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MLA Basics

Margins: 1 inch on all sides.

Spacing: The entire paper is double spaced including the title and references.

Title: MLA does not require a separate title page. Instead, on the first page of your paper, type each of these on their own line: Your name, your instructor's name, the course number, and the date.

Page Numbers: In the header section of the paper, include your last name followed by the page number, aligned to the right.

Quotations: A quotation of four lines or fewer should be in quotation marks. Any quote longer than four lines should be treated as a block quote and indented one inch from the left.