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In MLA format, the whole paper is double spaced, including the heading. The title is

centered below the heading. You do not add italics, underlining, or bold fonts to your words in a

title. Notice that there are no extra spaces before or after the title. Your thesis should be at the

end of the first paragraph.

When you’re ready to start the second paragraph, begin with an indent right below the

first paragraph. Notice that there are no extra spaces. Your paper should be written in Times New

Roman size 12. Use the 1” margins.

Please work all quotes into the “grammar of your sentence” (Bishop 1). Please note, the

period goes after the cite tag. This is true even if you have a question mark or exclamation point

in the quote. If you want to “‘quote dialogue,’ Mr. Bishop said, ‘you should use single marks

around it in addition to the double marks!’” (Bishop 2).

Works Cited

The Works Cited page goes on a new page. Hit “Ctrl” + Enter to automatically go to a new

page. Highligt your entries and use the ruler at the top and move the small bottom

triangle over to half an inch to get the “hanging indent” like this paragraph. Put

everything in alphabetical order by the first word of each entry.

Anthology * Editor or Author’s last name, first name. [if no

author is given, put the general editor’s name, and

put “, ed.” after their name]

* “Article Title.”

* Title of Anthology or Encyclopedia.

* City of publication:

* Publisher,

* Year Published.

* Print. (This means it was an actual book, so if it was not an

electronic source, just put the word Print. with a period after it.)

Example Anthology Milne, Ira, ed. “Pied Beauty Gerard Manley

Hopkins 1877.” Poetry for Students,

Vol. 23. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Print.

Example Encyclopedia Krutch, Joseph Wood. “Poe,

Edgar Allan.” Encyclopedia Americana.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Print.

Example WEB Encyclopedia Purdy, Elizabeth Rholetter, PhD. "The Hunger Games."

Salem Press Encyclopedia (2013): Research

Starters. Web. 3 July 2014.

Book * Author’s last name, first name.

* Title of Book.

* City of publication:

* Publisher,

* Year published.

* Print.

Example Book Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe. New York:

Scribner’s, 1992. Print.

Example Google Book

Colby, June Rose. Literature and Life in

School. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906.

Google Book Search. Web. 23 July 2009.

Website * Author.

*“Title of Article.”

* Title of Website.

* Name of sponsoring institution or publisher [if

none, use N.p.] ,

* Date of last update or original publication date [if

none listed, use n.d.].

* Web.

* Date accessed.

* <URL>.

Example Website Meyers, Jeffrey. “Beyond Poe’s

Imagination.” Edgar Allan Poe on

the Web. N.p. June 1999. Web. 27

June 2000. <http://www.poeonline.com/

literature_resources>.

Example from Galileo (Click “cite” and use MLA):

Dockterman, Eliana. "Beyond The Blood: What The

Hunger Games Can Teach Tweens." Time.Com

(2013): 1. Business Source Complete. Web. 3 July

2014.

Bible Verse In your first parenthetical citation, you want to make clear

which Bible you're using (and underline or italicize the title),

as each version varies in its translation, followed by book (do

not italicize or underline), chapter and verse.

For example: Ezekiel saw "what seemed to be four living

creatures," each with faces of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle

(New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.5-10). If future references

employ the same edition of the Bible you’re using, list only the

book, chapter, and verse in the parenthetical citation.

Example Bible Verse: The New Jerusalem Bible. Ed. Susan Jones. New York:

Doubleday, 1985. Print.

Zondervan NIV Study Bible. Ed. Kenneth L.

Barker. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,

2002. Print.

Bible Gateway

New International Version. Colorado Springs:

Biblica, 2011. BibleGateway.com. Web. 3 Mar. 2011.