How do you set up MLA format?

Answer 1

Format:

The MLA suggests that, when creating a document on a computer, the writer try to maintain a series of guidelines that make it easier for people to read a composition without causing the style to distract from the content.

Choose a standard, easy-to-read font. Times Roman is suggested.
Align text to the left and do not justify. Center titles.
Double space.
Put only one space after a period at the end of a sentence unless at the end of a paragraph or if your instructor says otherwise.
Put one space after other punctuation marks.
Turn off your word processor's automatic hyphenation feature.
Turn off your word processor's automatic hyperlink feature (URLs on your works cited page should neither be underlined nor hyperlinked).
Website addresses should be placed between angle brackets to set them apart from the rest of the text.
Print on only one side of each piece of paper.
Although underlining is rendered in print through italicization, MLA style recommends that writers of research papers and scholars preparing manuscripts for publication by presses use underlining, unless directed that italicization is permissible or preferred. [3]
In addition to these general format guidelines, MLA has a specific format for labeling papers for a class. It dictates that one must put the following items left justified above the first paragraph in the following order:

Name
Professor
Class
Day/Month/Year
If the paper has a cover page, then the said items are centered, and put below the title of the paper

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Citation:

The works cited page should be headed "Works Cited," centered in normal font. Entries should be double-spaced, alphabetized, and use a hanging indent of 0.5 inches (beginnings of entries are not indented, but wrapped text is). Dates should be written with the day of the month first, the three letter abbreviation of the month and the year (example: 1 Jan. 2000). The title can either be underlined or italicized. It does not matter which style is chosen, but it should be consistent throughout the page.

A book: Author last name, first name. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Conway, John Horton. On Numbers and Games. NEW YORK, New York Press, 2001.
An entry in an encyclopedia or dictionary: Author of entry. "Title of entry." Title of reference book. Edition number. Year of publication.
Mohanty, Jitendra M. "Indian Philosophy." The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Macropædia. 15th ed. 1987.
(If the work is not particularly well-known, the writer is advised to add the publication details required in a normal book entry.)
An article in a periodical (magazine or journal): Author last name, first name. "Article title." Title of periodical Date of periodical (or, if a journal, volume number, followed by year in parentheses): Pages.
Brophy, Mike. "Driving Force." Hockey News 21 Mar. 2006: 16-19.
Kane, Robert. "Turing Machines and Mental Reports." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 44 (1966): 344-52.
A website: Author of webpage. "Article Title." Title of webpage. Date of publication (or last modified date). Institution associated with (if not cited earlier). Date of retrieval . (Note: When citing Wikipedia, it may be preferable to link directly to the revision you used, the URL of which can be seen by clicking "Permanent link" in the Toolbox. This makes it easier for instructors or editors to check the article just as the writer saw it.)
"Plagiarism." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 19 Oct. 2006, 22.59 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation. 20 Oct. 2006 .
A CD-ROM: Author's last name, first name. "Article title of printed source or printed analogue." Periodical title of printed source or printed analogue Date: inclusive page. Title of database. CD-ROM. Name of vendor or computer service. Electronic Publication data or data for access.
Personal interview: Person interviewed last name, first name. Personal interview. Date interviewed.
Bashuk, Mark. Personal interview. 10 Dec. 2006.

Answer 2

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