Using Social Justice Projects to Teach High School Writing

by Ellen C. Carillo and Jessyca Mathews

A high school teacher talks about using social justice projects to get students engaged in writing Read More

How do I cite The MLA Style Center?

Works-cited lists typically do not contain entries for websites as a whole. Entries should refer to the specific web page or resource that contains the… Read More

How do I format a table of contents in MLA style?

Tables of contents may be formatted in a number of ways. In our publications, we sometimes list chapter numbers before chapter titles and sometimes list… Read More

When is it OK to use landscape page orientation?

Research papers and manuscripts are generally composed in portrait rather than landscape orientation—that is, vertically rather than horizontally. This is the default setting for most… Read More

How do I cite a commentator’s handwritten notes on a work?

Cite a commentator’s handwritten notes by citing the unique copy of the work where they appear. Often, that unique copy will be an object in… Read More

How Publishing Work as a Student Shaped My College Writing Experience

by Talya Phelps

Publishing work during college can help students learn to enjoy writing academic research papers Read More

If Publishing is part of a publisher’s name on the title page of my source, should I include that word as part of the publisher’s name in my works-cited-list entry?

The MLA Handbook recommends omitting business words like Company, Corporation, and Incorporated (1.6.3) because the publisher can generally be identified without them. In our editorial practice, we… Read More

Making the Transition from High School to College Essay Writing

by Alice Yang

Unlike my high school essays, my college papers consist largely of my own ideas and analysis . . . Read More

Types of Sentences

There are four types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. A sentence contains one or more clauses, and you can classify a sentence as… Read More

Do the MLA’s paper-formatting guidelines apply to papers that students write by hand?

The MLA does not offer specific guidelines for handwritten papers, so instructors should adapt guidelines for typed papers as they see fit. Read More