Modern Language Association
MLA is an acronym for _____________.
MLA
_____ styles specifies guideline for formatting manuscripts and using the English lanuage in writing.
Double
______ space the text of you paper.
12
The font size should be _____ pt.
1-inch
Set the margins of your document to _____ on all sides.
Tab
____ to indent the first line of paragraphs.
last name, space, number
Create a header in the upper-right hand corner that includes your _______ followed by a _____ with a page ______.
Heading
In the upper left- hand corner of the first page, include a _______.
Name
Teacher's name
Class name
Day Month Year
A propers heading is:
double
The heading should be ______ spaced.
standard double (no extra spaces needed)
______ space between you title and the first line of your text.
in-text citations
In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as ________.
parentheses
Citation involved placing source information in _______ after a quote or paraphrase.
works cited
Any source information that you provide in your citation must corresponds to the source information on the ______ page.
citation, works cited page
More specifically, whatever signal work or phrase you provide to your teachers in the _____ must be the first thing that appears on the left hand margin of the corresponding entry in the ______.
italics
Titles of book for both in-text citations and on a Works Cited page should be put in _______.
quotation marks
Titles of articles for both in-text citations and a Works Cited page should be put in ______.
double quotation marks
To indicate short quotation in your text, enclose the quotation within_________.
after
Punctuation marks, such as period, should appear ______ the citation.
omit (leave out)
For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and ______ quotation marks.
separate, one-inch, double, before
For free-standing block quotations, start the quotation on a _______ line, with the entire quote indented _______ from the left margin; maintain _______ -spacing. Parenthetical citation should come _______ the closing punctuation mark.
brackets
If you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put _______ around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text.
ellipsis (It is those three dots ex. ... )
If you leave out a word or words from a quotation, you should indicate the deleted word or words by using an _______ preceded and followed by a space.
separate page
Begin your Works Cited page on a_______ a the end of your research paper.
one-inch, last, number
The Works Cited should have the same _______ margin and _______ name, page _______ as the rest of our paper.
Works Cited, center
For your sources page, title the page _______ and _______ the words at the top of the page.
double
_______ space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries
hanging indent
Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a _______ .
225-50
If you refer to an articles that appeared on pages 225-250, list the page number on you Works Cites page as _______ .
article, conjunctions, prepositions
Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc, but no not capitalize _______ ,_______ , or_______ unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle.
alphabetical
All entries on your Works Cites page should be listed in _______ order.
last, after
Authors' names are written _______ name first; middle names or middle initials come _______ the first name
title
If a source has no author, then you would list the source by the _______ of the book or article.