MLA Format – Quick Guide
Why do you need to use MLA?
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Common knowledge is:
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Campion Assignment Guide:
FIRST PAGE SET UP:
IMPORTANT POINTS:
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SHORT QUOTATIONS:
 # of lines:
 put into
 included in the
of the assignment (always
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 introduced by a
 followed by the
in parentheses and then the
Examples:
1) The holocaust was “an atrocity that dehumanized us all”
In view of this, all…
LONG QUOTATIONS:
 more than
 indented
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spaces
spaced, NO
 followed by a
, and then the
reference in parentheses
 introduced by a
 do not indent the
more than the others
Example:
WORKS CITED: What do you need?
WEBSITES:
 Web pages / sites have
 An author may be
Eg.: The holocaust was “an atrocity that dehumanized us all”_______________________________. In view of this, all …
CITATIONS OF THE BIBLE AND CATECHISM:
The Scriptures point out, "Happy are those whose/transgression is forgiven,/whose sin is covered" (Ps. 32.1). Therefore..
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not
The one God is triune in nature and consists of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Catechism 1280). Because…
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WEBSITES TO HELP YOU FORMAT:
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