MLA Format
The Basics
•12 point font, Times New Roman, Double spaced
•Last name and page number in top right corner
•Title is centered
•All margins should be set at 1 inch
•Indent the first line of the paragraph ½”from the
Left margin
The Header
•Align with the left side of the
document
•Format:
Your Name
Your Teachers’ Name(s)
Your Class
Day Month Year (date)
The Header
•An example
Joe Cool
Ms. Marcu and Mrs. Thrams
Language Arts 10, period 1
27 August 2013
The In-Text Citations (IICE)
Introduce the quote
Insert the quote
Cite the quote
Explain the quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ8fy7SPotM
The In-Text Citations (IICE)
For example:
James Dashner, a well known author of children’s fantasy and
dystopian literature, reveals the element of dehumanization in the
The Maze Runner when Ben is banished into the maze by his
fellow gladers. Just before he is forced out into the maze, the
gladers parade him before the group and pronounce his sentence.
At this point, the narrator reveals that Newt’s pole had “a strange
attachment. A loop of rough leather, fastened to the metal with a
massive staple…it was a collar” (91). In a dehumanized society,
people lose the qualities that make them free such as respect for
life. Dashner points out the lack of respect for life when Ben is
treated like a captured animal being led to be slaughtered like the
slaves in the games of the Roman Coliseums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ8fy7SPotM
The Works Cited Page
This is a list of the sources that were used in the paper
•Like the rest of the paper it is double spaced
•The words Works Cited are centered at the top of the
page
•The sources are alphabetized
•After the first line of a source, there is a hanging indent
•If there is only one source, the page is titled Work Cited
The Works Cited Page
Example Citation:
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. New York:
Delacorte Press, 2009. Print.