MLA FORMATTING GUIDELINES

· No separate cover sheet or title page

· 12 point font; 1 inch margins all around; justify left

· Place your name, your instructor’s name, the course title, and the date in the upper left hand corner. These items are double-spaced.

· The entire paper is double-spaced; never hit “enter” twice.

· Center the title a double space under the date; capitalize all appropriate words. Do not underline or boldface. Do not use all caps, place it between quotation marks, or end it with a period.

· Begin the essay a double space below the title.

· Number your first page and all subsequent pages one-half inch from the top, one inch from the right margin. Put your last name before the page number. To get your last name and page number in the upper right hand corner of your paper, click “view,” scroll down to “header and footer,” and click on it. When the dialogue box appears, click right justification on the upper tool bar, type in your name and a space, and then click the # sign in the dialogue box. Then, close the dialogue box.

· Indent the first line of each paragraph using your tab key (5 spaces if you use a typewriter).

Student 1

Joe Student

Professor Juncker

English 108A

14 February 2006

No More Jury Duty

Are you sick and tired of jury duty? Does your heart sink every time you open the mailbox and see the words “Superior Court” ominously glaring at you from the front of an official-looking envelope? Well, despair no more. You can turn those frustrating mailbox moments into moments filled with diabolical chuckling. What will you need? Read on.