MLA Format and Rules

Question 1

What is the proper MLA heading?

Answer 1

First & Last Name
Instructor’s Name
Subject, Period
Date

Question 2

What is the proper date format?

Answer 2

Day month year

Question 3

What two things should things should you always italicize?

Answer 3

Movies and Books

Question 4

What two things should always have quotations?

Answer 4

Short Stories and Poems

Question 5

What order should Work Cited pages always be in?

Answer 5

Alphabetical order

Question 6

Where should the period go?

Answer 6

Always after the parenthesis ( ).

Question 7

What should a paper always have?

Answer 7

It should be Double spaced, have 12 Pt Font, and is in Times New Roman

Question 8

What should come before your quote?

Answer 8

Quotations in essays ALWAYS need a lead in. NEVER START A SENTENCE WITH A QUOTE! Unless it’s your introduction hook.

Question 9

What should you do to your evidence to make it more interesting??

Answer 9

Embed your evidence well. Think of it almost like a conversation.

Ex: Lady Macbeth is similarly haunted by the image of blood on her hands, echoing those famous words, “Out,
damned spot!” (5.1.35), and lamenting the fact that “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten [her] little hand”
(5.1.51-52), and remove the smell of blood.------------ (see how it almost seems conversational).