Quick MLA Reference Sheet

Paper Format

Times New Roman

Doubl spaced
1 margin
Running Header with
last name & page
number
Work cited page at the
end, solo page.
Header on first page only: First Name Last Name
Teacher Name
Course title/ Class number
Date 08 May 2008
Intext or Parenthetical citation format
Intext citation is placed at the end of the sentence and indicates where the
information came from.
It is place before the period.
It is placed outside of the quotation marks if quotation marks are included.
Ex. Pork, or beef (Townsend 10).
It should include authors name and page. Ex. (Townsend 10).
If intext citation for internet source may not have a page number Ex.
(Thomas).
If citation does not have author name include shortened title and page number.
Ex. (Northwest 122).
Works Cited Page Format
1 inch margins and Works
Cited at top center
Entries should be in
alphabetical order by first
letter of each entry.
Second line & so forth of entry should have hanging indention.
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