Note that your instructor may request additional formatting beyond the MLA Style guidelines. Check with your instructor and review assignment details before formatting. See a sample MLA Style paper from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.

Overall formatting

• MLA Style papers should be formatted with 1" margins on all sides, in a clear, readable font (12 pt Times New Roman is recommended).
• Each paragraph should be indented 0.5".
• Create a header with you last name and the page number in the top-right corner of each page.

The first page

• Do not make a title page unless requested.
• In the top-left corner, list your name, the instructor's name, the course, and the date, each on separate rows, double spaced.
• Double space and type the title of the paper, centred, in Title Case.
• Double space before the first line of the body text.