Does the MLA offer guidance for outlines?

Note: This post relates to content in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. For up-to-date guidance, see the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook.

The MLA has never offered guidance on formatting outlines. The seventh edition of the handbook notes that there are many types of outlines and that if you are required to include one with your paper, “your instructor will probably discuss the various forms of outline and tell you which to use” (44).

Work Cited

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2009.