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Sample MLA Formatted Essay

Student’s Name
Professor’s Name
ENGL
26 Jan. 2021
                                                              Full Title of Paper in Size 12 Arial Font
          Begin the first paragraph of your paper with a half-inch indent. Your first sentence is what should immediately follow the title. There is no extra space between the title and your first sentence.
          As your paper develops, you will want to incorporate your research. Sometimes you will use direct quotes that “copy the original source word for word” (Koltz). Other times, you will put the ideas from your research into your own words, and that paraphrased material must also be cited in-text (Dworkin 3). You cite a website with an author the same way you would an article (Poncelet). Even if your information came from a website without an author, you must cite that source, just using the first word or first couple words of the title in quotation marks.
          At the end of your paper, you will list all of your sources in a Works Cited List. The Works Cited List begins on a new page and must be included in every source mentioned in the paper.
          Please double space the essay from the first letter of your name in upper left corner to the last period at the end of the cited.

 

 

 

Works Cited

The first line of the works cited is along the left margin. The contents are in alphabetical order. The second line of the works cited begin ½ inch in from the margin. This is called a hanging indent.
Dworkin, Ronald W. “Science, Faith and Alternative Medicine.” Policy Review, vol. 108, no. 2, 2001, pp. 3-19. Academic Search Premier. url.org/website.
Koltz, Hattie. “Doctors Offer Alternative, Naturally: Naturopathic Doctors Meet Growing Demand for Their Services.” Ottawa Citizen, 17 May 2008, H10. Canadian Newsstand. www.website.com/numbersandletters.
Poncelet, Barbara. “Mom Am I Fat?: Helping Your Teen Have a Positive Body Image.” Verywell.com. About Inc., 20 Apr. 2016, www.verywell.com/mom-am-i-fat-3200843.

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