| Format of MLA term paper ensures that the | | | | periods or other punctuation marks leave just one |
| students are referencing the sources they have | | | | space if not advised otherwise by your tutor. |
| consulted by parenthetical citation in their essays as | | | | While writing the first line of each paragraph, indent it |
| well as in their work cited pages using a particular | | | | by pressing the tab once or by leaving five spaces. |
| system. The main aim of this template is to teach | | | | This ensures that each paragraph leaves a half-inch |
| the students to write systematically if writing in the | | | | before it begins. All the pages should be numbered |
| English language. The students should be very careful | | | | and the page number should be written on the upper |
| in following the guidelines laid down by this template | | | | right hand corner of each page. You might be asked |
| while structuring their papers. | | | | to omit the page number on the first page by your |
| Along with the other styles of writing the purpose of | | | | tutor. Follow his instructions. |
| this style of writing is to protect the students from | | | | If you want to provide extreme emphasis to a point |
| plagiarism. Using this structure of referencing would | | | | in your essay then you can either write it in italics or |
| add credibility to their work. The best way of | | | | you can underline it. Include the endnotes if any, just |
| gathering information about how to write a research | | | | before the works cited page. |
| assignment using this structure of writing is to consult | | | | If your tutor has not asked you then do not make a |
| the latest edition of handbooks meant for writers of | | | | title page of your assignment. Instead write your |
| research papers who are using this style of writing. | | | | name, the name of your tutor, the name of your |
| Useful handbooks that guide students to write using | | | | course and the date of submission on the upper left |
| this style of referencing are available in all the good | | | | hand corner of the first page. Do double spacing in |
| libraries and writing labs. You can also go to a | | | | writing this part as well. The title of your essay |
| bookstore and buy a personal copy for yourself so | | | | should also be double spaced and written on the |
| that you are able to consult it always. There are | | | | center of the page. It should appear after all the |
| websites dedicated to this style of referencing, so | | | | information that you have written about yourself and |
| you can easily avail information from there too. | | | | your course. The title should not be underlined or put |
| While structuring an assignment using this style, your | | | | in quotation marks. Do not write the entire letters of |
| essay should be computer typed and then printed on | | | | the title in capital. |
| a page of 8.5 x 11 inches size. There should be a | | | | This is the basic Format of MLA term paper, you can |
| 1-inch margin on all sides of the page. Always do | | | | ask your tutor and consult stylebooks for further |
| double spacing of your written text. Use fonts like | | | | guidance. |
| Courier or Times New Roman while typing. After | | | | |