1. 7 TH EDITION MLA Format

2. 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

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

4. 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).

5. 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.

6. 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).