7 TH EDITION MLA Format

UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER DOUBLE SPACED LIST: YOUR NAME, TEACHER’S NAME, COURSE TITLE, AND THE DATE THE DATE IS WRITTEN IN THIS ORDER: DAY MONTH YEAR Heading

Paper Format 12 point font Times New Roman Double Spaced All paragraphs indented Titles are italicized when typing Titles are underlined when hand writing

In-Text Citation For all paraphrasing of information and for all quotations used, you must name the author and page number of the text from which it came. Example: Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

In-Text Citation Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). Do not put a comma between author and page number Period goes after the parenthesis.

Poetry Mark the end of a line with a slash Include author and line number in parentheses Example: Cullen concludes, "Of all the things that happened there / That's all I remember" (11-12). The author concludes, "Of all the things that happened there / That's all I remember" (Cullen 11-12).