General Guidelines  

• use easy to read type
• justify the paper to the left
• print only on one side of the paper

Margins  

• one inch on top, bottom, and both sides of paper
• indent paragraphs five additional spaces (1/2 inch)
• indent set off quotations ten additional spaces (1 inch)

Spacing  

• everything must be double spaced
• leave one space after concluding puntuaction unless teacher says otherwise

Heading and Title  

• no title page
• standard MLA heading justified to the right (name, teacher's name, course, date)
• center the title
• do not underline the entire title or put it in quotation marks

Page numbers  

• put your last name followed by the page number on the right corner of all pages
• put it one inch from the top

Tables  

• place tables and figures as close to the text as possible
• use lines to separate the table from notes and the rest of the text if neccessary
• give the source of the table and label it Table
• all other pictures or figures should be labeled Figure
• musical compositions are labeled Example

Corrections  

• it's best to just fix the paper electronically and reprint it
• you could also write changes in black ink and show where they should go with carets (^)

Works Cited Format  

• double spaced
• hanging indentions