For ALL English assignments you must use Times New Roman
Student LAST Name + Page No 1
12pt font and MLA format Or you will lose 10% of your marks
Your Name
Student name and insert page number
goes at the top right of the page inside
English Grade 9
of a header
September 2, 2012
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Research Paper Title
[Centre & Bold]
[Indent Paragraphs]
The Modern Language Association (MLA) provides guidelines for documentation style.
Indent margins 1” (2.54 cm)
Research Papers (6th edition) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
(2nd edition). For more information about MLA style and publications, go to the MLA website
at: www.mla.org.
For example, quotations with fewer than four lines of prose or three lines of verse are
quoted directly in the sentence. Enclose them in quotation marks, followed by the author’s last
name and the page or pages of the source from which you are quoting in parenthesis, for
example: “inline quotation here” (AuthorSurname 31).
Short quotations of less than 4 lines must be embedded directly within
the text and must be cited (Author’s Surname Pg#).
Quotations that are longer than four lines of prose or three lines of verse follow different
guidelines. Introduce these quotations with a colon:
Start long quotations on a new line. Indent the quote one inch from the left
margin. Double-space the lines and omit quotation marks. Reference the source as
you would for a shorter quotation. To quickly format a quotation of over four
lines or three lines of verse, use the Long quotation style provided in this
Microsoft Word template.
Long quotations of more than 4 lines must be written in a new paragraph,
indented twice (10 spaces) and must be cited (Author’s Surname Pg#).
Bottom margin 1” (2.54 cm)
Indent margins 1” (2.54 cm)
This template is based on commonly used guidelines from the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Student LAST Name + Page No 2
Works Cited
Author’s last name, first name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year.
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Publication Date Published: Pages.
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Online Article.” Title of Online Publication Version
(Year Published): Pages. Date Accessed <Web address>.
“Title of Article.” Title of Media. CD-ROM. City: Publisher, Year.
When citing work you must Underline the title and write it in Italics.
An example of a first paragraph and page headings in MLA Format can be seen on the
next page.
Homework: Deadline: Saturday 8th September
Prepare a two page document that is presented using MLA format. Your document must
include at least one long and one short quote.
Note: You do not have to write the text yourself. This is an exercise designed to show
that you have understood MLA format and can present a document using it.
English Faculty Assignment Penalty Policy
 For work submitted on time, in MLA format and within the word limit
there is a + 10% bonus.
 For work not submitted in MLA Format and/or without a word count -10%.
 For work submitted more than a day late -10%.
 For work submitted more than a week late -20%.
 For work submitted 10% over or under the word limit -10%. There is a
10% threshold for this penalty; so a 500 word assignment = 450-550
words, a 1000 word assignment 900-1100 words.
Student LAST Name + Page No 3
Tim Dunne
English Grade X
1st September 2012
Lifestory
I was born on the 16th May 1953 at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire. I have no recollection
of the three years I lived there, but I believe that I spent several months in Ireland with my
mother and my grandparents during this time. My earliest memory is of my grandfather holding
me in his arms on a bridge and I was kicking my feet. Unfortunately I kicked a shoe off and it
fell over the wall of the bridge and was lost.