MLA Rules for Academic Writing and Citation styles.

MLA (Modern Language Association) Rules for academic writing.

Layout:

As regards the page layout, the margins must be set to normal, i.e., 1 inch on each side. The font must be one that is easy to read, in regular style, size 11 or 12. There must be no hyphenation.

The header must be blank. The name and page number should be on the left margin of it.

For all the information preceding the paper, the alignment must be to the left, leaving a double space between lines.

When writing titles, the alignment must be central. Caps are used for every word, except articles, coordinating conjunctions and prepositions. 

When writing the body of the paper, the alignment is to the left. There is 1/2 indentation for every new paragraph. Quotations that are longer than four lines are by themselves, with 1 more inch of indentation for the whole of it. There is no indentation in the first line.

The works cited should be listed in a new page. There is no indentation in the first line of each item but there is on the ones that follow, if the item is too long.

Citation rules:

Works should be cited in the following way:

Author's surname, Author's name. "Title of part/poem/etc". Title of book. Original place of publication: Original publisher, Original date of publication. Title of website.Publication date of electronic version. Sponsoring organization. Date accessed. < Document URL >.

APA citation rules:

Works should be cited in the following way:

Author's surname, Author's name. (Date). Title of article. Title of Book.Volume number (Issue number) Page numbers.