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Formatting Your Essay: MLA Guidelines

Learn how to format your essay in MLA style, including margins, fonts, headers, and paragraphs, with step-by-step instructions for a polished final draft.

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Formatting Your Essay: MLA Guidelines

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  1. Submitting Your EssayThe Final DraftMLA Format(Modern Language Association)

  2. Before you begin typing, format your margins. Margins should measure one inch on the top, bottom, left, and right. M A R G I N S Top 1 inch Left Right 1 inch 1 inch Bottom 1 inch

  3. Font Type and Size • SIZE – 12 font • TYPE: • “New Times Roman” • “Courier New”

  4. Click on “View” (Menu Bar) Header and Footer Align Right Type Last Name Insert Page Number (Header and Footer Toolbar) Close Create a Header Williams 1

  5. Header Instructions • Tool Bar Double Click View • Double Click Header • Double Click Align Right • Enter Last Name • Tool Bar Double Click Insert • Double Click Page Numbers • Scroll and Click Top of Page (Header) • Scroll and Click Right • Check box Show number on first page • Click OK

  6. Top left corner (Use “left alignment” button) First/Last Name Teacher’s Name Subject Date (day, month, year) H E A D I N G Williams 1 Marchell Williams Ms. Valentine English 1-2 10 May 2007

  7. Center (Use “center alignment” button) Upper and Lower Case (Capital and small letters) T I T L E of E S S A Y Williams 1 Marchell Williams Ms. Valentine English 1-2 10 May 2007 To Kill a Mockingbird

  8. Indent first line of each paragraph. Topic sentence and supporting detail P A R A G R A P H S Williams 1 Marchell Williams Ms. Valentine English 1-2 10 May 2007 To Kill a Mockingbird Your first paragraph should be your introduction and thesis statement. The next 3 paragraphs will be your body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence and supporting detail. Indent the first line of each new paragraph. Use your “tab” key to indent; not your space bar. That makes it a lot easier.

  9. Highlight entire document Click on “Format” (Menu Bar) Paragraphs Tab “Indents and Spacing” Line Spacing Double Click “ok” Double Space Williams 1 Marchell Williams Ms. Valentine English 1-2 10 May 2007 To Kill a Mockingbird Your first paragraph should be your introduction and thesis statement. The next 3 paragraphs will be your body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence and supporting detail. Indent the first line of each new paragraph. Use your “tab” key to indent; not your space bar. That makes it a lot easier.

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