Mrs. McGoldrick's Grade 8 ELA
MLA Formatting Guide
General MLA guides
- 12 font
- times new roman
- double spaced
- 1 inch margin around entire page
- paragraphs are indented 1/2 inch
- single space after each period
- header on each page: placed in top right corner, last name page number- ex: Smith 1
Your Heading
The heading goes in the upper left-hand corner of your paper. The heading is as follows:
First name Last name
Instructors title and last name (ie. Mrs. McGoldrick)
Course title (ie ELA your class period- ELA 1)
Date Due (written day month year- no abbreviations no commas)
EX:
Sue Smith
Mrs. McGoldrick
ELA 2
11 December 2015
First name Last name
Instructors title and last name (ie. Mrs. McGoldrick)
Course title (ie ELA your class period- ELA 1)
Date Due (written day month year- no abbreviations no commas)
EX:
Sue Smith
Mrs. McGoldrick
ELA 2
11 December 2015
Title of essay
- centered on page 1 just beneath heading
- This is in regular 12 font, NO bold, italics, or underlining
- follow usual rules for capitalization of titles
- Italicize titles of books if there is one within the essay title
Works Cited page
- this is the last page of the paper
- it should include the header and be counted as a page for numbering purposes - ex: Smith 4
- Title Works Cited is centered on page just beneath header (NO bold, underlining, or italics) NOTE the "s" on Works since there will be multiple pieces of text being cited
- works are alphabetized by first word of the citation
- there are NO bullets or numbers for the works being cited
- if a citation has more that one line, the subsequent lines are indented 1/2 in to show they are part of the previous line
- follow all MLA rules as far as font, size, and spacing
Body of essay
- follow all above rules for size, spacing, font, etc
- each paragraph is indented 1/2 in
- only a single space is used after a period
- no additional spaces are used between paragraphs