First of all have the page number
starting on the top right corner of
every paper starting with the first page,
page 1. Type your surname before the page
number so that it appears on every page
then include a header to the left. On the
top is your name.
It's going to be in the format of first,
middle initial, and then last. Below that
is your professor's name. For example
professor Jocelyn Hutchkins. Below that is
your course number, and below that is the
due date of the paper in date month year
format. Everything is double-spaced Times
New Roman 12-point font. The title of the
paper is going to be centered in Times
New Roman 12-point font,
not bolded, underlined, nor italicized. The
introductory paragraph gives the reader
context, why you're writing your paper,
and what significance or importance the
topic has. The thesis statement, which is
typically the last sentence of the
introduction, gives a contention that you
will try to support and develop
throughout your paper. If your paper is
long, write about the organization of
your paper to help readers follow your
support. Use personal pronouns in your
paper as advised by your instructor. In
MLA format, the headers follow an ABC
system.
The main sections in the paper are
titled with B-level headers. B-level
headers are in a different style font
than the title of the paper, such as
small caps. Paragraphs after a B-level
header start flush left. C-level headers
break the B-level sections into smaller
pieces, and other styles such as italics
should be used to distinguish a B-
level header from a c-level header. The
paragraph continues attached to the c-
level header also flush left. Paragraphs
under B or C level headers are not
indented. Headers help the reader follow
your ideas although they're not required
by MLA format. Transitions at the end of
body paragraphs connect one paragraph to
another, stitching together the paper.
Body paragraphs have four main
components: one, a transition, two, a topic
sentence, three, evidence, four, a succinct
wrap-up
sentence. The transition obviously
transitions you to the next paragraph,
the topic sentence tells you what it's
going to be about, and the direct quotes
are evidence supporting the topic
sentence. The wrap up sentence at the end
closes the paragraph while setting up
the transition for the next paragraph.
The conclusion paragraph wraps up your
entire paper as opposed to just one
paragraph. For quotes, if there is any
conventional, grammatical, or spelling
error, type the quote as it is but follow
it with [sic] before the end
of the
quotation marks. If you delete words from
the original quote, add an ellipses, or
three periods with spaces between and
after each one. Use block quotations when
the typed quotes are longer than four
lines. Block quotations don't have
quotation marks and are on a new line,
double-spaced, and one inch from the
margin. In-text citations are used when
you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or
quote from another source,
according to Penn State. For every
in-text citation, there must be a
corresponding source cited in the Works
Cited page. In text citations are after
the quote but before the period. In
parentheses, the author or author's name
or names, last names of course, go before
the page number with no comma in between
the names and the page number or numbers.
The citation is after the end
punctuation of the quote. Periods are
before the end quotation mark if the
citation is already in the same sentence.
If there are more than three authors, use
the first author's last name followed by
"et al." For starters, works cited
pages begin on a separate page at the
end of the paper. It should have the same
page number header as the rest of the
paper as well as one-inch margins. Label
it as "Works Cited" with the title
centered and 12-point font. All entries
should be double-spaced, but don't skip
spaces between entries. Indent all
citations after the first by 0.5 inches.
List page numbers efficiently if needed
with a hyphen between the page numbers.
Pages 225 through 251 would be 225 -
251. Entries are listed alphabetically
based on the author's last name, or
editor's names
for entire edited collections. The names
are last comma first, then the middle. he
names are listed last comma first then
middle. Titles like priest or doctor
aren't included,
but suffixes like Jr. or II are. It
would be King, Martin Luther,
Jr., if you were to cite Martin Luther
King Jr. If more than one work is cited
from the same author in the list, order
the works by the title alphabetically.
Replace the author's name with three
hyphens in every entry after the first.
When an author or collection editor
appears both as the only author of a
text and as the first of a group list,
solo entries first. Works with no
known author are alphabetized by title
Shorter versions of titles appear in
parenthetical citations. Capitalize each
word in the titles of articles books etc.
Do not capitalize articles such as a, an,
or the, prepositions, or conjunctions
unless a one is the first word of a
title or subtitle. The titles of all
larger works are in italics and
quotation marks are for shorter works
such as songs. Include the locations for
online sources. Include the DOI if you
can. If you can't include the URL. All
entries are followed by a period.
Use easybib.com to help with
citations. You can cite books, newspaper
articles, scholarly articles, etc. Did I
mention that you can also do all of this
for free? All sources are in the
description.
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