Basic MLA guidelines

• Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11-inch paper.
•double space your paper and use a font that is easy to read (ex. Times new roman). The regular text and italics should look different enough to notice. Make the font size 12.
•leave only one space after all punctuation marks
•set your margin on your paper to 1 inch on all sides
•indent the first line of each paragraph by one inch
•number all pages in the upper right hand corner of each page, 1/2 inch from the top and flush with the right margin
•Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis
•If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page before your Works Cited page. Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted)