Friday, March 17, 2017

MLA Essay Formatting

You will be submitting MLA style essays in class all year. Please follow the guidelines for formatting.

Heading: Use the following heading for all essays unless otherwise stated. (Do not add a header that appears on every page.)

Name

Scholz

Course Title

Due date in day month year format (no commas)



Page Numbers: Optional

Title: Add a creative title that hints at the subject of your essay. Do not underline, bold, or italicize your title.

Spacing: Essays should be double -spaced and should not have additional spaces between paragraphs. To undo that setting, see the image below.


1.      Punctuating titles. You will never underline a title unless you are hand-writing something. When typing an essay, the general rule is ITALICIZE long works or collections of shorter works, and “PUT QUOTATIONS AROUND” shorter works.

Italicize
Quotation Marks
Book titles
Poem titles
Movie titles
Song titles
Newspaper titles
(The Tribune)
Article titles
Magazine title
Essay titles
Album titles
Chapter titles
TV series titles (Lost)
Episode titles


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