MLA Format & Conditions & Download Free Template

 MLA format is the most common format for daily homework. It is simple, least structured format in Worldwide.

Let’s see MLA format citation and other Conditions step by step.

Start by making sure;

• Times New roman font, size 12 selected.
• Paragraph Spacing is 2.0
• At Layout> Margins, make sure you have 1-inch margin from top-left-bottom-right.

First Page

• First, write your last name to header. Second, align it to the right.
• Page numbering starts with first page.
• At first rows you should start with;
  • Student’s Name
  • Professor’s Name     
  • Subject
  • Date (DD, MM, YYYY)
• After that, write your “Title of the Paper Capitalized and Centered” to the following row.
• Put a TAB long space. And then start writing your first body paragraph. No abstract, no introduction is necessary in MLA Format.
• Then write your “Level 1 Heading: bold, flush left”
• Next, write your other paragraphs.

In-Text Citation

Author-page style;

• Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
• Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
• Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Works Cited Page

All entries in this page should correspond to sources cited in the paper. Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.

Entries are listed alphabetically by the author’s last name. Use the following template for major sources.

Books

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999. 

An Article in a Scholarly Journal

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.

Bagchi, Alaknanda. “Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta

Devi’s Bashai Tudu.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-

50.

Article in a Newspaper

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.

Brubaker, Bill. “New Health Center Targets County’s Uninsured Patients.” Washington Post,

24 May 2007, p. LZ01.

Online sources

Wheelis, Mark. “Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin

Weapons Convention.” Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 6, 2000, pp. 595-600,

wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/6/00-0607_article. Accessed 8 Feb. 2009.

Please refer to the following website for manual formatting of your paper:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/1/

Please refer to the following website for automatic generation of references:

http://www.citethisforme.com/

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