quotation marks • Double space like rest of paper • Insert the period before parenthetical citation

  5. Works Cited • Works Cited (Example to follow) • Title: Works Cited (not Bibliography or References) • Top of new page • Center aligned • Sources • Alphabetical order by first word • Hanging indent

  6. Last Name • Title Everything Double Spaced • Page Number

  7. Last Name • Title Everything Double Spaced • Page Number

  8. Other Citations • Articles in Periodicals • Author. “Title.” Journal volume: issue* (year): • pages. Print. • Horowitz, Evan. “George Eliot: The Conservative.” • Victorian Studies 69 (2006): 7-32. Print. • * Only include the issue number if the pagination starts over in each separate issue. Leave it out if pagination continues through a whole volume of a periodical.

  9. Other Citations • Web sources (184-187) An entire website: • Author or Editor (if given). Title of the site. Name of corporate provider (N.p. if none given), date of electronic publication. Web. Date of access. • Liberty University. N.p., 2007. Web. 2 May 2007.

  10. Other Citations An article in a database: • Author. “Title.” Journal volume.issue (year): pages/paragraphs. Subscription service. Web. Date of access. • Schmoe, Joe. “Online Article.” Online Writing 3.2 (2004): 56 pars. JSTOR. Web. 2 May 2007.

  11. Abbreviations • Abbreviations within sources • Geographic locations are abbreviated • Ohio - OH • Ontario - ON • Turkey - Turk. • Common Publishers' names • American Library Association – ALA • W.W. Norton & Sons, Publishers – Norton • University Press – UP (U of Illinois P, Notre Dame UP) *For a further listing of abbreviations (both in the text and works cited) see the MLA handbook.

  12. Works Cited • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009. Print.

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