mla format. a style of writing recommended by the modern language assocation (mla). mla has 3 major...

Research PapersMLA FORMAT

What is MLA Format?• A style of writing recommended by the Modern

Language Assocation (MLA).• MLA has 3 major features.• WORKS CITED PAGE• IN-TEXT CITATION – SOURCE DOCUMENTATION WITHIN A

PAPER• FOOTNOTES OR ENDNOTES FOR EXTRA INFORMATION

Elements of an MLA Paper• DOUBLE-SPACED THROUGHOUT• 12-POINT FONT• 1” MARGINS• HEADER WITH LAST NAME AND PAGE NUMBER• TITLE IS CENTERED• PARAGRAPHS INDENTED 5 SPACES• LONG QUOTATIONS INDENTED ON BOTH SIDES

Header

Your Full NameTeacher’s NameClassDate (Day Month Year)

Example Header

Joe Smith

Mrs. Daily

Language Arts Block 7

22 September 2014

In-Text Citations• Include the author’s name or a short form of the

title if no author. • For example:• According to poets.org, “Poe’s work as an editor, a poet,

and a critic had a profound impact on American and international literature” (1).• OR• “Poe’s work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a

profound impact on American and international literature” (poets.org 1).

Quotations• Short quotations (fewer than 4 lines of prose and

3 lines of poetry) • Enclose in the text.• For example: According to poets.org, “Poe’s work as an

editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound impact on American and international literature” (1).

• Longer quotations• Begin on a new line and indent the left margin by 1”

• Examples

Works Cited Page (Bibliographies)• A list of all the sources used for your paper• Always begins on a new page• Center the title “Works Cited” without underlining,

bolding or italicizing it.• The first line of each entry is on the left margin.

The following lines are indented.

Works Cited for YouTube Videos

Author’s Name or Poster’s Username. “Title of Image or Video.” Media Type Text. Name of Website. Name of Website’s Publisher, date of posting. Medium. Date Retrieved.

For example:Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.

Works Cited for Poems or Short Stories Found Online

• Poe, Edgar Allan. “Annabelle Lee.” Poestories.com. Sept. 22 2014.

Your Works Cited Page• You may use an online citation maker such as

bibme.org. • Be sure to select MLA and the source type. • Add any missing information. • Try it now. • Go to bibme.org.• Make a citation for the first Edgar Allan Poe site.

Examples

• Sample Research Paper