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A Guide to MLA Formatting and Citation Techniques

This guide outlines essential principles for MLA formatting, including proper layout, spacing, margins, font size, and heading arrangement. Key aspects include using a 12-point font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Additionally, it provides citation guidelines for integrating quotes into text, illustrating how to reference sources effectively using the author's last name and page number. Understanding these principles ensures your work meets academic standards.

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A Guide to MLA Formatting and Citation Techniques

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  1. MLA formatting Ms. Cutler

  2. Layout • Tab over at every new paragraph. • Double spaced • 1 inch margins • 12 point font • Heading • Your name • My name • Period • Date due • Hedder • Last name page number

  3. Citations • In a sentence when you use a quote you finish that sentence with (Author’s last name page number of quote) • You have 2 ways of using a quote • Finish the sentence with : “quote” • Use the quote as part of the sentence • Moishe the Beadle was at one time a quite but joyful person, however after he witnessed a massacre of Jews “the joy in his eyes was gone” (Wiesel 7)

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