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Jacqueline Brady
English 107
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This is an MLA-style document. It is formatted according to guidelines set forth by the
Modern Language Association (MLA). Most college courses require documents formatted in
either MLA or APA style. All of the academic essays you write for this class should be formatted
according to this MLA template.
As you can see, there are one-inch margins. Everything is double-spaced. The text is
Times New Roman 12 pt. font. New paragraphs begin with an indentation created by using the
“tab” key, and there are no empty lines, or “paragraph breaks,” between paragraphs.
To use this template, you can go to “File” and select “Make a copy” (to continue working
in Google Drive) or “Download” (to export a copy to Microsoft Word).
Once you have your own copy of the document, you will need to change the generic
information into the correct, specific information for your project. Write your name where the
template says “Your Name,” write your instructor’s name where it says “Instructor’s Name,” and
change where it says “Month Day, Year” to something like “January 23, 2021.” Create a title for
your project that is either descriptive or creative. Don’t forget to change the information on the
top of page 2 so that your last name appears next to the page number on all pages after the first.
Finally, you will see a “Works Cited” page that has been formatted as an example. A
“Works Cited” page is where you list resources you have used, and we will be discussing it in
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more detail later in the course. You will not need a “Works Cited” page for every project in this
class, so you may delete it when you are not using it.
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Works Cited
Axelrod, Rise B., Charles R. Cooper, and Ellen C. Carillo. Reading Critically, Writing Well. 13th
Perusall ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2023.