MLA+Guidelines

[|Purdue's MLA Formatting and Style Guide]

[|MLA Guidelines]

[|Citation Maker]

When I ask you to type an assignment and hand it in to me, you will be required to put it in MLA format. Modern Language Association (MLA) style. This style specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing. MLA also provides you with a system for referencing the external sources that you include in your paper through parenthetical citation in the body of your essay and also in Works Cited pages.

This format will be expected of you in high school. Requiring you to follow this format in 8th grade will help to prepare you for high school papers. It may seem nit-picky, but it is an area where attention to detail counts. Learning to pay attention to these details is an essential skill that you will need.

I have included three MLA guideline links (see above).

Setting up your paper: Here is a Word document serving as an example of how you should type an assignment. In Word you should set your spacing double spaced by selecting "format" "line spacing" "double."