MLA 9 First Page Template for Word

What the file sets

• US Letter paper, 8.5 by 11 inches, with one inch margins on every side.
• Double spacing on every line.
• Times New Roman 12 point.
• No title page. Your name, your instructor, the course and the date sit at the top left, one per line.
• The title is centered, with no italics, underline or quotation marks.
• The header at the top right holds your surname and the page number, half an inch from the top.
• Each body paragraph starts with a half inch first-line indent.
• Works Cited starts on a new page, with a centered title and a half inch hanging indent on each entry.

Where the layout comes from

Each rule above comes from one of these pages. If your instructor or institution gives different rules, follow theirs.

• Purdue OWL, MLA General Format
• Purdue OWL, MLA Works Cited Page: Basic Format