1. MLA Formatting Works Cited and Annotated Bibliography

2. General Rules 12 point font Times New Roman Double Space
Italicize Book Titles, Movies, Plays, any large work
Put quotes around “Short Stories,” “Poems,” “Songs,” other short pieces

3. Essay First Page Header: Right justified last name and page number
Body of your paper:
Your Name Teacher’s name Class and period Date (1 Jan 2999)
ONLY PUT YOUR LAST NAME AND PAGE NUMBER IN THE HEADER!!!
Original Title- Center justified
Indent the first line of each paragraph ½”

5. Works Cited
Hanging Margin- Instead of the usual paragraph indent, the indents are reversed. The first line of each entry is aligned to the left, while the rest of the lines are indented ½”
Periods- separate each individual aspect: author, title, publication, etc.
Be careful! Some aspects, like publication information, will also use commas and/or colons. More on that later

6. Common Examples Full Book Citation
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Article in a Newspaper or Scholarly Journal
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.
Films/Movies
Title. Directed by First Name Last Name, performances by First name Last Name, FL, and FL. Distributor or Film Studio, Year.

7. Which resource is Which?
Identify the following as a book citation, a periodical, or a film.
The Usual Suspects. Directed by Bryan Singer, performances
by Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri,
Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro, Polygram,
1995.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray,
1999.
Krugman, Andrew. "Fear of Eating." New York Times, 21 May
2007, late ed., p. A1.

8. Works Cited
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 23 Apr