MLA Style Guide: 8th Edition: Main Body

Paper Formatting

Your paper should:

• Be double spaced
• Have 1-inch margins on all sides
• Be typed in 12-point, easily readable font
• Indent paragraphs ½ inch
• Indent set-off quotations (e.g. block quotations) 1-inch
• Include a page number on every page, in the upper right-hand corner, ½ inch from the top of the page and flush with the right margin. Type your last name before the page number.
• Leave one space after a period or other concluding punctuation mark (unless your instructor requires two spaces).